The invention provides an aminoflavone having formula (I), wherein each of R1 and R2 is H, COCH2—R7, wherein R7 is amino alkylamino, dialkylamino, or alkyl- or dialkylaminoalkyl, or an &agr;-amino acid residue, provided that at least one of R1 or R2 is other than H, and R3 is H, branched or straight-chain alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkanoyloxyalkyl, alkanoyloxy, alkoxy, or alkoxyalkyl, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an aminoflavone as described above, and a method of inhibiting the growth of a tumor in a host by administering a tumor growth-inhibiting amount of an aminoflavone compound having the formula as described above.
该发明提供了一种具有式(I)的
氨基
黄酮,其中R1和R2中的每一个是H,COCH2-R7,其中R7是
氨基烷基
氨基,二烷基
氨基,或烷基或二烷基
氨基烷基,或
α-氨基酸残基,但至少其中一个R1或R2不是H,R3是H,支链或直链烷基,羟基烷基,烷酰氧基烷基,烷酰氧基,烷氧基或烷氧基烷基,或其药学上可接受的盐。本发明还提供了一种药物组合物,其中包括上述所述的
氨基
黄酮,以及通过给予上述式所述的
氨基
黄酮化合物的肿瘤生长抑制量来抑制宿主体内肿瘤生长的方法。