78178-72-0Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Synthesis, in vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity of 6,7-diaryl-2,3,8,8a-tetrahydroindolizin-5(1H)-ones
Kimball, F. Scott,Tunoori, Ashok Rao,Victory, Samuel F.,Dutta, Dinah,White, Jonathan M.,Himes, Richard H.,Georg, Gunda I.
, p. 4703 - 4707 (2007)
A 6,7-diaryl-2,3,8,8a-tetrahydroindolizin-5(1H)-one library was constructed and tested against the colon cancer cell line HCT-116 as an initial screen for cytotoxic properties. Of this library, the parent compound, in which the southern aromatic ring remains unsubstituted, and the northern aromatic ring carries a 4-methoxy group, exhibited the most potent cytotoxicity with an IC50 value of 0.39 μM and displayed promising activity in vivo in the NCI's mouse hollow fiber assay.
Biosynthesis of Phenanthroindolizidine Alkaloids: Incorporation of 2-Pyrrolidin-2-ylacetophenone and Benzoylacetic Acid and Derivatives
Herbert, Richard B.,Jackson, Frederick B.,Nicolson, Ian T.
, p. 825 - 831 (2007/10/02)
2-Pyrrolidin-2-ylacetophenone (12) and its oxygenated derivatives, (13) and (14), bearing 14C and 3H labels are synthesized and are shown to be intact precursors for the phenanthroindolizidine alkaloid, tylophorinine (16), in Tylophora asthmatica; the three amines, singly labelled with tritium, are shown to be precursors for tylophorine (3) and tylophorinidine (17).Benzoylacetic acid (9) and p-hydroxybenzoylacetic acid (10), but not 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoylacetic acid, are also precursors for tylophorinine (16).The results allow partial description of the biosynthetic pathways tophenanthroindolizidine alkaloids.A degradation is described which allowed the location of label in 2-pyrrolidin-2-ylacetophenone, derived from ornithine, to be established.
