Research Article

Syntheses of Isoxazoline-Carbocyclic Nucleosides and Their Antiviral Evaluation: A Standard Protocol

Table 2

Cytotoxicity and antiviral activity of compounds 14a,b and 16a,b in HEL cell cultures.

Compound MCCa (μg/mL)MICb (μg/mL)
HSV-1 (KOS)HSV-2 (G)VVVSVHSV-1 TK-ACVr

14aA80>16>16>16>16>16
14aB>400>400>400>400>400>400
14aC80>16>16>16>16>16
14aD400>80>80>80>80>80
14bA16>3.2>3.2>3.2>3.2>3.2
14bB>400>400>400>400>400>400
14bC80>16>16>16>16>16
14bD16>3.2>3.2>3.2>3.2>3.2
16aU>400>400>400>400>400>400
16aT>400>400>400>400>400>400
16bU400>80>80>80>80>80
16bT400>80>80>80>80>80

Brivudine >4000.12840048>400>400
Ribavirin>400>40048240>400>400
Acyclovir>4000.640.64>400>400400
Ganciclovir>4000.0960.16>100>10012

Minimum cytotoxic concentration, required to cause a microscopically detectable alteration of normal cell morphology.
bMinimum inhibitory concentration required to reduce virus-induced cytopathogenicity by 50%.