Benzylguanidines and other galegine analogues inducing weight loss in mice

…, J McTavish, MH Mooney, M Arastoo…

Index: Coxon, Geoffrey D.; Furman, Brian L.; Harvey, Alan L.; McTavish, John; Mooney, Mark H.; Arastoo, Mahmoud; Kennedy, Alan R.; Tettey, Justice M.; Waigh, Roger D. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 52, # 11 p. 3457 - 3463

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Abstract

Dimethylallylguanidine, also known as galegine, isolated from Galega officinalis, has been shown to have weight reducing properties in vivo. Substitution of the guanidine group with an N-cyano group and replacement of guanidine with amidine, pyrimidine, pyridine, or the imidazole moieties removed the weight reducing properties when evaluated in BALB/c mice. However, retention of the guanidine and replacement of the dimethylallyl group by a ...