The total synthesis of an aurone isolated from Uvaria hamiltonii: aurones and flavones as anticancer agents

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2003 Nov 3;13(21):3759-63. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2003.07.003.
Nicholas J Lawrence  1 ,  David Rennison ,  Alan T McGown ,  John A Hadfield
Affiliations
  • 1. Department of Chemistry, Cardiff University, PO Box 912, Cardiff CF10 3TB, UK. [email protected]
PMID: 14552774 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2003.07.003
Abstract

The naturally occurring aurone 1, isolated from Uvaria hamiltonii, and a series of aurones analogues based structurally on known tubulin binding agents were prepared and evaluated for Anticancer activity. Aurone 20 was the most active (IC(50) K562 50 nM) and caused significant G2/M cell-cycle arrest.