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Phenotypic-Based Discovery and Exploration of a Resorufin Scaffold with Activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
ChemMedChem - 16 Dec 2024
Tran Eric, Cheung Chen-Yi, Li Lucy, Carter Glen P, Gable Robert W, West Nicholas P, Kaur Amandeep, Gee Yi Sing, Cook Gregory M, Baell Jonathan B, Jörg Manuela
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Tuberculosis remains a leading cause of death by infectious disease. The long treatment regimen and the spread of drug-resistant strains of the causative agent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) necessitates the development of new treatment options. In a phenotypic screen, nitrofuran-resorufin conjugate 1 was identified as a potent sub-micromolar inhibitor of whole cell Mtb. Complete loss of activity was observed...
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