2. Academic Validation
  3. Cytotoxic cyclolignans related to podophyllotoxin

Cytotoxic cyclolignans related to podophyllotoxin

  • Farmaco. 2001 Apr;56(4):297-304. doi: 10.1016/s0014-827x(01)01030-8.
M Gordaliza 1,  J M Miguel del Corral,  M Angeles Castro,  P A García-García,  A San Feliciano
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Affiliation

  • 1 Departamento de Química Farmacéutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain. [email protected]
PMID: 11421258 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-827x(01)01030-8
Abstract

The cyclolignan family of Natural Products includes compounds with important antineoplastic and Antiviral properties such as podophyllotoxin and two of their semisynthetic derivatives, etoposide and teniposide. The latter are included in a wide variety of Cancer chemotherapy protocols. Due to these biological activities, cyclolignans have been the objective of numerous studies focused to prepare better and safer Anticancer drugs. Several cyclolignans related to podophyllotoxin have been prepared and evaluated for their cytotoxic activities on four neoplastic cell lines (P-388, A-549, HT-29 and MEL-28); some of them have Antiviral and immunosuppressive activities.

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