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. 2011 May 26;6(5):e20374. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020374

Table 1. Chemical properties and activities of new alanine racemase inhibitors and cycloserine*.

Hits Inhibitor MW IC50µM 1Mtb 2MIC µM 3TC50µM 4Ti KimM
L2-01 N′,N′,4-trimethylbenzenesulfonohydrazide 214 9.0 ND ND ND ND
L2-02 2-N′,2-N′,7-N′,7-N′-tetramethyl-9H-fluorene-2,7-disulfonohydrazide 410 1.6 ND ND ND ND
L2-03 N-hydroxy-2-(2-hydroxyphenoxy)acetamide 183 8.2 ND ND ND ND
L2-04 ethyl 3-(pyridin-2-ylthio)propanoate 211 2.6 + 59 229.8 4 0.038
L2-05 N-benzyl-5-chloro-2-methylsulfonylpyrimidine-4-carboxamide 326 6.8 + 9 20 2 0.63
L2-06 5-chloro-N-(3-chloro-4-methoxyphenyl)2(methylsulfonyl)pyrimidine-4carboxamide 346 8.2 + <4.5 18.8 4 0.76
L2-07 2-(4-methylphenyl)-1-morpholin-4-ylethanethione 235 6.5 ND ND ND ND
L2-09 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-morpholin-4-ylethanethione 251 3.3 ND ND ND ND
L2-10 6-O-[3-chloro-4-(6-methoxycarbonylpyridine-2-carbonyl)oxyphenyl]2-O-methyl pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate 471 1.0 + 13.6 157.2 12 0.68
L2-11 2-(pyridin-3-ylcarbamothioyl sulfanyl)acetic acid 228 13.1 ND ND ND ND
L2-12 2-phenyl-1-piperidin-1-ylethanethione 219 6.0 + 28.6 406 14 0.08
L2-13 2-(4,6-dimethyl-3-oxo-[1], [2]thiazolo[5,4-b]pyridin-2-yl)-N-[2-(4-ethoxyphenyl)ethyl]acetamide 384 7.7 + 16.2 36.4 2 0.93
L2-14 2-(hydoxyimino)-6-methyl-2H-benzopyran-3-carboxamide 208 2.8 ND ND ND ND
L2-15 2-(2-hydroxyphenoxy)-N-methylacetamide 181 5.7 ND ND ND ND
L2-16 3,3-dihydroxy-1H-quinoline-2,4-dione 193 5.2 + 32.4 33.7 1 0.02
L2-18 1,1′-(2-oxido-1,2,5-oxadiazole-3,4-diyl)-bis (1-(2-thienyl))-methanone 288 4.9 ND ND ND ND
CS (4R)-4-amino-3-isoxazolidinone 102 58 + 65 203 3 0.086
1

antimicrobial activity against M. tuberculosis (+ active, − inactive);

2

MIC against M. tuberculosis;

3

Cytotoxicity in HeLa cells,

4

Ti = TC50/MIC, ND- not determined; CS- cycloserine.

*Chemical structures of inhibitors are provided in Table S1.