Regioselective synthesis of methylated epigallocatechin gallate via nitrobenzenesulfonyl (Ns) protecting group

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4171-4174

  Aihara, Yoshiyuki ^a   Yoshida, Atsusi ^a   Furuta, Takumi ^a   Wakimoto, Toshiyuki ^a   Akizawa, Toshifumi ^b   Konishi, Motomi ^b   Kan, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epigallocatechin gallate; Matrix metalloproteinases; Methylated catechin; Nitrobenzenesulfonyl (Ns) group

Indexed keywords

2 NITROBENZENESULFONYL DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; DEPROTECTION REACTION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION;

ANIMALS; CATECHIN; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 1; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 7; METHYLATION; MICE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STEREOISOMERISM; TEA;

EID: 67649947129     PISSN: 0960894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.05.111     Document Type: Article

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