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MDPI, Molecules, 17(28), p. 6404, 2023

DOI: 10.3390/molecules28176404

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Developing an Amide-Spacered Triterpenoid Rhodamine Hybrid of Nano-Molar Cytotoxicity Combined with Excellent Tumor Cell/Non-Tumor Cell Selectivity

Journal article published in 2023 by Niels V. Heise ORCID, Toni C. Denner, Selina Becker, Sophie Hoenke ORCID, René Csuk ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

Asiatic acid, a pentacyclic triterpene, was converted into a series of piperazinyl, homopiperazinyl, and 1,5-diazocinyl spacered rhodamine conjugates, differing in the type of spacer and the substitution pattern on the rhodamine moiety of the hybrids. The compounds were tested for cytotoxic activity in SRB assays and compound 12, holding an EC50 of 0.8 nM, was the most cytotoxic compound of this series, but compound 18 (containing a ring expanded 1,5-diazocinyl moiety and n-propyl substituents on the rhodamine) was the most selective compound exhibiting a selectivity factor of almost 190 while retaining high cytotoxicity (EC50 = 1.9 nM, for A2780 ovarian carcinoma).