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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2026

Identification of DC-174 as a Novel Hydroxamic Precandidate for the Development of an Oral Snakebite Treatment.

Daniel J W Chong, Laura-Oana Albulescu, Adam Westhorpe, Rachel H Clare, Amy E Marriott, Christopher M Woodley, Ramachandran Gunasekar, Nada Mosallam, Edouard Crittenden, Emma Stars and 7 more

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Daniel J W ChongDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Grove Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, U. K.
Laura-Oana AlbulescuCentre for Snakebite Research & Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, U. K.
Adam WesthorpeCentre for Snakebite Research & Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, U. K.
Rachel H ClareCentre for Snakebite Research & Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, U. K.
Amy E MarriottCentre for Snakebite Research & Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, U. K.
Christopher M WoodleyDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Grove Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, U. K.
Ramachandran GunasekarDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Grove Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, U. K.ORCID 0000-0002-8060-9291
Nada MosallamDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Grove Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, U. K.
Edouard CrittendenCentre for Snakebite Research & Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, U. K.
Emma StarsCentre for Snakebite Research & Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, U. K.
Charlotte DawsonCentre for Snakebite Research & Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, U. K.
Jeroen KoolDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Amsterdam Institute for Molecular and Life Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0011-5612
Mark C WilkinsonCentre for Snakebite Research & Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, U. K.
Suet C LeungDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Grove Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, U. K.
Neil G BerryDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Grove Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, U. K.
Nicholas R CasewellCentre for Snakebite Research & Interventions, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, U. K.
Paul M O'NeillDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Grove Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, U. K.ORCID 0000-0003-4338-0317

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that causes high mortality and morbidity. The current treatment, intravenous antivenom, comes with numerous disadvantages, making new therapeutics important. Optimized small molecules offer the possibility for oral use at the onset of envenoming, and the highly pathogenic, zinc-dependent snake venom metalloproteinase toxin family represents an attractive target for drug discovery. Through systematic chemical modification guided by molecular modeling, we describe the development of hydroxamic acid

Indexed as

AntiveninsHydroxamic AcidsSnake BitesAdministration, OralAnimalsHumansMetalloproteasesMiceSnake VenomsStructure-Activity RelationshipAntiveninsHydroxamic AcidsMetalloproteasesSnake Venoms

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PMID41955094
PMCPMC13126677

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