A library of hybrid and dimer compounds based on the natural scaffold of artemisinin was synthesized. These derivatives were obtained by coupling of artemisinin derivatives, artesunate, and dihydroartemisinin with a panel of phytochemical compounds. The novel artemisinin-based hybrids and dimers were evaluated for their anticancer activity on a cervical cancer cell line (HeLa) and on three complementary metastatic melanoma cancer cell lines (SK-MEL3, SK-MEL24, and RPMI-7951). Two hybrid compounds obtained by coupling of artesunate with eugenol and tyrosol, and one of the dimer compounds containing curcumin, emerged as the most active and cancer-selective derivatives.

Botta, L., Filippi, S., Bizzarri, B.M., Zippilli, C., Meschini, R., Pogni, R., et al. (2020). Synthesis and evaluation of Artemisinin-based hybrid and dimer derivatives as antimelanoma agents. ACS OMEGA, 5(1), 274-286 [10.1021/acsomega.9b02600].

Synthesis and evaluation of Artemisinin-based hybrid and dimer derivatives as antimelanoma agents

Lorenzo Botta
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Bruno M. Bizzarri;Rebecca Pogni;Maria Camilla Baratto;
2020-01-01

Abstract

A library of hybrid and dimer compounds based on the natural scaffold of artemisinin was synthesized. These derivatives were obtained by coupling of artemisinin derivatives, artesunate, and dihydroartemisinin with a panel of phytochemical compounds. The novel artemisinin-based hybrids and dimers were evaluated for their anticancer activity on a cervical cancer cell line (HeLa) and on three complementary metastatic melanoma cancer cell lines (SK-MEL3, SK-MEL24, and RPMI-7951). Two hybrid compounds obtained by coupling of artesunate with eugenol and tyrosol, and one of the dimer compounds containing curcumin, emerged as the most active and cancer-selective derivatives.
2020
Botta, L., Filippi, S., Bizzarri, B.M., Zippilli, C., Meschini, R., Pogni, R., et al. (2020). Synthesis and evaluation of Artemisinin-based hybrid and dimer derivatives as antimelanoma agents. ACS OMEGA, 5(1), 274-286 [10.1021/acsomega.9b02600].
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