Preparation of Galipea officinalis Hancock type tetrahydroquinoline alkaloid analogues as anti-tumour agents

  • Kim Hung Lam
  • , Kenneth Ka Ho Lee
  • , Roberto Gambari
  • , Raymond Siu Ming Wong
  • , Gregory Yin Ming Cheng
  • , See Wai Tong
  • , Kit Wah Chan
  • , Fung Yi Lau
  • , Paul Bo San Lai
  • , Wai Yeung Wong*
  • , Albert Sun Chi Chan
  • , Stanton Hon Lung Kok
  • , Johnny Cheuk On Tang
  • , Chung Hin Chui
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The preparation of chiral tetrahydroquinolines using Ir-catalysed asymmetric hydrogenation and their possible cytotoxic potential anti-cancer activity were reported. Both of the in vitro cytotoxicity assay on a series of human cancer cell lines including A549 small cell lung cancer, MDA-MB-231 breast cancer, SaoS2 sacroma, SKHep-1 hepatoma and Hep3B hepatocellular carcinoma as well as in vivo animal model using Hep3B hepatocellular tumour xenograft on athymic nude mice suggest that 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquin-8-ol is a potential anti-tumour alkaloid which may be further developed as a novel cancer chemotherapeutic agent.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)166-171
Number of pages6
JournalPhytomedicine
Volume20
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2013

User-Defined Keywords

  • Cancer cells
  • Galipea officinalis
  • Tetrahydroquinoline alkaloid
  • Xenograft

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