Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry

Author(s): Zhengming Guo, Suryanarayana Vangapandu, Robert William Sindelar, Larry Anthony Walker and Robert David Sindelar

DOI: 10.2174/978160805207310904010285

Biologically Active Quassinoids and Their Chemistry: Potential Leads for Drug Design

Pp: 285-308 (24)

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

Abstract

Quassinoids are highly oxygenated triterpenes, which were isolated as bitter principles from the plants of Simaroubaceae family. Their synthesis has attracted much attention because of the wide spectrum of their biological properties. The most prevalent quassinoids have C-20 picrasane skeleton, some known as bruceolides as they were isolated from the genus Brucea, which showed marked antileukemic and antimalarial activities.

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