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Putting Tuberculosis (TB) To Rest: Transformation of the Sleep Aid, Ambien, and “Anagrams” Generated Potent Antituberculosis Agents
27 Dec 2014
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High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Zolpidem (Ambien, 1 ) is an imidazo[1,2- a ]pyridine-3-acetamide and an approved drug for the treatment of insomnia. As medicinal chemists enamored by how structure imparts biological function, we found it to have strikingly similar structure to the antitubercular imidazo[1,2- a ]pyridine-3-carboxyamides. Zolpidem was found to have antituberculosis activity (MIC...
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