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ArticleChemMedChem2026

Probing 5-Nitroimidazole-Triazole Hybrids as Potential Anti-Kinetoplastid Agents: Synthesis and In Vitro Efficacy.

Liandi Ferreira, Gideon D Badenhorst, Janine Aucamp, Keisuke Suganuma, David D N'Da

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Article in ChemMedChem, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Liandi FerreiraCentre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacen), Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8948-6438
Gideon D BadenhorstCentre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacen), Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Janine AucampCentre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacen), Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3685-5532
Keisuke SuganumaNational Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5809-8811
David D N'DaCentre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacen), Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2327-0551

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant 16K18793National Research Foundation Grant 148781
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neglected tropical diseases caused by kinetoplastid parasites, including leishmaniasis, human African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease, remain severely underserved by current chemotherapies, which are limited by toxicity, resistance and poor efficacy. Nitroheterocycles continue to be clinically relevant due to their redox activation within parasites, and the 1,2,3-triazole linker offers a modular approach by enabling systematic variation of substituents, thereby allowing controlled modulation of physicochemical and biological properties. Accordingly, this study investigated a new library of 5-nitroimidazole-1,2,3-triazole hybrids and evaluated substituent-dependent effects on their antiparasitic activity. A series of 5-nitroimidazole-1,2,3-triazole hybrids was synthesised via copper(I)-catalysed azide-alkyne cycloaddition and evaluated in vitro for their antileishmanial and antitrypanosomal activity, alongside cytotoxicity profiling. Most compounds exhibited low toxicity against mammalian cell lines. No antileishmanial hit was uncovered. In the trypanosome panel, 3j demonstrated selective micromolar inhibition against Trypanosoma congolense (IC

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Antiprotozoal AgentsNitroimidazolesTriazolesTrypanocidal AgentsAnimalsCell SurvivalDose-Response Relationship, DrugHumansMolecular StructureParasitic Sensitivity TestsStructure-Activity RelationshipTrypanosoma cruziAntiprotozoal AgentsNitroimidazolesTriazolesTrypanocidal Agentshybridsimidazoleleishmaniasisstriazoletrypanosomiasis

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PMID42452894
PMCPMC13370063

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