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Antileishmanial agents: synthesis of allopurinol prodrugs for oral administration

Synthesis of six prodrugs of allopurinol (4-hydroxypyrazolo-(3,4-d)pyrimidine) is described. These compounds were given orally to male and female BALB/C (sensitive) and C57BL/6 (partially resistant) strains of mice, wich had been previously infected with Leishmania mexicana. The results show that at end ...