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Dispiro- 1,2,4,5-Tetraoxanes: A New Class Of Antimalarial Peroxides, Jonathan L. Vennerstrom, Hong-Ning Fu, Walter Reed Army Institute Of Research, Arba L. Ager Jr., James K. Wood Aug 1992

Dispiro- 1,2,4,5-Tetraoxanes: A New Class Of Antimalarial Peroxides, Jonathan L. Vennerstrom, Hong-Ning Fu, Walter Reed Army Institute Of Research, Arba L. Ager Jr., James K. Wood

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Dispiro-l,2,4,5tetraoxanes2 -4 were synthesized as potential peroxide a n t h a l a* d drugs. They had curative activity against Plasmodium berghei in vivo at single doses of 320 and 640 mg/kg which confirms earlier unpublished data Moreover, artemisinin (1) and 4 had equivalent ED”s against P. berghei in vivo in the multiple-dose Thompson tat; neither showed any evidence of acute toxicity at total doses of more than 12 g/kg. Dispiro-l,2,4,5-tetraoxane 4 had IC50’s comparable to those of 1 against Plasmodium falciparum clones in vitro. These results confirm the potential of dispiro-l,2,4,5-tetraoxanes as a new class of …


Partial Characterization Of The Major Lipooligosaccharide From A Strain Of Haemophilus Ducreyi, The Causative Agent Of Chancroid, A Genital Ulcer Disease, William Melaugh, Nancy J. Phillips, A A. Campagnari, R Karalus, B W. Gibson Jan 1992

Partial Characterization Of The Major Lipooligosaccharide From A Strain Of Haemophilus Ducreyi, The Causative Agent Of Chancroid, A Genital Ulcer Disease, William Melaugh, Nancy J. Phillips, A A. Campagnari, R Karalus, B W. Gibson

Chemistry Faculty Publications

The first preliminary structure of a surface lipooligosaccharide from Haemophilus ducreyi has been determined. The major oligosaccharide was released by mild acid hydrolysis and analyzed by liquid secondary ion and tandem mass spectrometry. The mass spectral data combined with composition and methylation analysis yielded the most probable structure; Gal1----4GlcNAc1----3Gal1----4Hep1----6Glc1----( Hep1----2Hep1----)3,4Hep1---- KDO, where the reducing terminal 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid (or KDO) exists in an anhydro form. This anhydro species results from the elimination of a phosphate from C-4 of KDO during mild acid hydrolysis. The core heptose trisaccharide consists of L-glycero-D-manno-heptose, but analysis of the peracetylated sugars indicated that the 1,4-linked heptose …