申请人:Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc.
公开号:US04866084A1
公开(公告)日:1989-09-12
A new class of novel, biologically active bisindole alkaloid compounds, which have been named topsentins, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods of producing the compounds and methods of using them are disclosed. This new class of compounds has the generic formula: ##STR1## R.sup.1-8 are the same or different selected from --H, --OH, halogen, --R, --OR, --OCOR, or --OA; Y is the single group --O, or two groups, same or different, selected from --H, --OH, --OR, or --OCOR with the provision that Y shall not be two --OH groups; Z are the same or different selected from --H, --R; R is C1-5 alkyl and A is --R--phenyl. The compounds are antiviral agents and antitumor agents which are effective against specific tumors.
本发明揭示了一种新型、具有生物活性的双吲哚生物碱化合物,被命名为topsentins,以及含有它们的制药组合物、制备这些化合物的方法和使用它们的方法。这种新型化合物的通用式为:##STR1##其中R.sup.1-8是相同或不同的,选自--H、--OH、卤素、--R、--OR、--OCOR或--OA;Y是单个基团--O,或两个基团,相同或不同,选自--H、--OH、--OR或--OCOR,但Y不能是两个--OH基团;Z是相同或不同的,选自--H、--R;R是C1-5烷基,A是--R--苯基。这些化合物是抗病毒剂和抗肿瘤剂,对特定肿瘤有效。