Abstract
β-Carboline alkaloids are a large group of natural and synthetic indole alkaloids with different degrees of aromaticity, some of which are widely distributed in nature, including various plants, foodstuffs, marine creatures, insects, mammalians as well as human tissues and body fluids. These compounds are of great interest due to their diverse biological activities. Particularly, these compounds have been shown to intercalate into DNA, to inhibit CDK, Topisomerase, and monoamine oxidase, and to interact with benzodiazepine receptors and 5-hydroxy serotonin receptors. Furthermore, these chemicals also demonstrated a broad spectrum of pharmacological properties including sedative, anxiolytic, hypnotic, anticonvulsant, antitumor, antiviral, antiparasitic as well as antimicrobial activities. In this review, we summerized the biochemical and pharmacological functions of β-carboline alkaloids.
Keywords: Reviews, β-carbolines, biochemical, pharmacological, structrue-activity relationship
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title: β-Carboline Alkaloids: Biochemical and Pharmacological Functions
Volume: 14 Issue: 4
Author(s): Rihui Cao, Wenlie Peng, Zihou Wang and Anlong Xu
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Keywords: Reviews, β-carbolines, biochemical, pharmacological, structrue-activity relationship
Abstract: β-Carboline alkaloids are a large group of natural and synthetic indole alkaloids with different degrees of aromaticity, some of which are widely distributed in nature, including various plants, foodstuffs, marine creatures, insects, mammalians as well as human tissues and body fluids. These compounds are of great interest due to their diverse biological activities. Particularly, these compounds have been shown to intercalate into DNA, to inhibit CDK, Topisomerase, and monoamine oxidase, and to interact with benzodiazepine receptors and 5-hydroxy serotonin receptors. Furthermore, these chemicals also demonstrated a broad spectrum of pharmacological properties including sedative, anxiolytic, hypnotic, anticonvulsant, antitumor, antiviral, antiparasitic as well as antimicrobial activities. In this review, we summerized the biochemical and pharmacological functions of β-carboline alkaloids.
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Cao Rihui, Peng Wenlie, Wang Zihou and Xu Anlong, β-Carboline Alkaloids: Biochemical and Pharmacological Functions, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2007; 14 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986707779940998
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986707779940998 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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