Synthesis and antitumor activity of tanshinone analogues

  • Haji Akber Aisa*
  • , Wei Lu
  • , Jun Chao Cai
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

8,8-Dimethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrophenanthrene-3,4-dione (3) and 8,8-dimethyl-2-(1-hydroxy ethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrophenanthrene-3,4-dione (4), two analogues of the antitumor active tanshinone, were synthesized from anisole. The synthesized compounds 3 and 4 were shown to be highly active against leukemia P-388 cell line as assayed by in vitro MTT method.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)720-722
Number of pages3
JournalChinese Journal of Chemistry
Volume21
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Analogues
  • Synthesis
  • Tanshinone

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