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Nematocide activity of 6,7-diarylpteridines in three experimental models
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 April 2024
Abstract
The in vitro nematocide activity of seventeen 6,7-diarylpteridines has been tested using three different experimental models, Caenorhabditis elegans, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis and Heligmosomoides polygyrus. The method of evaluation of inhibition in the secretion of acetylcholinesterase by H. polygyrus seems to be the most indicated to avoid false positives. The in vivo activities, against Trichinella spiralis, of the most in vitro active pteridines have been assayed. All pteridine derivatives bearing 6,7-di-p-bromophenyl substituents have shown in vitronematocide activites in the three experimental models used. Amongst all the pteridines tested in vivo, only 2,4-pteridinedithione derivatives exhibited moderate activity.
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