Dipartimento Farmaco Chimico Tecnologico, Università degli Studi di Siena, Via A. De Gasperi 2, I-53100 Siena, Italy.
Abstract:
The identification of a novel hit compound as integrase binding inhibitor has been accomplished by means of virtual screening techniques. A small family of structurally related molecules has been synthesized and biologically evaluated with one of the compounds showing an IC(50)=12 microM.