Oxime and dioxime derivatives of various 16E-arylidenosteroids in the androstene series have been prepared and evaluated at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda (USA) for their antineoplastic activity against various tumor cell lines in order to determine the structural requirements for cytotoxic activity. Aldol condensation of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHA) and DHA acetate with various aldehydes followed by treatment with hydroxylamine hydrochloride resulted in the formation of 16E-arylidenosteroid-oxime system. Oximes 15, 16 and compound 20 with a higher degree of oxidation in ring A have been found active in a 60 cell line antitumor prescreen by virtue of their cytotoxic effect against one or more tumor cell line and were further referred for in vivo hollow fiber bioassay. These compounds showed interesting intraperitoneal and subcutaneous scores in the in vivo hollow fiber bioassay and have been referred to the Biological Evaluation Committee for Cancer Drugs for further detailed in vivo testing.
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Bioorg Chem
December 2012
University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sector-14, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014, India.
A new series of 16E-arylidene androstene derivatives has been synthesized and evaluated for aromatase inhibitory activity. The impact of various aryl substituents at 16 position of the steroid skeleton on aromatase inhibitory activity has been observed. The 16E-arylidenosteroids 6, 10 and 11 exhibited significant inhibition of the aromatase enzyme.
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June 2011
University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sector-14, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
Taking into consideration the structural requirements for cytotoxicity and aromatase inhibition, several new 16E-arylidenosteroidal derivatives have been prepared and evaluated for their cytotoxic and aromatase inhibitory activity. The new steroidal analogues 3, 5-8 and 11 exhibited significant cytotoxic effects when screened against three cancer cell lines, MCF-7 (breast), NCl-H460 (lung) and SF-268 central nervous system (CNS) at 100 µM and sensible cytotoxic effects subsequently in sixty cancer cell lines derived from nine cancers types (leukemia, lung, colon, CNS, melanoma, ovarian, renal, prostate and breast cancers). The imidazolyl substituted steroidal derivatives 5 and 7 exhibited strong inhibition of the aromatase enzyme with 16-[4-{3-(imidazol-1-yl)propoxy}-3-methoxybenzylidene]-5-androstene-3β,17β-diol (7) displaying 13 times more potency in comparison to aminoglutethimide.
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December 2008
University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India.
The synthesis and cytotoxic studies of a new series of 16E-arylidene androstene derivatives are reported herein. The impact of incorporating bis-tertiary amino functionalities in the steroid skeleton on cytotoxicity has also been observed. The compounds have been evaluated at National cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA for their antineoplastic activity against various tumor cell lines.
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November 2004
University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
Oxime and dioxime derivatives of various 16E-arylidenosteroids in the androstene series have been prepared and evaluated at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda (USA) for their antineoplastic activity against various tumor cell lines in order to determine the structural requirements for cytotoxic activity. Aldol condensation of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHA) and DHA acetate with various aldehydes followed by treatment with hydroxylamine hydrochloride resulted in the formation of 16E-arylidenosteroid-oxime system. Oximes 15, 16 and compound 20 with a higher degree of oxidation in ring A have been found active in a 60 cell line antitumor prescreen by virtue of their cytotoxic effect against one or more tumor cell line and were further referred for in vivo hollow fiber bioassay.
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