Synthesis and antiproliferative activities of quebecol and its analogs

Kasiviswanadharaju Pericherla, Amir Nasrolahi Shirazi, V. Kameshwara Rao, Rakesh K. Tiwari, Nicholas Dasilva, Kellen T. McCaffrey, Yousef A. Beni, Antonio González-Sarrías, Navindra P. Seeram, Keykavous Parang, Anil Kumar

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Abstract

Simple and efficient synthesis of quebecol and a number of its analogs was accomplished in five steps. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for antiproliferative activities against human cervix adenocarcinoma (HeLa), human ovarian carcinoma (SK-OV-3), human colon carcinoma (HT-29), and human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7) cancer cell lines. Among all the compounds, 7c, 7d, 7f, and 8f exhibited antiproliferative activities against four tested cell lines with inhibition over 80% at 75 μM after 72 h, whereas, compound 7b and 7g were more selective towards MCF-7 cell line. The IC50 values for compounds 7c, 7d, and 7f were 85.1 μM, 78.7 μM, and 80.6 μM against MCF-7 cell line, respectively, showing slightly higher antiproliferative activtiy than the synthesized and isolated quebecol with an IC50 value of 104.2 μM against MCF-7.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5329-5331
Number of pages3
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume23
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Antiproliferative
  • Phenolic
  • Quebecol
  • Structure-activity relationship
  • Synthesis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Drug Discovery
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Biochemistry

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