Synthesis and biological evaluation of cytotoxic activity of novel anthracene l-rhamnopyranosides
                                
                                    
                                        作者:Gaopeng Song、Hongchun Liu、Wei Zhang、Meiyu Geng、Yingxia Li                                    
                                    
                                        DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2010.05.064
                                    
                                    
                                        日期:2010.7
                                    
                                    A series of anthracene L-rhamnopyranosides were designed and synthesized in a practical way and their cytotoxic activity was examined in vitro. Most compounds exhibited both potent cytotoxicity against several tumor cell lines and high DNA binding capacity. The preliminary results showed that subtle modifications of rhamnosyl moiety in anthracene rhamnosides with acetyl group had a selective toxicity for different tumor cells and the displacement of C-10 carbonyl group in emodin by acetylmethylene group was helpful to improve the inhibitory activity. Lipophilicity of the anthracene glycosides was not a crucial factor for cytotoxicity and most molecules with good cytotoxicity could inhibit the catalytic activity of Top2 alpha. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.