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  2. Design, synthesis, and biological action of 20R-hydroxyvitamin D3

Design, synthesis, and biological action of 20R-hydroxyvitamin D3

  • J Med Chem. 2012 Apr 12;55(7):3573-7. doi: 10.1021/jm201478e.
Yan Lu 1 Jianjun Chen Zorica Janjetovic Phillip Michaels Edith K Y Tang Jin Wang Robert C Tuckey Andrzej T Slominski Wei Li Duane D Miller
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Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA.
Abstract

The non-naturally occurring 20R epimer of 20-hydroxyvitamin D3 is synthesized based on chemical design and hypothesis. The 20R isomer is separated by semipreparative HPLC, and its structure is characterized. A comparison of 20R isomer to its 20S counterpart in biological evaluation demonstrates that they have different behaviors in antiproliferative and metabolic studies.

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