Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of prenylated and benzylated pterocarpans against snake venom.

Bioorg Med Chem Lett

Laboratório de Química Bioorgânica (LQB), Núcleo de Pesquisas de Produtos Naturais, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Bloco H, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-590, Brazil.

Published: January 2004

Edunol (3), a pterocarpan isolated from Harpalyce brasiliana, a plant used in the northeast of Brazil against snakebites, was obtained by synthesis and showed antimyotoxic, antiproteolytic and PLA2 inhibitor properties. These proprieties could be improved through the synthesis of a bioisoster (5), where the prenyl group was replaced by the benzyl group.

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