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SUBMITTER: Chhikara A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9572513 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chhikara Aruna A Roayapalley Praveen K PK Sakagami Hiroshi H Amano Shigeru S Satoh Keitaro K Uesawa Yoshihiro Y Das Umashankar U Das Swagatika S Borrego Edgar A EA Guerena Cristina D CD Hernandez Clare R CR Aguilera Renato J RJ Dimmock Jonathan R JR
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20221009 19
Two series of novel unsymmetrical 3,5-bis(benzylidene)-4 piperidones <b>2a</b>-<b>f</b> and <b>3a</b>-<b>e</b> were designed as candidate antineoplastic agents. These compounds display potent cytotoxicity towards two colon cancers, as well as several oral squamous cell carcinomas. These compounds are less toxic to various non-malignant cells giving rise to large selectivity index (SI) figures. Many of the compounds are also cytotoxic towards CEM lymphoma and HL-60 leukemia cells. Representative ...[more]