Discovery and development of novel substituted monohydrazides as potent antifungal agents†
Nishad Thamban Chandrika,Keith D. Green,Abbygail C. Spencer,Oleg V. Tsodikov,Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova
RSC Medicinal Chemistry Pub Date : 06/14/2023 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/D3MD00167A
Abstract

Novel substituted monohydrazides synthesized for this study displayed broad-spectrum activity against various fungal strains, including a panel of clinically relevant Candida auris strains. The activity of these compounds was either comparable or superior to amphotericin B against most of the fungal strains tested. These compounds possessed fungistatic activity in a time-kill assay and exhibited no mammalian cell toxicity. In addition, they prevented the formation of fungal biofilms. Even after repeated exposures, the Candida albicans ATCC 10231 (strain A) fungal strain did not develop resistance to these monohydrazides.

Graphical abstract: Discovery and development of novel substituted monohydrazides as potent antifungal agents