title: Syntheses and biological activities of bis(3-indolyl)thiazoles, analogues of marine bis(indole)alkaloid nortopsentins.
abstract: The thiazole analogues of the marine bis(indole)alkaloid nortopsentins, 2,4-bis(3-indolyl)thiazoles, were synthesized using Hantzsch reaction between indole-3-thioamides and 3-(alpha-bromoacetyl)indoles as the key step, and these analogues showed potent cytotoxic activities against a variety of human cancer cell lines in vitro.
authors: Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China.
authors: X H
authors: XH
authors: Gu
authors: X Z
authors: XZ
authors: Wan
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D006801:Humans; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D013844:Thiazoles