1. Anti-cancer evaluation of carboxamides of furano-sesquiterpene carboxylic acids from the soft coral Sinularia kavarattiensis.
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Rajaram S, Ramulu U, Ramesh D, Srikanth D, Bhattacharya P, Prabhakar P, Kalivendi SV, Babu KS, Venkateswarlu Y, and Navath S
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- Amides chemistry, Animals, Cell Line, Tumor, Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor, Furans chemistry, Furans pharmacology, HeLa Cells, Humans, MCF-7 Cells, Molecular Structure, Neoplasms chemistry, Sesquiterpenes chemistry, Amides pharmacology, Anthozoa chemistry, Neoplasms drug therapy, Sesquiterpenes pharmacology
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The chemical investigation of soft coral Sinularia kavarattiensis is described. It yielded furano-sesquiterpene carboxylic acids 1 and 2 and their methyl esters 3 and 4. Semi-synthesis of furano-sesquiterpene carboxylic acid 1 gave amide derivatives 5-12. Structures of all the compounds were established by IR, NMR and mass spectral analysis. Interestingly all compounds are selectively potent on leukemia cell line. All these compounds were screened for cytotoxic activity against five human cancer cell lines (leukemia, prostate, lung, breast and cervix). Among these compounds 9 and 10 showed promising activity against leukemia and prostate cancer cell lines., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2013
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