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Sinicropi MS, Ceramella J, Vanelle P, Iacopetta D, Rosano C, Khoumeri O, Abdelmohsen S, Abdelhady W, El-Kashef H. Novel Thiazolidine-2,4-dione-trimethoxybenzene-thiazole Hybrids as Human Topoisomerases Inhibitors. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2023; 16:946. [PMID: 37513858 PMCID: PMC10384675 DOI: 10.3390/ph16070946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Cancer is a complex and heterogeneous disease and is still one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, mostly as the population ages. Despite the encouraging advances made over the years in chemotherapy, the development of new compounds for cancer treatments is an urgent priority. In recent years, the design and chemical synthesis of several innovative hybrid molecules, which bring different pharmacophores on the same scaffold, have attracted the interest of many researchers. Following this strategy, we designed and synthetized a series of new hybrid compounds that contain three pharmacophores, namely trimethoxybenzene, thiazolidinedione and thiazole, and tested their anticancer properties on two breast cancer (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231) cell lines and one melanoma (A2058) cell line. The most active compounds were particularly effective against the MCF-7 cells and did not affect the viability of the normal MCF-10A cells. Docking simulations indicated the human Topoisomerases I and II (hTopos I and II) as possible targets of these compounds, the inhibitory activity of which was demonstrated by the mean of direct enzymatic assays. Particularly, compound 7e was proved to inhibit both the hTopo I and II, whereas compounds 7c,d blocked only the hTopo II. Finally, compound 7e was responsible for MCF-7 cell death by apoptosis. The reported results are promising for the further design and synthesis of other analogues potentially active as anticancer tools.
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- Maria Stefania Sinicropi
- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, ICR UMR 7273, Equipe Pharmaco-Chimie Radicalaire, Faculté de Pharmacie, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, CS30064, CEDEX 05, 13385 Marseille, France
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
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- U.O. Proteomica e Spettrometria di Massa, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo R. Benzi 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, ICR UMR 7273, Equipe Pharmaco-Chimie Radicalaire, Faculté de Pharmacie, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, CS30064, CEDEX 05, 13385 Marseille, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Sphinx University, New Assiut 71684, Egypt
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Sogukomerogullari HG. Molecular docking-assisted investigation of Pd(II) complexes carrying "SNS" pincer-type pyridine-thioether ligand as potential drug candidates against COVID-19. Comput Biol Med 2022; 145:105512. [PMID: 35429834 PMCID: PMC8994705 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.105512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a threat to public health throughout the world since the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was discovered in late 2019. Since the beginning of the pandemic, scientists have done a tremendous amount of work in this area. However, among these studies, the investigation of the effect of newly synthesized compounds against coronavirus is rather weak. Examining the newly synthesized compounds with a computer-assisted molecular docking study provides quite an advantage in terms of the estimation and analysis of the biochemical activity and binding affinity of existing synthesized compounds against a biological target in a labor, time, and cost-saving way. In this study, the SNS pincer type 2,6-bis[[(4-methylphenyl)thio]methyl]pyridine ligand(L) (1) and its novel Pd(II) complexes ([Pd(κ2-L)(OAc)2]·3H2O (2) and [Pd(κ2-L)Cl2]·3H2O (3)) were synthesized and characterized by using FT-IR, UV-Vis, NMR, mass and elemental analysis techniques. The synthesized Pd complexes exhibited a square planar structure. The compounds were found to have non-electrolytic behavior. In the meantime, in silico investigations have defined and justified interaction processes between these molecules and Pd(II) at the atomic level. Furthermore, using molecular docking against target proteins of SARS-CoV-2, the efficiency of the SNS pincer type ligand and its Pd (II) complexes produced was studied and discussed for the first time. The experimental data has been supported and illuminated using computational visual methods and molecular docking, and the findings produced indicate compatibility. The binding energy values of the relevant compounds on the four protein model structures of SARS-CoV-2 (Main Protease, Papain-like protease, RdRp without RNA, and RdRp with RNA) are represented. Compound 2 ([Pd(κ2-L)(OAc)2]·3H2O) is the structure that exhibits the highest biochemical activity. According to all of the docking studies, Papain-like protease is the SARS-CoV-2 protein with which the three compounds exhibit mutual interaction. The compound 2 structure, in particular, is the most effective in terms of structural and interaction with the targets, as well as binding orientations.
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- Hatice Gamze Sogukomerogullari
- Medical Services and Techniques Department, Health Services Vocational School, Gaziantep University, 27310, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Burkhanova TM, Babashkina MG, Taskin-Tok T, Sharov AV, Safin DA. Naphthalene-based bis-N-salicylidene aniline dyes: Crystal structures, Hirshfeld surface analysis, computational study and molecular docking with the SARS-CoV-2 proteins. JOURNAL OF THE IRANIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2022. [PMCID: PMC8609272 DOI: 10.1007/s13738-021-02438-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Tatyana M. Burkhanova
- University of Tyumen, Volodarskogo Str. 6, Tyumen, Russian Federation 625003
- Advanced Materials for Industry and Biomedicine laboratory, Kurgan State University, Sovetskaya Str. 63/4, Kurgan, Russian Federation 640020
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université Catholique de Louvain, Place L. Pasteur 1, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Gaziantep, 27310 Gaziantep, Turkey
- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Gaziantep, 27310 Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Advanced Materials for Industry and Biomedicine laboratory, Kurgan State University, Sovetskaya Str. 63/4, Kurgan, Russian Federation 640020
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- University of Tyumen, Volodarskogo Str. 6, Tyumen, Russian Federation 625003
- Advanced Materials for Industry and Biomedicine laboratory, Kurgan State University, Sovetskaya Str. 63/4, Kurgan, Russian Federation 640020
- Innovation Center for Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Eltsin, Mira Str. 19, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation 620002
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Sahil, Kaur K, Jaitak V. Thiazole and Related Heterocyclic Systems as Anticancer Agents: A Review on Synthetic Strategies, Mechanisms of Action and SAR Studies. Curr Med Chem 2022; 29:4958-5009. [DOI: 10.2174/0929867329666220318100019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Background:
Cancer is the second leading cause of death throughout the world. Many anticancer drugs are commercially available, but lack of selectivity, target specificity, cytotoxicity and development of resistance lead to serious side effects. There have been several experiments going on to develop compounds with minor or no side effects.
Objective:
This review mainly emphasizes synthetic strategies, SAR studies, and mechanism of action for thiazole, benzothiazole, and imidazothiazole containing compounds as anticancer agents.
Methods:
Recent literature related to thiazole and thiazole-related derivatives endowed with encouraging anticancer potential is reviewed. This review emphasizes contemporary strategies used for the synthesis of thiazole and related derivatives, mechanistic targets, and comprehensive structural activity relationship studies to provide perspective into the rational design of high-efficiency thiazole-based anticancer drug candidates.
Results:
Exhaustive literature survey indicated that thiazole derivatives are associated with properties of inducing
apoptosis and disturbing tubulin assembly. Thiazoles are also associated with the inhibition of NFkB/mTOR/PI3K/AkT and regulation of estrogen-mediated activity. Furthermore, thiazole derivatives have been found to modulate critical targets such as topoisomerase and HDAC.
Conclusion:
Thiazole derivatives seem to be quite competent and act through various mechanisms. Some of the thiazole derivatives, such as compounds 29, 40, 62, and 74a with IC50 values of 0.05 μM, 0.00042 μM, 0.18 μM, and 0.67 μM, respectively not only have anticancer activity but they also have lower toxicity and better absorption. Therefore, some other similar compounds could be investigated to aid in the development of anticancer pharmacophores.
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- Sahil
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products, Central University of Punjab, Ghudda, Bathinda (Pb.), India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products, Central University of Punjab, Ghudda, Bathinda (Pb.), India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products, Central University of Punjab, Ghudda, Bathinda (Pb.), India
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Chen X, He Z, Wu X, Mao D, Feng C, Zhang J, Chen G. Comprehensive study of the interaction between Puerariae Radix flavonoids and DNA: From theoretical simulation to structural analysis to functional analysis. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 231:118109. [PMID: 32062512 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.118109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Puerariae Radix (PR) is a natural herb whose active ingredient is mainly flavonoids. To explore the interaction between PR flavonoids and DNA not only has important biological implications for understanding the mechanism of action, but also helps develop PR products for the design of appropriate dietary interventions to aid cancer treatment. In this work, we comprehensively studied the interaction between six kinds of PR flavonoids and DNA from four different and progressive levels, including molecular docking, multi-spectral analysis, and functional analysis in vitro and in cell. Results show that the DNA binding affinity of six flavonoids is in an order of quercetin > formononetin > daidzein > puerarin > 4'-methoxy puerarin > puerarin 6″-O-xyloside (POS), in which quercetin can significantly inhibit DNA amplification owing to its strongest binding affinity. The binding between quercetin and DNA is further revealed to be intercalated binding, which can cause conformational changes in DNA, thereby exhibiting an activity of cell cycle arrest and anti-proliferative. This property of quercetin can be utilized for the further development of flavonoids with anticancer activity. In addition to the potential application, this work also provides a platform for the comprehensive study of the interaction between micromolecules and DNA.
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- Xu Chen
- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, PR China; Experimental Center for Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Biosensing, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, PR China.
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Pathak N, Rathi E, Kumar N, Kini SG, Rao CM. A Review on Anticancer Potentials of Benzothiazole Derivatives. Mini Rev Med Chem 2020; 20:12-23. [PMID: 31288719 DOI: 10.2174/1389557519666190617153213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Benzothiazole is an organic compound bearing a heterocyclic nucleus (thiazole) which imparts a broad spectrum of biological activities to it. The significant and potent activity of benzothiazole moiety influenced distinctively by nature and position of substitutions. This review summarizes the effect of various substituents in recent trends and approaches to design and develop novel benzothiazole derivatives for anticancer potential in different cell lines by interpreting the Structure- Activity Relationship (SAR) and mechanism of action of a wide range of derivatives. The list of derivatives is categorized into different groups and reviewed for their anticancer activity. The structure-activity relationship for the various derivatives revealed an excellent understanding of benzothiazole moiety in the field of cancer therapy against different cancer cell line. Data obtained from the various articles showed the potential effect of benzothiazole moiety and its derivatives to produce the peculiar and significant lead compound. The important anticancer mechanisms found are tyrosine kinase inhibition, topoisomerase inhibition and induction of apoptosis by Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) activation. Therefore, the design and development of novel benzothiazole have broad scope in cancer chemotherapy.
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- Nandini Pathak
- Department of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka-576104, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka-576104, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka-576104, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka-576104, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka-576104, India
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Bolelli K, Musdal Y, Aki-Yalcin E, Mannervik B, Yalcin I. Synthesis and activity mechanism of some novel 2-substituted benzothiazoles as hGSTP1-1 enzyme inhibitors. SAR AND QSAR IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2017; 28:927-940. [PMID: 29206502 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2017.1402820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Human GSTP1-1 is one of the most important proteins, which overexpresses in a large number of human tumours and is involved in the development of resistance to several anticancer drugs. So, it has become an important target in cancer treatment. In this study, 12 benzothiazole derivatives were synthesized and screened for their in vitro inhibitory activity for hGSTP1-1. Among these compounds, two of them (compounds #2 and #5) have been found to be the leads when compared with the reference drug etoposide. In order to analyse the structure-activity relationships (SARs) and to investigate the binding side interactions of the observed lead compounds, a HipHop pharmacophore model was generated and the molecular docking studies were performed by using CDocker method. In conclusion, it is observed that the lead compounds #2 and #5 possessed inhibitory activity on the hGSTP1-1 by binding to the H-site as a substrate in which the para position of the phenyl ring of the benzamide moiety on the benzothiazole ring is important. Substitution at this position with a hydrophobic group that reduces the electron density at the phenyl ring is required for the interaction with the H side active residue Tyr108.
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- K Bolelli
- a Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy , Ankara University , Ankara , Turkey
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- b Department of Neurochemistry , Stockholm University , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy , Ankara University , Ankara , Turkey
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- b Department of Neurochemistry , Stockholm University , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy , Ankara University , Ankara , Turkey
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Yilmaz S, Altinkanat-Gelmez G, Bolelli K, Guneser-Merdan D, Ufuk Over-Hasdemir M, Aki-Yalcin E, Yalcin I. Binding site feature description of 2-substituted benzothiazoles as potential AcrAB-TolC efflux pump inhibitors in E. coli. SAR AND QSAR IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2015; 26:853-871. [PMID: 26559566 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2015.1106581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The resistance-nodulation-division (RND) family efflux pumps are important in the antibiotic resistance of Gram-negative bacteria. However, although a number of bacterial RND efflux pump inhibitors have been developed, there has been no clinically available RND efflux pump inhibitor to date. A set of BSN-coded 2-substituted benzothiazoles were tested alone and in combinations with ciprofloxacin (CIP) against the AcrAB-TolC overexpressor Escherichia coli AG102 clinical strain. The results indicated that the BSN compounds did not show intrinsic antimicrobial activity when tested alone. However, when used in combinations with CIP, a reversal in the antibacterial activity of CIP with up to 10-fold better MIC values was observed. In order to describe the binding site features of these BSN compounds with AcrB, docking studies were performed using the CDocker method. The performed docking poses and the calculated binding energy scores revealed that the tested compounds BSN-006, BSN-023, and BSN-004 showed significant binding interactions with the phenylalanine-rich region in the distal binding site of the AcrB binding monomer. Moreover, the tested compounds BSN-006 and BSN-023 possessed stronger binding energies than CIP, verifying that BSN compounds are acting as the putative substrates of AcrB.
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- S Yilmaz
- a Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy , Ankara University , Ankara , Turkey
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- b Medical Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine , Marmara University , Istanbul , Turkey
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- a Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy , Ankara University , Ankara , Turkey
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- b Medical Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine , Marmara University , Istanbul , Turkey
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- b Medical Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine , Marmara University , Istanbul , Turkey
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- a Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy , Ankara University , Ankara , Turkey
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- a Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy , Ankara University , Ankara , Turkey
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