Synthesis and biological activity of the tea catechin metabolites, M4 and M6 and their methoxy-derivatives

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2005 Feb 15;15(4):873-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.12.070.
Joshua D Lambert  1 ,  Joseph E Rice ,  Jungil Hong ,  Zhe Hou ,  Chung S Yang
Affiliations
  • 1. Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020, USA.
PMID: 15686878 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.12.070
Abstract

Syntheses are reported for metabolites M4 (1) and M6 (2) of the green tea Polyphenols epicatechin (EC) and epigallocatechin (EGC) and their gallate derivatives. Several methoxy-derivatives of 1 and 2 were also prepared. Compounds 1 and 2 were evaluated for growth inhibitory activity against a panel of immortalized and malignant human cell lines with 1 being the more active compound. The possible antiinflammatory activity of 1 and its trimethoxy derivative was also evaluated. Neither compound inhibited the release of arachidonic acid, although 1 inhibited NO production by 50% at 20 microM.

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