Research Department	
              
          Research Journal	
              European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2010.04.025
          Research Rank	
              1
          Research Vol	
              Vol.45
          Research Year	
              2010
          Research Member	
          
      Research Abstract	
              A series of pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid hydrazide derivatives were synthesized and screened for their activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The results show that pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid hydrazide-hydrazone derivatives 3a-l were less active than pyrazinamide. In contrast, the N4-ethyl-N1-pyrazinoyl-thiosemicarbazide 4 showed the highest activity against M. tuberculosis H37Rv (IC90 = 16.87 µg/ mL). Details of the structure-activity and structure-cytotoxicity relationships are discussed.