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ID: ALA1131580

Journal: J Med Chem

Title: Antihyperglycemic activities of cryptolepine analogues: an ethnobotanical lead structure isolated from Cryptolepis sanguinolenta.

Authors: Bierer DE, Dubenko LG, Zhang P, Lu Q, Imbach PA, Garofalo AW, Phuan PW, Fort DM, Litvak J, Gerber RE, Sloan B, Luo J, Cooper R, Reaven GM.

Abstract: Cryptolepine (1) is a rare example of a natural product whose synthesis was reported prior to its isolation from nature. In the previous paper we reported the discovery of cryptolepine's antihyperglycemic properties. As part of a medicinal chemistry program designed to optimize natural product lead structures originating from our ethnobotanical and ethnomedical field research, a series of substituted and heterosubstituted cryptolepine analogues was synthesized. Antihyperglycemic activity was measured in vitro and in an NIDDM mouse model to generate the first structure-bioactivity study about the cryptolepine nucleus.

CiteXplore: 9667966

DOI: 10.1021/jm970735n