Structure-activity relationship of dialkoxychalcones to combat fish pathogen saprolegnia Australis

Iván Montenegro, Ociel Mu oz, Joan Villena, Enrique Werner, Marco Mellado, Ingrid Ramírez, Nelson Caro, Susana Flores, Alejandro Madrid

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Abstract

To investigate the anti-Saprolegnia activities of chalconic compounds, nine dialkoxychalcones 2–10, along with their key building block 2,4-dihydroxychalcone 1, were evaluated for their potential oomycide activities against Saprolegnia australis strains. The synthesis afforded a series of O-alkylated derivatives with typical chalcone skeletons. Compounds 4–10 were reported for the first time. Interestingly, analogue 8 with the new scaffold demonstrated remarkable in vitro growth-inhibitory activities against Saprolegnia strains, displaying greater anti-oomycete potency than the standard drugs used in the assay, namely fluconazole and bronopol. In contrast, a dramatic loss of activity was observed for O-alkylated derivatives 2, 3, 6, and 7. These findings have highlighted the therapeutic potential of the natural compound 1 scaffold to be exploitable as a drug lead with specific activity against various Saprolegnia strains.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1377
JournalMolecules
Volume23
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Keywords

  • 2'4'-dihydroxychalcone
  • Chalcones
  • Oomycetes
  • Saprolegnia

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