The potential of achiral sponge-derived and synthetic bromoindoles as selective cytotoxins against PANC-1 tumor cells

Nicholas Lorig-Roach, Frances Hamkins-Indik, Tyler A. Johnson, Karen Tenney, Frederick A. Valeriote, Phillip Crews

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Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)217-223
Number of pages7
JournalTetrahedron
Volume74
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 11 2018
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We thank the Natural Products Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute for collection and extraction of Oceanapia sp.27. This work was supported by a grant from the NIH R01 CA47135 (P.C. and F.A.V.). We also acknowledge funding from NSF CHE1427922 for the Thermo Velos Pro electrospray ionization hybrid ion trap-orbitrap mass spectrometer and the NIH 1S10OD018455-01 for the 800 MHz NMR spectrometer and helium cryoprobe. Finally, we thank the members of the Lokey research group at UCSC, especially M. Naylor and J. Schwochert, for their kind advice during the synthetic portion of this work.

FundersFunder number
National Science Foundation1S10OD018455-01, CHE1427922
National Institutes of HealthR01 CA47135

    ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

    • Biochemistry
    • Drug Discovery
    • Organic Chemistry

    Keywords

    • PANC-1 cytotoxicity
    • Sponge-derived halogenated indoles
    • Synthetic halogenated indoles

    Disciplines

    • Biochemistry
    • Natural Products Chemistry and Pharmacognosy

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