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. 2023 Aug 16;14(10):2012–2029. doi: 10.1039/d3md00220a

Antileishmanial activities and cytotoxicity (μM ± standard deviation) of compounds against L. donovani strain 9515.

Compd. Anti-promastigote activity Anti-amastigote activity
IC50 (μM) SI4a IC50 (μM) SI5b SI6c SpI2d
NFA >10 2.68 ± 0.68 2 30
1a 1.45 ± 0.19 11 >10
2a 1.18 ± 0.14 40 >10
3a 0.67 ± 0.04 149 >10
4a 3.56 ± 0.00 28 6.41 ± 0.00 16 16 0.56
5a 0.76 ± 0.05 132 >10
6a 1.16 ± 0.11 44 2.28 ± 0.07 22 44 0.51
7a 1.61 ± 0.22 62 0.25 ± 0.09 400 400 6.44
8a 1.02 ± 0.08 18 2.70 ± 0.62 7 17 0.38
9a 0.70 ± 0.06 17 0.53 ± 0.22 22 32 1.32
NTA 5.07 ± 0.45 2 >10
1b 0.93 ± 0.06 45 7.26 ± 2.56 6 14 0.13
2b 2.00 ± 0.15 50 >10
8b 1.66 ± 0.18 20 0.34 ± 0.03 97 67 4.88
11 >10 >10
12 >10 >10
NFZ 1.85 ± 0.14 54 1.69 ± 0.36 59 1.09
FZD 0.28 ± 0.28 357 2.70 ± 0.81 37 0.10
AmB 0.02 ± 0.009 2890 0.45 ± 0.05 128 0.04
a

SI4 = IC50 Vero/IC50 promastigote.

b

SI5 = IC50 Vero/IC50 amastigote.

c

SI6 = IC50 THP-1/IC50 amastigote.

d

Specificity index of L. donovani: SpI2 = IC50 promastigote/IC50 amastigote. Selectivity indexes of T. cruzi.