Abstract
In therapeutics research, the nitro compounds are part of an important group of drugs with multiple pharmacological activities. However, in drug design, the inclusion of a nitro group in a molecule changes the physico-chemical and electronic properties and is associated with increased mutagenicity and carcinogenicity. In addition, several studies have related the relationship between the antimicrobial and/or anti-protozoal activity and the mutagenic effect to reduction of the nitro group. This work reviews the toxicity of nitro compounds and shows how the use of prodrugs can increase the biological activity and decrease the genotoxicity of nitro compounds, without any modification in nitro reduction behavior, but rather by physico-chemical improvement. Examples are given of metronidazole and nitrofurazone prodrugs.
Keywords: Prodrugs, nitro-compounds, metronidazol, nitrofurazone, genotoxicity, physico-chemical properties, nitroheterocyclic compounds, half-life, nitroimidazoles, Chagas disease
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title: A Prodrug Approach to Improve the Physico-Chemical Properties and Decrease the Genotoxicity of Nitro Compounds
Volume: 17 Issue: 32
Author(s): Man Chin Chung, Priscila Longhin Bosquesi and Jean Leandro dos Santos
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Keywords: Prodrugs, nitro-compounds, metronidazol, nitrofurazone, genotoxicity, physico-chemical properties, nitroheterocyclic compounds, half-life, nitroimidazoles, Chagas disease
Abstract: In therapeutics research, the nitro compounds are part of an important group of drugs with multiple pharmacological activities. However, in drug design, the inclusion of a nitro group in a molecule changes the physico-chemical and electronic properties and is associated with increased mutagenicity and carcinogenicity. In addition, several studies have related the relationship between the antimicrobial and/or anti-protozoal activity and the mutagenic effect to reduction of the nitro group. This work reviews the toxicity of nitro compounds and shows how the use of prodrugs can increase the biological activity and decrease the genotoxicity of nitro compounds, without any modification in nitro reduction behavior, but rather by physico-chemical improvement. Examples are given of metronidazole and nitrofurazone prodrugs.
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Chin Chung Man, Longhin Bosquesi Priscila and Leandro dos Santos Jean, A Prodrug Approach to Improve the Physico-Chemical Properties and Decrease the Genotoxicity of Nitro Compounds, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2011; 17 (32) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161211798194512
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161211798194512 |
Print ISSN 1381-6128 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-4286 |
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