| Literature DB >> 18782668 |
Gang Wu1, Huan-Fang Guo, Kun Gao, Yi-Nan Liu, Kenneth F Bastow, Susan L Morris-Natschke, Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Lan Xie.
Abstract
Twenty-six unsymmetrical biphenyls were synthesized and evaluated for cytotoxic activity against DU145, A549, KB and KB-Vin tumor cell lines. Three compounds 27, 35 and 40 showed very potent activity against the HTCL panel with an IC(50) value range of 0.04-3.23 microM. In addition, fourteen active compounds were all more potent against the drug-resistant KB-Vin cell line than the parental KB cell line. Preliminary SAR analysis indicated that two bulky substituents on the 2,2'-positions of unsymmetrical biphenyl skeleton are necessary and crucial for in vitro anticancer activity, thus providing a good starting point to develop unsymmetrical biphenyls as novel anticancer agents.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18782668 PMCID: PMC2577197 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.08.050
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823