@article{
author = "Konstantinović, Jelena M. and Videnović, Milica and Orsini, Stefania and Bogojević, Katarina and D'Alessandro, Sarah and Scaccabarozzi, Diletta and Terzić-Jovanović, Nataša and Gradoni, Luigi and Basilico, Nicoletta and Šolaja, Bogdan",
year = "2018",
abstract = "In this Letter, a detailed analysis of 30 4-aminoquinoline-based compounds with regard to their potential as antileishmanial drugs has been carried out. Ten compounds demonstrated IC50 LT 1 mu M against promastigote stages of L. infantum and L. tropica, and five compounds showed IC50 LT 1 mu M against intramacrophage L. infantum amastigotes. Two compounds showed dose-dependent enhancement of NO and ROS production by bone marrow-derived macrophages and remarkable reduction of parasite load in vivo, with advantage of being short-term and orally active. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of 4-amino-7-chloroquinoline derivatives active in Leishmania infantum infected mice.",
publisher = "American Chemical Society (ACS)",
journal = "Acs Medicinal Chemistry Letters",
title = "Novel Aminoquinoline Derivatives Significantly Reduce Parasite Load in Leishmania infantum Infected Mice",
volume = "9",
number = "7",
pages = "629-634",
doi = "10.1021/acsmedchemlett.8b00053"
}