title: Synthesis and cytotoxicity of 3,4-diaryl-2(5H)-furanones.
abstract: A series of 3,4-diaryl-2(5H)-furanone derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their cytotoxicity in a small panel of cancer cell lines. Four out of 10 compounds in this series, for example 3-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-, 3-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-4-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-, 3-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-4-(3-amino-4-methoxyphenyl)-, and 3-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-4-(2-naphthyl)-2(5H)-furanones, were found to have potent cytotoxic activities with ED50 values of less than 20 nM in most of the cell lines tested.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Taejon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Nguyen-Hai
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: Young-Jae
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Byung-Zun
authors.initials: BZ
authors.lastname: Ahn
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D005663:Furans / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D005663:Furans