Objective(s)Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a common parasitic disease which is endemic in some parts of the world. In vitro and in vivo studies have shown azithromycin efficacy on some Leishmania species. Because of structural similarity between clarithromycin and azithromycin and efficacy of clarithromycin against intracellular organisms and due to the absence of previous studies in this respect, ...

: Leishmaniasis is a major public health problem, and the alarming spread of parasite resistance has increased importance discovering new therapeutic products. In present study, antileishmanial activity methanolic extract leaf latex obtained from Ethiopian plant Vernonia brachycalyx O. H. (family Asteraceae) was evaluated by in vitro testing against Leishmania aethiopica . Antileishmanial test ...

Three known compounds including, uracil (1), 5-methyl (2) and uridine (3) have been isolated from the soft coral Litophyton arboreum collected red sea. The were identified using spectroscopic techniques predominately 1H-NMR 13C-NMR analyses, in addition to HR-ESI-MS. Moreover, 1-3 vitro estimated for their cytotoxic activity against three human cancer cell lines (A549, MCF-7 HepG2), antileishma...

Leishmaniasis is a growing health problem worldwide. As there are certain drawbacks with the drugs currently used to treat human leishmaniasis and resistance to these drugs is emerging, there is a need to develop novel antileishmanial compounds, among which isoquinoline alkaloids are promising candidates. In this study, 18 novel oxoisoaporphine derivatives were synthesized and their possible an...

A series of eight substituted bis-2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives was synthesized through lawsone condensation with various aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes under mild acidic conditions. The title compounds were evaluated for antileishmanial activity in vitro against Leishmania amazonensis and Leishmania braziliensis promastigotes; six compounds showed good activity without significant...