Synthesis of aristolactam analogues and evaluation of their antitumor activity

YL Choi, JK Kim, SU Choi, YK Min, MA Bae…

Index: Choi, Young Lok; Kim, Joa Kyum; Choi, Sang-Un; Min, Yong-Ki; Bae, Myung-Ae; Kim, Bum Tae; Heo, Jung-Nyoung Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2009 , vol. 19, # 11 p. 3036 - 3040

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Abstract

A series of natural aristolactams and their analogues have been prepared and evaluated for antitumor activity against human cancer cells, including multi-drug resistant cell lines. Naturally occurring aristolactams, such as aristolactam BII (cepharanone B), aristolactam BIII, aristolactam FI (piperolactam A), N-methyl piperolactam A, and sauristolactam showed moderate antitumor activities in selected cell lines. However, several synthetic ...