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Synthesis, biological evaluation and SAR analysis of O-alkylated analogs of quercetin for anticancer

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2014 Sep 15;24(18):4424-4427. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.08.006.
Zhi-Hao Shi 1 Nian-Guang Li 2 Yu-Ping Tang 3 Qian-Ping Shi 4 Wei Zhang 4 Peng-Xuan Zhang 4 Ze-Xi Dong 4 Wei Li 4 Xu Zhang 4 Hai-An Fu 5 Jin-Ao Duan 6
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 National and Local Collaborative Engineering Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization and Formulae Innovative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China; Department of Organic Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211198, China.
  • 2 National and Local Collaborative Engineering Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization and Formulae Innovative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China. Electronic address: linianguang@njutcm.edu.cn.
  • 3 National and Local Collaborative Engineering Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization and Formulae Innovative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China. Electronic address: yupingtang@njutcm.edu.cn.
  • 4 National and Local Collaborative Engineering Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization and Formulae Innovative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China.
  • 5 Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States.
  • 6 National and Local Collaborative Engineering Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization and Formulae Innovative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China. Electronic address: dja@njutcm.edu.cn.
Abstract

O-Alkylated quercetin analogs were synthesized and their Anticancer activities were assessed by a high-throughout screening (HTS) method. The structure-activity relationships (SAR) showed that introduction of long alkyl chain such as propyl group at the C-3 OH position or short alkyl chain such as ethyl group at the C-4' OH position were very important for keeping inhibitory activities against the 16 Cancer cell lines. Furthermore, when the two n-butyl groups were introduced into the C-3, C-7 or C-4', C-7 positions, the Anticancer activity was enhanced.

Keywords

Alkylation; Anticancer; Quercetin; Structure–activity relationship.

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