Journal of medicinal chemistry

Synthesis and antitumor activity of structural analogs of the anticancer benzophenanthridine alkaloid fagaronine chloride

M Cushman, P Mohan

Index: Cushman, Mark; Mohan, Prem Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 1985 , vol. 28, # 8 p. 1031 - 1036

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Citation Number: 43

Abstract

The indenoisoquinoline analogue 4 of fagaronine chloride (2) has been prepared, as well as its positional isomer 20 and the corresponding mesylated derivatives 16 and 19. Compounds 4, 16, and 20 were tested against P388 lymphocytic leukemia and found to possess significant activity. A tricyclic analogue 24 was also synthesized and was devoid of cytotoxicity in the KB cancer cell culture system. The change in the substitution pattern of ...