Synthesis and antitumor activity of new benzoheterocyclic derivatives of distamycin A

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2675-2684

  Baraldi, Pier Giovanni ^a   Romagnoli, Romeo ^a   Beria, Italo ^b   Cozzi, Paolo ^b   Geroni, Cristina ^b   Mongelli, Nicola ^b   Bianchi, Nicoletta ^a   Mischiati, Carlo ^a   Gambari, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Discovery Research Oncology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHLORMETHINE DERIVATIVE; DISTAMYCIN A DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; TALLIMUSTINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACRYLAMIDES; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DISTAMYCINS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; MICE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NITROGEN MUSTARD COMPOUNDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034644145     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm9911229     Document Type: Article

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