Heteroarotinoids containing urea or thiourea linker
申请人:The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University
公开号:US06586460B1
公开(公告)日:2003-07-01
Compounds, known as heteroarotinoids, having varying abilities to inhibit growth of certain cancerous cells, induce normal cell differentiation, and induce apoptosis or death of cancerous cells, of the general formula:
in which:
Ar and Ar′ denote aryl substituents, and wherein at least one of said aryl substituents comprises an aromatic ring having at least one heteroatom in a fused, partially saturated ring;
W denotes O or S; and
Q denotes H or i-C3H7.