title: Studies on acyclic pyrimidines as inhibitors of mycobacteria.
abstract: In vitro anti-mycobacterial activities of several 5-substituted acyclic pyrimidine nucleosides containing 1-(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl and 1-[(2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl) ethoxy)methyl] acyclic moieties are investigated against three mycobacteria viz. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis, and Mycobacterium avium, which cause serious infections and mortality in healthy people as well as patients with AIDS. 1-(2-Hydroxyethoxy)methyl-5-(1-azido-2-haloethyl or 1-azidovinyl) analogs (4-7), 1-[(2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)ethoxy)methyl]-5-decynyluracil (37), and 1-[(2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)ethoxy)methyl]-5-dodecynyluracil (38) exhibited significant in vitro anti-tubercular activity against these mycobacteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, 1-41 Medical Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2H7.
authors.forename: Naveen C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Srivastav
authors.forename: Tracey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: Dennis Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kunimoto
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000187:drug effects*; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines