Novel optically active clausenamides, process of the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical composition containing the same and their medical use
申请人:INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA, CHINESE ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
公开号:US20030207935A1
公开(公告)日:2003-11-06
The present invention relates to some new optically active clausenamide derivatives, process of the preparation thereof, a pharmaceutical composition containing the same and their medical use, particularly their use in the respects of hypoxia protective, nootropic and neurodegenerative disease such as cerebral ischemia, Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia.
Clausenamide, isolated from aqueous extract of dry leaves of Clausena lansium, a Chinese folk medicine, was found to have potent activity in enhancing LTP and show nootropic activity in animal tests. In order to discovery more potent stereoisomers and to analyze the relationship of structure-activity, the synthesis of 16 (8 pairs) optically pure stereoisomers of clausenamide with four chiral centers was achieved. The results of LTP assay showed that the nootropic activity of the stereoisomers of clausenamide is closely related to the configuration of stereoisomers. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.