TB Research

Functionalized Dioxonaphthoimidazoliums: A Redox Cycling Chemotype with Potent Bactericidal Activities against <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>

Kevin Timothy Fridianto, Ming Li, Kiel Hards, Dereje A. Negatu, Gregory M. Cook, Thomas Dick, Yulin Lam, Mei‐Lin Go

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry · 2021-10

Abstract

revealed good activity against nutrient-starved organisms in the Loebel model of dormancy, low spontaneous resistance mutation frequency, and synergy with isoniazid in the checkerboard assay.

MeSH terms

  • Chemistry
  • Redox
  • Biochemistry
  • Lipophilicity
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Reactive oxygen species
  • Quinone
  • Efflux
  • Microbiology
  • Isoniazid
  • Bacteria