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Niu-Chang-Chih · 2014 · Research Support, Non U.S. Gov'T

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Ethynylbenzenoid metabolites of Antrodia camphorata: synthesis and inhibition of TNF expression.

Antrodia camphorata

OncologyCognition & nervesLiver support
SpeciesNiu-Chang-Chih
JournalOrganic & biomolecular chemistry
Year2014

Key points

  • An improved synthesis of the anti-inflammatory natural product antrocamphin A (2), involving a key Castro-Stephens reaction, is presented, along with the first total synthesis of its congener antrocamphin B (3)
  • Approaches towards the more complex co-metabolite antrodioxolanone (4) were unsuccessful, but a samarium diiodide-mediated pinacol coupling of antrocamphin B did provide the chiral epimers (51)
  • Antrocamphin A (2) inhibits Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF) reporter gene expression, but its development as an anti-inflammatory agent may be limited by cytotoxicity

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Citation abstract

An improved synthesis of the anti-inflammatory natural product antrocamphin A (2), involving a key Castro-Stephens reaction, is presented, along with the first total synthesis of its congener antrocamphin B (3). Approaches towards the more complex co-metabolite antrodioxolanone (4) were unsuccessful, but a samarium diiodide-mediated pinacol coupling of antrocamphin B did provide the chiral epimers (51). Antrocamphin A (2) inhibits Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF) reporter gene expression, but its development as an anti-inflammatory agent may be limited by cytotoxicity.

Citation

Buccini M, Punch KA, Kaskow B, Flematti GR, Skelton BW, Abraham LJ, et al. (2014). Ethynylbenzenoid metabolites of Antrodia camphorata: synthesis and inhibition of TNF expression. Organic & biomolecular chemistry https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ob42333f PMID: 24385001

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