Title: Recent Progress in Structure Activity Relationship and Mechanistic Studies of Taxol Analogues
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Author(s): W.- S. Fang and X.- T. Liang
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Keywords:
anticancer drugs, paclitaxel, structure-activity relationship (sar), multi-drug resistance (mdr), prodrugs, microtubule, pharmacophore
Abstract: Structure activity relationship (SAR) and mechanism of paclitaxel and its analogues in recent years are discussed in the following areas: SAR of paclitaxel analogues toward “normal” and multi-drug resistance tumors; paclitaxel prodrugs with improved water solubitily and specificity; mechanism of paclitaxel related to tubulin binding and quest for its pharmacophore.