Antimicrobial indolequinones from the mid-intestinal gland of the muricid gastropod Drupella fragum
摘要:
Three new indolequinones, 6-merhoxyindole-4,7-quinone (1), 5-methoxyindole-4,7-quinone (2) and 5-methylindole-4,7-quinone (3) were isolated from the mid-intestinal gland of the muricid gastropod Drupella fragum. The structures of 1 and 2 were established by spectroscopic methods and total synthesis, whereas the structure of 3 was elucidated mainly by NMR spectroscopic analyses. Compounds 1 3 exhibited moderate antimicrobial activities against Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Escherichia coli with MIC = 6.25 similar to 50 mu g/mL. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Antimicrobial indolequinones from the mid-intestinal gland of the muricid gastropod Drupella fragum
摘要:
Three new indolequinones, 6-merhoxyindole-4,7-quinone (1), 5-methoxyindole-4,7-quinone (2) and 5-methylindole-4,7-quinone (3) were isolated from the mid-intestinal gland of the muricid gastropod Drupella fragum. The structures of 1 and 2 were established by spectroscopic methods and total synthesis, whereas the structure of 3 was elucidated mainly by NMR spectroscopic analyses. Compounds 1 3 exhibited moderate antimicrobial activities against Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Escherichia coli with MIC = 6.25 similar to 50 mu g/mL. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
BPR0L075 (2) is a potential anticancer drug candidate designed from Combretastatin A-4 (1) based on the bioisosterism principle. Metabolites of 2, proposed from in vitro human microsome studies, were synthesized, leading to the identification of metabolitc-derived analogue 10 with 40-350 pM potency against various cancer cell lines. Insights gained from the major inactive metabolite of 2 led to the development of 29, with better pharmacokinetics and improved potency in the tumor xenograft model than 2.