Synthesis and antitumor activity of novel 4-chloro-3-arylmaleimide derivatives

Letters in Drug Design and Discovery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-55

  Xu, Guiqing ^a,b   He, Qiaojun ^a   Yang, Bo ^a   Hu, Yongzhou ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

4 chloro 3 arylmaleimide; Antitumor activity; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

4 CHLORO 3 (5 BROMO 1H INDOL 3 YL) N METHYLMALEIMIDE; BISINDOLYLMALEIMIDE; MALEIMIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR;

EID: 61849150043     PISSN: 15701808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157018009787158490     Document Type: Article

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