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Original Articles

Design, synthesis, and antitumor activity of desmosdumotin C analogues

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Pages 702-715 | Received 27 Nov 2017, Accepted 02 May 2018, Published online: 30 Dec 2018
 

Abstract

Desmosdumotin C (Des C), a natural product isolated from the roots of Desmos dumosus, has shown good antitumor activity. A three dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) study using the comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) method was performed on 32 Des C analogues. Based on the QSAR, 18 new Des C analogues were designed and synthesized. An efficient three-step synthetic strategy toward Des C and its analogues was developed from commercial available 2, 4, 6-trihydroxyacetophenone. All synthesized compounds were evaluated against a panel of human cancer cell lines and showed ED50 values ranging from 1.1 to 25.1 µΜ.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81072546, No. 81470156).

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