Design and synthesis of gambogic acid analogs as potent cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory agents

…, TL Hwang, SL Morris-Natschke, KF Bastow…

Index: Yen, Chiao-Ting; Nakagawa-Goto, Kyoko; Hwang, Tsong-Long; Morris-Natschke, Susan L.; Bastow, Kenneth F.; Wu, Yang-Chang; Lee, Kuo-Hsiung Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2012 , vol. 22, # 12 p. 4018 - 4022

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Abstract

Prenyl-and pyrano-xanthones derived from 1, 3, 6-trihydroxy-9H-xanthen-9-one, a basic backbone of gambogic acid (GA), were synthesized and evaluated for in vitro cytotoxic effects against four human cancer cell lines (KB, KBvin, A549, and DU-145) and anti- inflammatory activity toward superoxide anion generation and elastase release by human neutrophils in response to fMLP/CB. Among them, prenylxanthones 7–13 were generally ...