Substituted ajoenes as novel anti-cancer agents

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5277-5279

  Hunter, Roger ^a   Kaschula, Catherine H ^a   Parker, Iqbal M ^a   Caira, Mino R ^a   Richards, Philip ^a   Travis, Susan ^a   Taute, Francois ^a   Qwebani, Thozama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ajoene; Cancer; Garlic; Radical addition; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

AJOENE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; ALLICIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; NATURAL PRODUCT; RADICAL; SULFOXIDE; SULFUR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FIBROBLAST; IC 50; ISOMER; PHARMACOPHORE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CATTLE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; CYTARABINE; DISULFIDES; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; GARLIC; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TROPHOBLASTS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 52049100124     PISSN: 0960894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.08.056     Document Type: Article

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