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. 2022 Aug 10;62(16):3928–3940. doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.2c00731

Table 2. IC50 Leishmanicidal and Cytotoxic Effects from 2-Acylpyrrole Series 5a and 5b (Expressed as μM) on In Vitro Promastigote Assays.

    L. amazonensis
L. donovani
macrophages J774
entry comp. IC50 ± SD (μM)a SIb IC50 ± SD (μM)a SIb CC50 ± SD (μM)c
1 5aa 259.58 ± 40.72 >1.55 N/Ad   401.17e
2 5ab N/Ad   N/Ad   381.24e
3 5ac 32.88 ± 0.74 >2.77 58.54 ± 7.04 >1.55 91.02 ± 6.55
4 5ad N/Ad   N/Ad   270.19 ± 26.30
5 5ae 117.09 ± 10.92 >3.01 189.77 ± 6.76 >1.86 352,46e
6 5af 67.18 ± 4.94 >4.54 118.18 ± 25.81 >2.58 304.72e
7 5ag N/Ad   N/Ad   364.59e
8 5ah N/Ad   N/Ad   339.82e
9 5ai 48.02 ± 1.61 >3.13 42.82 ± 0.61 >3.51 150.36 ± 49.40e
10 5aj 32.55 ± 0.64 >2.71 210.90 ± 32.77 >0.42 88.29 ± 3.36e
11 5ak N/Ad   N/Ad   87.27 ± 7.37e
12 5al N/Ad   N/Ad   224.28 ± 46.89e
13 5am 57.34 ± 0.25 >4.53 198.54 ± 25.36 >1.31 259.56e
14 5an 36.11 ± 1.23 >3.12 58.50 ± 3.34 >1.93 112.82 ± 39.19e
15 5ba 152.77 ± 21.65 >2.50 N/Ad   381.23e
16 5bb 149.20 ± 3.84 >2.43 119.64 ± 14.98 >3.02 361.87e
17 5bc 30.87 ± 3.11 >10.17 221.31 ± 36.90 >1.42 314.05e
18 5bd 16.87 ± 0.73 >10.67 7.78 ± 0.27 >23.15 136.96 ± 36.42
19 5be 51.46 ± 4.72 >2.89 20.69 ± 0.98 >7.19 148.74 ± 19.33
20 5bf 38.10 ± 0.85 >3.14 19.87 ± 1.47 >6.01 119.51 ± 37.36e
21 5bg 191.77 ± 12.04 >1.81 315.43 ± 60.80 >1.10 348.04e
22 5bj 71.06 ± 7.81 >1.53 43.51 ± 0.59 >0.80 108.45 ± 5.76e
23 5bk N/Ad   N/Ad   283.78
24 5bo 224.26 ± 14.71 >1.53 172.92 ± 60.34 >1.98 342.07e
25 5bp 207.96 ± 23.62 >1.31 184.22 ± 8.67 >1.47 356.76e
26 5bq 209.16 ± 4.69 >1.56 92.81 ± 7.68 >1.08 325.31e
27 5br 226.54 ± 13.42 >1.66 N/Ad   376.90e
28 5bs N/Ad   N/Ad   396.40e
29 miltefosine 30.67 ± 8.80 1.80 0.24 ± 0.02 230.83 55.40 ± 4.19
a

IC50: concentration of the compound that produced a 50% reduction in parasites; SD: standard deviation.

b

SI: selectivity index, SI = CC50/IC50.

c

CC50: concentration of the compound that produced a 50% reduction of cell viability in treated culture cells with respect to untreated ones.

d

N/A: not active at the maximum dose tested (100 μg/mL).

e

CC50 values, expressed as μM, correspond to 100 μg/mL, which was the higher doses tested.