Synthesis and Antitumor Activity Evaluation of Compounds Based on Toluquinol.

ABSTRACT: Encouraged by the promising antitumoral, antiangiogenic, and antilymphangiogenic properties of toluquinol, a set of analogues of this natural product of marine origin was synthesized to explore and evaluate the effects of structural modifications on their cytotoxic activity. We decided to investigate the effects of the substitution of the methyl group by other groups, the introduction of a second substituent, the relative position of the substituents, and the oxidation state. A set of analogues of 2-substituted, 2,3-disubstituted, and 2,6-disubstituted derived from hydroquinone were synthesized. The results revealed that the cytotoxic activity of this family of compounds could rely on the hydroquinone/benzoquinone part of the molecule, whereas the substituents might modulate the interactio

SUBMITTER: Cheng-Sanchez I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6780176 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature