“…Since the 1990s, various pharmacological investigations of newly synthesized benzothiazole derivatives demonstrated interesting pharmacological activities and led to the development of new medications for treating human diseases. Among the most efficient compounds, riluzole, sulfathiazole, mercapto-2-benzothiazole, and 2-(phenylsulfonyl)-benzothiazole revealed neuroprotective (1,12), anticonvulsive (14), antiallergenic, and antimicrobial (7,11,19) activities, respectively, while other derivatives such as 2-(4-aminophenyl)-benzothiazoles exhibited potent antitumoral activity (3,5), probably due to their capacity to bind with tumor-specific proteins. In contrast to other anticancer drugs, such as acridines, that have been extensively studied for their antileishmanial (8) and trypanocidal activities (8), benzothiazoles have been poorly investigated.…”