Antitumor activity of novel deoxoartemisinin monomers, dimers, and trimer

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 987-994

  Jung, Mankil ^a   Lee, Sangmin ^a   Ham, Jungyeob ^a   Lee, Kyunghoon ^a   Kim, Hanjo ^a   Kie Kim, Soo ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

12 (2' BROMOETHYL)DEOXOARTEMISININ; 12 (2' ETHYL AZIDE)DEOXOARTEMISININ; 12 (2' ETHYL SULFONE)DEOXOARTEMISININ; 12 (4' BUTYL AZIDE)DEOXOARTEMISININ; 12 (AMINOBUTYL)DEOXOARTEMISININ; 12 (AMINOETHYL)DEOXOARTEMISININ; 12 (BROMOETHYL)DEOXOARTEMISININ; DEOXOARTEMISININ; DEOXOARTEMISININ DIMER; DEOXOARTEMISININ MONOMER; DEOXOARTEMISININ TRIMER; DOXORUBICIN; MITOMYCIN; PACLITAXEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARTEMISININS; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; MICE; POLYMERS; SESQUITERPENES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037435055     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm020119d     Document Type: Article

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