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| Author(s): |
Manoel Trindade Rodrigues Junior
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Química |
| Defense date: | 2009-10-30 |
| Examining board members: |
Ronaldo Aloise Pilli;
Diogo Seibert Lüdtke;
Alessandro Bolis Costa Simas;
Paulo Cesar Muniz de Lacerda Miranda;
Paulo Mitsuo Imamura
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| Advisor: | Ronaldo Aloise Pilli |
| Abstract | |
The b-carboline skeleton is widely distributed among natural products incluiding yohimbine (yohimbine and alloyohimbine), corynantheidine (corynantheidine), rauwolfia (reserpine) and vinca (vincamine) alkaloids. Furthermore, these coumpounds have also demonstrated a broad spectrum of pharmacological properties including ansiolytic, hypnotic, anticonvulsant, antitumor, antiviral, antiparasitic as well as antimicrobial activities. Concise and efficient total syntheses of (+)-trypargine (59), in 6 steps and 46% overall yield, (-)- trypargine (59), in 6 steps and 38% overall yield, (+)-deplancheine (60), in 11 steps and 47% overall yield, (+)-debromoarborescidine A (61), in 5 steps and 73% overall yield, (+)-harmicine (62), in 5 steps and 56% overall yield, (-)-harmicine (62), in 5 steps and 52% overall yield, canthin-6-one (64), in 8 steps and 45% overall yield and 10-methoxy-canthin-6-one (65), in 8 steps and 35% overall yield, were developed based on the construction of the b-carboline moiety via Bischler- Napieralski reaction and the enantioselective reduction of the dihydro-b-carboline intermediate via an asymmetric transfer hydrogenation reaction using Noyori's protocol. These compounds were evaluated as antiproliferative agents against a panel of cancer cell lines. Only canthin-6-one (64) has shown promising activity against cell line 786-0 (renal cell carcinoma). These compounds were evaluated in vitro bioassays against Leishmania major, Leishmania brasiliensis and Leishmania amazonesis and again canthin-6-one (64) displayed promising activity against Leishmania major (IC50=16,9 mM) and a highly promising safety index (Si=94,7). Preliminary tests of in vivo toxicity showed that harmicine (62) and trypargine (59) are substances with potential effect on the central nervous system. (AU) | |