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Piperine analogs as potent Staphylococcus aureus NorA efflux pump inhibitors

  • Payare L. Sangwan
  • , Jawahir L. Koul
  • , Surrinder Koul
  • , Mallepally V. Reddy
  • , Niranjan Thota
  • , Inshad A. Khan
  • , Ashwani Kumar
  • , Nitin P. Kalia
  • , Ghulam N. Qazi

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Abstract

Based on our recent findings that piperine is a potent Staphylococcus aureus NorA efflux pump inhibitor (EPI), 38 piperine analogs were synthesized and bioevaluated for their EPI activity. Twenty-five of them were found active with potentiating activity equivalent or more than known EPIs like reserpine, carsonic acid and verapamil. The inhibitory mechanism of the compounds was confirmed by efflux inhibition assay using ethidium bromide as NorA substrate. The present communication describes the synthesis, bioevaluation and structure related activity of these efflux pump inhibitors.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9847-9857
Number of pages11
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry
Volume16
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Nov 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Ciprofloxacin
  • NorA efflux pumps inhibitor
  • Piperine analogs
  • Potentiator

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