Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
2002, 67, 336-352
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20020336
Cardenamides from Cardenolides: Cardiac and Anticancer Activities
Rudolf Meggesa,b,*, Jürgen Weilanda, Rudolf Schöna, Heinrich Repkeb and Kurt R. H. Repke
a Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), D-13092 Berlin-Buch, Germany
b German-American Institute for Applied Biomedical Research GmbH (GAIFAR), D-14 473 Potsdam, Germany
Abstract
Two ways are shown to transform cardioactive cardenolides into cardenamides [17β-(5-oxo-2,5-dihydropyrrol-3-yl)-5β,14β-androstane derivatives], and their derivatives by replacement of their ring oxygen by N-R. Cardioactivity is strongly decreased by this transformation. The comparatively easily accessible 21-oxocardenamides [17β-(2-maleimidyl)steroids] are strongly thiol reactive and show remarkable anticancer activity.
Keywords: Na+/K+-ATPase inhibition; Cardenolides; Cardenamides; Steroids; Lactams; 21-Oxocardenamides; Anticancer activity.
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