RESEARCH ARTICLE
Microwave-Assisted Syntheses of Amino Acid Ester Substituted Benzoic Acid Amides: Potential Inhibitors of Human CD81-Receptor HCV-E2 In-teraction
Marcel Holzer, Sigrid Ziegler, Bernd Kronenberger, Christian D Klein , Rolf W Hartmann;*
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2008Volume: 2
First Page: 21
Last Page: 25
Publisher ID: TOMCJ-2-21
DOI: 10.2174/1874104500802010021
Article History:
Received Date: 14/2/2008Revision Received Date: 17/3/2008
Acceptance Date: 18/3/2008
Electronic publication date: 15/4/2008
Collection year: 2008

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Abstract
Results from our group showed benzyl salicylate to be a moderate inhibitor of the CD81-LEL–HCV-E2 interaction. To increase the biological activity, heterocyclic substituted benzoic acids were coupled to amino acid esters via microwave assisted DCC-reaction. The prepared compounds were tested for their inhibitory potency by means of a fluorescence labeled antibody assay system using HUH7.5 cells.