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Synthesis and biological activity of novel 3'-trifluoromethyl taxoids

  • Iwao Ojima
  • , John C. Slater
  • , Paula Pera
  • , Jean M. Veith
  • , Ahmed Abouabdellah
  • , Jean Pierre Bégué
  • , Ralph J. Bernacki

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Abstract

Second generation taxoids possessing a trifluoromethyl moiety in place of the 3'-phenyl group are synthesized by means of the β-Lactam Synthon Method. The in vitro cytotoxicities of these new taxoids are evaluated against several different human cancer cell lines and found to exhibit greatly enhanced activities as compared to those of paclitaxel and docetaxel. The activity enhancement is most remarkable against a drug resistant breast cancer cell line, MCF7-R, expressing MDR phenotype.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)133-138
Number of pages6
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume7
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 21 1997

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