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The very unstable (<10 min at rt) o-quinone 5 derived from the vicinal diphenol anticancer drug combretastatin A-1 (1) has been obtained by careful oxidation with NaIO4 and tetrabutylammonium bromide in water/dichloromethane. Immediate reaction with phenylenediamine (6) allowed o-quinone 5 to be
The activation of N2-methyl-9-hydroxyellipticinium acetate (4) by a peroxidase--H2O2 system leads to the formation of an omicron-quinone (7a). This omicron-quinone is not directly generated from the starting material but through a quinone imine intermediate (6) which is subsequently oxidized. This
Melatonin, an indolic pineal hormone, is produced primarily at night in mammals and is important in controlling biological rhythms. Although melatonin is known to be effective as a free radical scavenger and has an anti-cancer effect, carcinogenic properties have also been reported. In relation to
The structural requirements for murine P-388 leukemia activity in the dopamine series were investigated. Eight of the 31 analogs evaluated possessed reproducible antitumor activity. The ortho-aromatic hydroxyl groups were required for activity, but the aminoethyl side chain was not crucial since
Naphtho[1',2':4,5]imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-5,6-diones (NPDOs), a new type of N-heterocycle-fused o-quinones, have been synthesized. They have been found to be efficient electron-accepting substrates of NADPH-dependent single-electron-transferring P-450R and two-electron transferring NQO1, generating
The effectiveness of hydroxycinnamic acids (HCAs), that is, caffeic acid (CaA), chlorogenic acid (ChA), sinapic acid (SA), ferulic acid (FA), 3-hydroxycinnamic acid (3-HCA), and 4-hydroxycinnamic acid (4-HCA), as pBR322 plasmid DNA-cleaving agents in the presence of Cu(II) ions was investigated.
Originally identified as an innate cytotoxin, nitric oxide ((·)NO) formation in tumors can influence chemotherapy and exacerbate cancer progression. Here, we examined the hypothesis that (·)NO generation contributes to cancer cell drug resistance toward the widely used anticancer drug Etoposide