Psorospermin is a cytotoxic dihydroflranoxanthone that has found to exhibit significant activity against various tumor cell lines. Unfortunately, psorospermin is no longer readily available from its natural plant source. The present invention is directed to a method for preparing psorospermin and psorospermin analogs. Methods are also disclosed for utilizing psorospermin analogs to inhibit cellular proliferation.
Psorospermin是一种细胞毒性二氢
黄酮黄酮类化合物,已被发现对各种肿瘤
细胞系表现出显著的活性。不幸的是,psorospermin从其天然植物来源中已不再容易获得。本发明涉及一种制备psorospermin和psorospermin类似物的方法。还公开了利用psorospermin类似物抑制细胞增殖的方法。