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SUBMITTER: Sellstedt M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4766597 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic & biomolecular chemistry 20151126 1
Due to their enhanced metabolic needs many cancers need a sufficient supply of glucose, and novel inhibitors of glucose import are in high demand. Cytochalasin B (CB) is a potent natural glucose import inhibitor which also impairs the actin cytoskeleton leading to undesired toxicity. With a view to identifying selective glucose import inhibitors we have developed an enantioselective trienamine catalyzed synthesis of a CB-inspired compound collection. Biological analysis revealed that indeed acti ...[more]