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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-8
pubmed:abstractText
The beta-carboline alkaloids have been characterized as a class of potential antitumor agents. To further enhance the cytotoxic potency and improve water solubility of beta-carboline, a series of new beta-carboline amino acid ester, beta-carboline amino acid and N(2)-benzylated quaternary beta-carboline amino acid ester conjugates were designed and synthesized, and the cytotoxic activities of these compounds were evaluated using a panel of human tumor cell lines. The N(2)-benzylated quaternary beta-carboline amino acid ester conjugates represented the most interesting cytotoxic activities. Particularly, compounds 8b and 8g were found to be the most potent compounds with IC(50) values lower than 20 microM against all human tumor cell lines investigated. These results confirmed that the N(2)-benzyl substituent on the beta-carboline ring played an important role in the modulation of the cytotoxic potencies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1768-3254
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1515-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Synthesis and cytotoxic evaluation of N2-benzylated quaternary beta-carboline amino acid ester conjugates.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, 135 Xin Gang West Road, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't