Abstract
A series of dehydroepiandrosterone derivatives containing dihydrazone unit was synthesized via a convenient condensation procedure, and which were evaluated for their potential anticancer activities. The preliminary assays indicated that some of the newly synthesized compounds exhibited good antitumor activities against human hepatocellular liver carcinoma (HepG2), heptoma (Huh-7), gastric cancer (BGC-823) and breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7) cell lines compared with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), which might be considered as promising lead scaffold for further design and synthesis of potential anticancer agents.
Keywords: Dehydroepiandrosterone, Analogues, Synthesis, Antitumor activity
Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Synthesis of Novel Steroid Derivatives Derived from Dehydroepiandrosterone as Potential Anticancer Agents
Volume: 13 Issue: 8
Author(s): Shaoyong Ke, Yanhong Wei, Liqiao Shi, Qingyu Yang and Ziwen Yang
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Keywords: Dehydroepiandrosterone, Analogues, Synthesis, Antitumor activity
Abstract: A series of dehydroepiandrosterone derivatives containing dihydrazone unit was synthesized via a convenient condensation procedure, and which were evaluated for their potential anticancer activities. The preliminary assays indicated that some of the newly synthesized compounds exhibited good antitumor activities against human hepatocellular liver carcinoma (HepG2), heptoma (Huh-7), gastric cancer (BGC-823) and breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7) cell lines compared with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), which might be considered as promising lead scaffold for further design and synthesis of potential anticancer agents.
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Ke Shaoyong, Wei Yanhong, Shi Liqiao, Yang Qingyu and Yang Ziwen, Synthesis of Novel Steroid Derivatives Derived from Dehydroepiandrosterone as Potential Anticancer Agents, Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 2013; 13 (8) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/18715206113139990323
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/18715206113139990323 |
Print ISSN 1871-5206 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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