Design and synthesis of novel iminothiazinylbutadienols and divinylpyrimidinethiones as ARE inducers.

ABSTRACT: Novel iminothiazinylbutadienols and divinylpyrimidinethiones were designed and synthesized as analogues of curcumin with its diketone moiety masked as a heterocyclic adduct with thiourea. The chemical stability of these novel heterocyclic compounds was improved as compared to curcumin. They exhibit longer half-lives and do not react with nucleophilic thiols under physiological conditions. In an ARE-luciferase reporter assay, some of these new curcumin analogues are more effective ARE activators than curcumin and isothiocyanates.

SUBMITTER: Chen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3936471 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature