The pentacyclic triterpene glycyrrhetinic acid is an interesting natural product exhibiting various biological activities. Especially its ability to induce apoptosis in tumor cells is of high scientific interest. In this study we altered the lipophilicity in ring A by derivatization at positions C-2 and C-3. The consequences of these variations on the cytotoxicity were investigated applying a colorimetric sulforhodamine B assay using 8 different human tumor cell lines. An acridine orange/ethidium bromide (AO/EB) test and a trypan blue test were used to determine the extent of apoptotic activity of some of these compounds
五环三萜甘草酸是一种具有多种生物活性的有趣天然产物。特别是它在诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡方面的能力具有很高的科学意义。在这项研究中,我们通过在C-2和C-3位置进行衍生化改变环A的亲脂性。通过应用8种不同的人类肿瘤细胞系进行的一种比色法苏丹红B检测,研究了这些变化对细胞毒性的影响。使用吖啶橙/溴化乙锭(AO/EB)试验和尝试蓝试验来确定其中一些化合物的凋亡活性程度。