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Abstract
In this study, a series of twenty-two ring-substituted naphthalene-1-carboxanilides were prepared and characterized. Primary in vitro screening of the synthesized carboxanilides was performed against Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. N-(2-Methoxyphenyl)naphthalene-1-carboxamide, N-(3-methoxy-phenyl)naphthalene-1-carboxamide, N-(3-methylphenyl)naphthalene-1-carboxamide, N-(4-methylphenyl)naphthalene-1-carboxamide and N-(3-fluorophenyl)naphthalene-1-carboxamide showed against M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis two-fold higher activity than rifampicin and three-fold higher activity than ciprofloxacin. The most effective antimycobacterial compounds demonstrated insignificant toxicity against the human monocytic leukemia THP-1 cell line. The testing of biological activity of the compounds was completed with the study of photosynthetic electron transport (PET) inhibition in isolated spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) chloroplasts. The PET-inhibiting activity expressed by IC50 value of the most active compound N-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]naphthalene-1-carboxamide was 59 μmol/L. The structure-activity relationships are discussed.
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Gonec, T. et al., 2014. Preparation and Biological Properties of Ring-Substituted Naphthalene-1-Carboxanilides. Molecules, 19(7), pp.10386–10409. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules190710386.
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This study was supported by the IGA VFU Brno 37/2014/FaF, by the Slovak Grant Agency VEGA 1/0612/11, by the Projects APVV-0061-11, CZ.1.07/2.3.00/30.0053, CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0073 and by the Irish Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (FIRM) 08RDCIT601 & 08RDCIT617.