Cardona V M, Ayi A I, Aubertin A M, Guedj R
Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-Organique CNRS ESA 6001, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Faculté des Sciences, Nice, France.
Antiviral Res. 1999 Jul;42(3):189-96. doi: 10.1016/s0166-3542(99)00021-2.
Phosphate and H-phosphonate derivatives of anti-HIV nucleoside analogues (AZT and d4T) were prepared as potential prodrugs of the bio-active free nucleotide and they were evaluated for their inhibitory effects on the replication of HIV-1 in several cell culture systems. One compound exhibited an important anti-HIV-1 activity and proved to be significantly more efficient than the parent nucleoside.