Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2018, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (4): 674.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20170636

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Anti-tumor and Antimicrobial Activities of β-Carbolines

LIU Li1, MA Yangyang2, WANG Kuan1, JIA Yunjing2, LI Wan2, ZHU Huajie2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Medicine, 2. College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071000, China
  • Received:2017-09-21 Online:2018-04-10 Published:2018-03-18
  • Contact: ZHU Huajie E-mail:zhuhuajie@hotmail.com
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the Scientific Rsearch Foundation of Hebei Educational Committee, China(No.QN2017021) and the Project from “A Province and A School” of Hebei University, China(No.2017030)

Abstract:

A series of β-carbolines possessing different substituents at C1, C3 and N9 positions derived from L-tryptophan was used in anti-tumour and antimicrobial activity study. Compound 3b exhibited anti-tumour activity against tumour cell line A459 with a IC50 value of 3.17 μmol/L in vitro by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium(MTT) assay while the positive control group(cis-platin, DDP) was 1.45 μmol/L. Other eleven compounds showed relatively weak activities against the five cell-lines. Compound 5h exhibited activitiy against vibrio anguillarum with a MIC value of 0.78 μmol/L while the positive control group(ciprofloxacin) was 1.25 μmol/L. Other fourteen compounds showed relatively weak activities against five spices of bacteria. By the study of structural-activity relationship, optimizing structures is possible and necessary in the future to screen potential compounds for medicinal study.

Key words: β-Carboline, Antimicrobial activity, Anti-tumor activity, Chiral compound

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