Epoxides related to dioncoquinone B: Synthesis, activity against multiple myeloma cells, and search for the target protein

Epoxide 2b is an analog of the synthetic intermediate 2a en route to the polyketide-derived antitumoral naphthoquinone dioncoquinone B (1), isolated from cell cultures of the tropical liana Triphyophyllum peltatum (Dioncophyllaceae). Compound 2b was found to induce strong apoptosis in multiple myelo...

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Main Authors: Cheng, X, Zhang, G, Seupel, R, Feineis, D, Brünnert, D, Chatterjee, M, Schlosser, A, Bringmann, G
Format: Journal article
Published: Elsevier 2018