• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제29권10호
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• pp.1988-1992
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• 2008

A series of new derivatives on the ring A of luotonin A were prepared by Friedländer condensation of 6,7,8,10- tetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-b]quinazoline-6,10-dione and suitably substituted 2-aminobenzaldehydes and 2- aminoacetophenones. Their inhibitory activities on topoisomerases and cytotoxicities against selected human cancer cell lines were evaluated. Among the compounds tested, 8-fluoroluotonin A showed similar inhibitory activity on topoisomerase I comparable to camptothecin while luotonin A and 9-hydroxyluotonin A showed 1.37 and 0.94 times stronger inhibitory activity, respectively, on topoisomerase II compared to etoposide. Some derivatives of luotonin A showed moderate cytotoxicity. The possible relationship between the inhibitory activity on Topo II and the cytotoxicity of luotonin A and its analogues, thus, cannot be ruled out.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2-2
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• pp.172.1-172.1
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• 2003

Luotonin A was isolated from Peganum nigellastrum Bunge (Zygophyllaceae) which was named Luo-Tuo-Hao in China and used as a Chinese traditional medicine for the treatment of rheumatism, abscess, and inflammation. The basic fractions of P. nigellastrum showed antitumor activtity, and the origin of such an activity was recently revealed by identifying its constituent luotonin A which inhibited the growth of leukemia P-388 cells ($IC_50$ = 1.8 $\mu$g/mL). Such an intriguing properties of luotonin A led developments of efficient methods for total synthesis. (omitted)

• 약학회지
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.313-317
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• 2007

A series of luotonin A homologues and their aza-analogues were prepared and evaluated their inhibitory activities on COX-1 and 2 as well as their selectivities on COX-2. The aza-analogue of dimethylene-bridged homologue of luotonin A, 3,3'-dimethylene-2-(1',8'-naphthyrid-2'-yl)-4(3H)-quinazolinone (2b), exhibited strongest inhibitory activity against COX-1 and COX-2 dependent phase of prostaglandin $D_2$ generation in mouse bone marrow-derived mast cells in a concentration-dependent manner with an $IC_{50}$ of 39.3 and $1.89{\mu}M$, respectively. Selectivity of 2b on COX-2 over COX-1 was 21 which implied 2b can be a potential lead for the development of selective COX-2 inhibitor.