A review on the anti-parasitic activity of ruthenium compounds

Background There are many infectious diseases in the world caused by parasites. Among them, toxoplasmosis, American trypanosomiasis, African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, neosporosis and malaria are more common and contribute to a majority of the affected individuals. Main body Due to extensive us...

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Published inJournal of basic & applied zoology Vol. 85; no. 1; pp. 17 - 13
Main Authors Chakraborty, Shibam, Ghosh, Sumit, Dalui, Shauryabrota, Dey, Avijit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 15.06.2024
Springer Nature B.V
SpringerOpen
Subjects
African trypanosomiasis
Animal Ecology
Animal Physiology
Antibiotic resistance
Antibiotics
Antiparasitic agents
Apoptosis
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Clotrimazole
Cytotoxicity
Drug interaction
Drug resistance
Embryology
Entomology
Infectious diseases
Leishmaniasis
Life Sciences
Ligands
Neosporosis
Parasite
Parasite resistance
Parasites
Parasitic diseases
Parasitology
Review
Ruthenium
Stress
Toxoplasmosis
Tropical diseases
Zoology
Parasite
Cytotoxicity
Ruthenium
Stress
Apoptosis
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Summary:Background There are many infectious diseases in the world caused by parasites. Among them, toxoplasmosis, American trypanosomiasis, African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, neosporosis and malaria are more common and contribute to a majority of the affected individuals. Main body Due to extensive use of antibiotics, antibiotic resistant strain of the parasites has developed. So, we need to develop a new metal ligand complexes which have many configurations, can overcome this drug resistance and also show significant results in elimination of the parasites. A series of anti-parasitic drugs have been formulated and tested for its activity. In this review, we have tried to see the interaction of different ruthenium drugs (arene ruthenium complex, ruthenium clotrimazole complex, etc.) on different parasites associated with the aforementioned diseases. Conclusion Combination of ruthenium to any organic ligand shows synergistic effects against parasite either by overcoming the drug resistance of the parasite or by binding with new targets due to the presence of ruthenium ion. The multiple modes of action generate an effective drug exhibiting anti-parasitic activity at low concentration. Graphical abstract
ISSN:2090-990X
DOI:10.1186/s41936-024-00371-z