Studies on Rubia akane(RA) derivatives. Part 7. Thioamide analogues of RAs: antitumour cyclic hexapeptides
Abstract
[Tyr-3-ψ(CS-NH)-Ala-4]RA-VII 3, [Tyr-3-ψ(CS-NH)-Ala-4; Tyr-6-ψ(CS-NH)-D-Ala-1]RA-VII 4, [Tyr-3-ψ(CS-NH)-Ala-4]RA-V 7 and [Tyr-3-ψ(CS-NH)-Ala-4]RA-X methyl ester 8 have been prepared from corresponding RAs, and they showed more promising in vitro antitumour activity than the parent compounds.