Abstract
There is a need for new safe, effective and short-course treatments for leishmaniasis; one strategy is to use combination chemotherapy. Polymer-drug conjugates have shown promise for the delivery of anti-leishmanial agents such as amphotericin B. In this paper, we report on the preparation and biological evaluation of polymer-drug conjugates of N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide (HPMA), amphotericin B and alendronic acid. The combinatorial polymer-drug conjugates were effective anti-leishmanial agents in vitro and in vivo, but offered no advantage over the single poly(HPMA)-amphotericin B conjugates. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2559-2565 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2010 |
Keywords
- Leishmaniasis
- Polymer-drug conjugates
- Combination therapy
- Amphotericin B
- Alendronate
- FARNESYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE
- SODIUM STIBOGLUCONATE
- ANTILEISHMANIAL DRUGS
- TOXOPLASMA-GONDII
- AMPHOTERICIN-B
- KALA-AZAR
- ALENDRONATE
- BISPHOSPHONATES
- AMINOSIDINE
- DONOVANI