Synthesis of potent cytotoxic epidithiodiketopiperazines designed for derivatization

We describe our design, synthesis, and chemical study of a set of functional epidithiodiketopiperazines (ETPs) and evaluation of their activity against five human cancer cell lines. Our structure-activity relationship-guided substitution of ETP alkaloids offers versatile derivatization while maintai...

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Main Authors: Olsson, Chase Robert, Payette, Joshua N., Cheah, Jaime, Movassaghi, Mohammad
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Chemical Society (ACS) 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124635