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    • Muñoz, Orlando M.; Maya Arango, Juan; Ferreira, Jorge; Christen, Philippe; San Martín, José; López Muñoz, Rodrigo; Morello Casté, Antonio; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (Verlag der Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung, 2013)
      The extracts of several plants of Central Chile exhibited anti-Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes activity. Most active extracts were those obtained from Podanthus ovatifolius, Berberis microphylla, Kageneckia oblonga, and ...
    • Maya Arango, Juan; Cassels Niven, Bruce; Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Ferreira, Jorge; Faúndez, Mario; Galanti Garrone, Norbel; Ferreira Vigouroux, Luis Arturo; Morello Casté, Antonio (2007)
      Current knowledge of the biochemistry of Trypanosonta cruzi has led to the development of new drugs and the understanding of their mode of action. Some trypanocidal drugs such as nifurtimox and benznidazole act through ...
    • Salas, Cristian O.; Faúndez, Mario; Morello Casté, Antonio; Maya Arango, Juan; Tapia, Ricardo A. (2011)
      Chagas disease is one of the most important endemic diseases in Latin America, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. The drugs used for the treatment of this disease, nifurtimox and benznidazole, are toxic and present severe side ...
    • Núñez Vergara, Luis; Squella Serrano, Juan; Bollo Dragnic, Soledad; Morello Casté, Antonio; Repetto Scaramelli, Yolanda; Aldunate, Jorge; Letelier, María E. (1997)
      A series of nitro aryl 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives produced inhibition of both cell growth and oxygen consumption on Tulahuen and LQ strains, and clone Dm 28c of epimastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi. Nicardipine was found ...
    • Núñez Vergara, Luis; Aldunate, Jorge; Letelier Muñoz, María Eugenia; Bollo Dragnic, Soledad; Repetto Scaramelli, Yolanda; Morello Casté, Antonio; Spencer, P. L.; Squella Serrano, Juan (Elsevier, 1995)
      The cyclic voltammetric (CV) behaviour of nifurtimox was studied. The addition of aprotic solvent (DMF) to nifurtimox in an aqueous citrate buffer system was examined. Qualitatively this results in separation of the initial ...
    • Otero, Lucía; Aguirre, Gabriela; Boiani, Lucía; Denicola, Ana; Rigol Olsen, Carolina; Olea Azar, Claudio; Maya Arango, Juan; Morello Casté, Antonio; González, Mercedes; Gambino, Dinorah; Cerecetto, Hugo (ELSEVIER, 2006-11)
      Rhenium and ruthenium complexes of the type [(ReOCl2)-O-V(PPh3)L] and [(RuC2)-C-II(DMSO)(2)L], where L are 5-nitroftitylsemicarbazone derivatives, were prepared in an effort to obtain new anti-trypanosomal agents combining ...
    • Otero, Lucía; Vieites, Marisol; Boiani, Lucía; Denicola, Ana; Rigol Olsen, Carolina; Opazo, Lucía; Olea Azar, Claudio; Maya Arango, Juan; Morello Casté, Antonio; Krauth Siegel, R. Luise; Piro, Oscar E.; Castellano, Eduardo; González, Mercedes; Gambino, Dinorah; Cerecetto, Hugo (AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2006-06-01)
      In the search for new therapeutic tools against American Trypanosomiasis palladium complexes with bioactive nitrofuran-containing thiosemicarbazones as ligands were obtained. Sixteen novel palladium (II) complexes with the ...
    • Vieites, Marisol; Otero, Lucía; Santos, Diego; Toloza, Jeannette; Figueroa, Roberto; Norambuena, Ester; Olea Azar, Claudio; Aguirre, Gabriela; Cerecetto, Hugo; González, Mercedes; Morello Casté, Antonio; Maya Arango, Juan; Garat, Beatriz; Gambino, Dinorah (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2008-05)
      In the search for new therapeutic tools against Chagas’ disease (American Trypanosomiasis) two series of new platinum(II) complexes with bioactive 5-nitrofuryl containing thiosemicarbazones as ligands were synthesized, ...
    • Vieites, Marisol; Otero, Lucía; Santos, Diego; Olea Azar, Claudio; Norambuena, Ester; Aguirre, Gabriela; Cerecetto, Hugo; González, Mercedes; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; Morello Casté, Antonio; Maya Arango, Juan; Gambino, Dinorah (2009)
      Eight new platinum(II) complexes with 3-(5-nitrofuryl)acroleine thiosemicarbazones showing anti-trypanosomal activity were synthesized, characterized and in vitro evaluated. Most of the complexes showed IC50 values in the ...
    • Molina Berríos, Alfredo Enrique; Campos Estrada, Carolina; Henríquez, Natalia; Faúndez, Mario; Torres, Gloria; Castillo, Christian; Escanilla, Sebastián; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; Morello Casté, Antonio; López Muñoz, Rodrigo; Maya Arango, Juan (PLoS, 2013)
      Chagas’ disease, produced by Trypanosoma cruzi, affects more than 8 million people, producing approximately 10,000 deaths each year in Latin America. Migration of people from endemic regions to developed countries has ...
    • Molina Berríos, Alfredo Enrique; Campos Estrada, Carolina; Henriquez, Natalia; Faúndez, Mario; Torres, Gloria; Castillo, Christian; Escanilla, Sebastián; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; Morello Casté, Antonio; López Muñoz, Rodrigo; Maya Arango, Juan (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      Chagas' disease, produced by Trypanosoma cruzi, affects more than 8 million people, producing approximately 10,000 deaths each year in Latin America. Migration of people from endemic regions to developed countries has ...
    • Ramírez, Galia; Valck Calderón, Carolina Eliana; Aguilar, Lorena; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; López Muñoz, Rodrigo; Navarro Cabrera, Gonzalo; Morello Casté, Antonio; Ferreira, Jorge; Maya Arango, Juan; Galanti Garrone, Norbel; Ferreira, Arturo (2012)
      In Latin America, there are about 10-12 million people infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas' disease, one of the most important neglected tropical parasitism. Identification of molecular targets, specific ...
    • Tapia, Ricardo A.; Prieto, Yolanda; Zamora, Gaston; Morello Casté, Antonio; Repetto Scaramelli, Yolanda (Freund Publishing House Ltd, 2000)
      A straightforward synthesis of a group of 4-alkylamino-6-nitroquinolines starting from a common intermediate, 5,8-dimethoxy-6-nitro-4(1H)quinolone 3, is described. These compounds were tested in vitro as potential ...
    • Tapia, Ricardo A.; Carrasco, Claudia; Ojeda, Scarlet; Salas, Cristian; Valderrama, Jaime A.; Morello Casté, Antonio; Repetto Scaramelli, Yolanda (2002)
      The synthesis of new indazol-4,7-dione derivatives via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of diazomethane with 2,3-dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone (2) and 1,4-naphthoquinone (7) followed by N-alkylation of the pyrazol nitrogen atom of ...
    • Duaso, J.; Rojo, G.; Cabrera, G.; Galanti Garrone, Norbel; Bosco, C.; Maya Arango, Juan; Morello Casté, Antonio; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (Elsevier, 2010)
      Congenital Chagas’ disease, endemic in Latin America and also present with lower frequency in other countries, is associated with premature labor, miscarriage, and placentitis. The mechanism of tissue invasion and infection ...
    • Letelier, M. E.; Rodriguez, E.; Wallace, A.; Lorca, M.; Repetto Scaramelli, Yolanda; Morello Casté, Antonio; Aldunate, J. (1990)
      The following phenolic antioxidant food additives were evaluated against Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes: BHT, BHA, gallic acid and its methyl, propyl, octyl, and lauryl esters, 2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-(4-methoxybenzyl)-phenol, ...
    • Salas, Cristian; Tapia, Ricardo A.; Ciudad, Karina; Armstrong, Verónica; Orellana Bown, Myriam; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; Ferrada Parker, Jorge; Maya Arango, Juan; Morello Casté, Antonio (Elsevier Ltd, 2008-01-15)
      Derivatives of natural quinones with biological activities, such as lapachol, α- and β-lapachones, have been synthesized and their trypanocidal activity evaluated in vitro in Trypanosoma cruzi cells. All tested compounds ...
    • Maya Arango, Juan; Bollo Dragnic, Soledad; Núñez Vergara, Luis; Squella Serrano, Juan; Repetto Scaramelli, Yolanda; Morello Casté, Antonio; Perie, J.; Chauviere, G. (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2003-03-15)
      With the aim of determining the actual target(s) of nitro-group bearing compounds considered as possible leads for the development of drugs against Chagas' disease, we studied in parallel nitrofurans and nitroimidazoles. ...
    • Maya Arango, Juan; Morello Casté, Antonio; Repetto Scaramelli, Yolanda; Rodríguez, Andrés; Puebla, P.; Caballero S., Esther; Medarde, M.; Núñez Vergara, Luis; Squella Serrano, Juan; Ortíz Yáñez, María Eugenia; Fuentealba, J.; San Feliciano, Arturo (ACADEMIC PRESS INC, 2001-09)
      Chagas' disease constitutes a therapeutic challenge because presently available drugs have wide toxicity to the host and are generally ineffective in the chronic stages of the disease. A series of oxazolo(thiazolo)pyridene ...
    • Jaña, Fabián; Faini, Francesca; Lapier, Michel; Pavani, Mario; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; Morello Casté, Antonio; Maya Arango, Juan; Jara, José; Parra, Eduardo; Ferreira Parker, Jorge (Elsevier, 2013)
      Changes in mitochondrial ATP synthesis can affect the function of tumor cells due to the dependence of the first step of glycolysis on mitochondrial ATP. The oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system is responsible for ...