title: Pharmacology and structure-activity relationships of bioactive polycyclic cage compounds: a focus on pentacycloundecane derivatives.
abstract: The chemistry of organic polycyclic cage compounds has intrigued medicinal chemists for over 50 years, yet little is published about their pharmacological profiles. Polycyclic cage compounds have important pharmaceutical applications, ranging from the symptomatic and proposed curative treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease (e.g., amantadine and memantine), to use as anti-viral agents against influenza and the immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The polycyclic cage appears to be a useful scaffold to yield drugs with a wide scope of applications, and can be used also to modify and improve the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of drugs in current use. This review attempts to summarize the pharmacological profiles of polycyclic cage compounds with an emphasis on the lesser known pentacycloundecanes, homocubanes, and trishomocubanes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Pharmacy, Amarillo, Texas 79106, USA.
authors.forename: Werner J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Geldenhuys
authors.forename: Sarel F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Malan
authors.forename: Jeffrey R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bloomquist
authors.forename: Alan P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Marchand
authors.forename: Cornelis J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Van der Schyf
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D006678:HIV / Q000187:drug effects; D008958:Models, Molecular; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000187:drug effects; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents