antimalarial, antimycobacterial and antiproliferative activity of phenyl substituted mixed tetraoxanes
;BOGDAN A. SOLAJA;DENNIS E. KYLE;DEJAN OPSENICA;WILBUR K. MILHOUS
meditsinskaia radiologiia2003Vol. 68pp. 291-302
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solaja2003journalantimalarial,
Abstract
Mixed tetraoxanes of the 4-phenyl-substituted cyclohexyl-spirotetraoxacyclohexyl-spirocholate series have been prepared and evaluated as possible antimalarials, antiproliferatives and antimycobacterials. The activity of the (4R or S)-phenyl series against P. falciparum D6 and W2 strains was found to be at the level of artemisinin, with two compounds, the acid 4 and the amide 6, exhibiting encouraging anti-TB activity as well. Very promising in vitro results of the said tetraoxanes were obtained against solid tumours and, in some instances, the activity against a selected number of cell lines was higher than that of the antitumor drug paclitaxel.