Abstract
Several stilbenoid compounds having structural similarity to the combretastatin group of natural products and characterized by the incorporation of two nitrogen-bearing groups (amine, nitro, serinamide) have been prepared by chemical synthesis and evaluated in terms of biochemical and biological activity. The 2′,3′-diamino B-ring analogue 17 demonstrated remarkable cytotoxicity against selected human cancer cell lines in vitro (average GI50 = 13.9 nM) and also showed good activity in regard to inhibition of tubulin assembly (IC50 = 2.8 μM). In addition, a single dose (10 mg/kg) of compound 17 caused a 40% tumor-selective blood flow shutdown in tumor-bearing SCID mice at 24 h, thus suggesting the potential value of this compound and its corresponding salt formulations as new vascular-disrupting agents.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 313-320 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Natural Products |
Volume | 71 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2008 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analytical Chemistry
- Molecular Medicine
- Pharmacology
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Drug Discovery
- Complementary and alternative medicine
- Organic Chemistry