Revista Colombiana de Química (Sep 2017)

Synthesis of acyl-hydrazone from usnic acid and isoniazid and its anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis activity

  • Melissa Barrera Tomas,
  • Gloria Eva Tomas Chota,
  • Patricia Sheen Cortavarría,
  • Patricia Fuentes Bonilla,
  • Miguel Angel Inocente Camones,
  • Julio Cesar Santiago Contreras

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15446/rev.colomb.quim.v46n3.61980
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 46, no. 3
pp. 17 – 21

Abstract

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Compound usnic acid (1), isolated from lichen Evernia prunastri (Cajamarca-Peru) and the synthesis and characterization of its acyl-hydrazone (2), from the condensation reaction between usnic acid and isoniazid in an ethanol solution under reflux, giving an overall yield of 95%, were evaluated. Both compounds were evaluated and compared with isoniazid according to its anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis activity based on the tetrazolium microplate assay (TEMA). Compound 1 had MIC (minimal inhibitory concentration) value of 16.0 μg/mL in each test of H37Rv (susceptible type), TB DM 97 (resistant wild type) and MDR DM 1098 (multi drug resistances type) strains. In similar tests, compound 2 MIC values were 2.0, 64.0 and 64.0 μg/mL respectively.

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