Use of substituted acryloyl distamycin derivatives in the treatment of tumors associated with high levels of glutathione
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公开号:US20030207794A1
公开(公告)日:2003-11-06
Compounds which are &agr;-halogenoacryloyl distamycin derivatives of formula (I) wherein R
1
is a bromine or chlorine atom; R
2
is a distamycin or distamycin-like framework as set forth in the specification; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; are cytotoxic agents particularly effective in the treatment of tumors over expressing GSH/GSTs system and which are poorly responsive or even resistant to conventional antitumor therapies.