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SUBMITTER: Heng HL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6072365 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heng Hui Li HL Chee Chin Fei CF Chin Sek Peng SP Ouyang Yifan Y Wang Hao H Buckle Michael J C MJC Herr Deron R DR Paterson Ian C IC Doughty Stephen W SW Abd Rahman Noorsaadah N Chung Lip Yong LY
MedChemComm 20180226 3
In this study, the (<i>S</i>)-enantiomers of the aporphine alkaloids, nuciferine and roemerine, were prepared <i>via</i> a synthetic route involving catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation and both stereoisomers were evaluated <i>in vitro</i> for functional activity at human 5-HT<sub>2</sub> and adrenergic α<sub>1</sub> receptor subtypes using a transforming growth factor-α shedding assay. Both enantiomers of each of the compounds were found to act as antagonists at 5-HT<sub>2</sub> and α<sub>1</sub> ...[more]