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SUBMITTER: Kambhampati S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4729448 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kambhampati Suman S Rajewski Roger A RA Tanol Mehmet M Haque Inamul I Das Amlan A Banerjee Snigdha S Jha Saheli S Burns Douglas D Borrego-Diaz Emma E Van Veldhuizen Peter J PJ Banerjee Sushanta K SK
Molecular cancer therapeutics 20130103 3
2-Methoxyestradiol (2-ME2) is an endogenous metabolite of estradiol. In preclinical models, 2-ME2 is effective against different types of tumors. Unfortunately, only low systemic concentrations of 2-ME2 can be achieved following oral administration, even after very high doses are administered to patients. In an effort to solve this problem, we have now synthesized and tested a new prodrug of 2-ME2 that is water-soluble due to a bioreversible hydrophilic group added at the 3-position and that mor ...[more]