“…Though benzodiazepine derivatives were not successful in terms of selectivity for Tat and activity in patients, the screening of small molecule inhibitors against Tat gave the first example that they can inhibit transcription in some types of acutely, chronically and latently HIV infected cell lines. Therefore, several other studies have used LTR-reporter assays to find Tat-dependent transcription inhibitors such as keto/enol epoxy steroids [157], purine derivatives [158,159], tanic acids [160], D-penicillamin [161,162], organic thiophosphate WR-151327 [163], b-carbolines [139,140], camptothecin [144,164], durhamycin A [165], monocyclin IV [166], 3-phenylcoumarins and chalcones [167], stilbene related heterocyclic compounds [168], 4-phenylcoumarins and derivatives (both anti NF-kB and Tat activities) [169], topotecan, b-lapachome, [144], toco-pheryl curcumin (C3) [170], the cyclopentanone prostaglandin PGJ 2 [171,172], celasterol [173], bis-anthracycline antibiotics (WP 631; a DNA intercalator) [137], the natural product EM2487 [174], thiamine disulfide [175] and 2-glycineamide-5-chlorophenyl-2-pyril ketone [176]. Recently, Chande et al .…”