SYNTHETIC APPROACHES FOR BIS (INDOLYL) METHANES
AbstractIndole ring system is the most important heterocycle available in natural compounds. Owing to great structural diversity, the indole ring system has become an important structural requirement in many pharmaceutical agents. Indole has been widely identified as a privileged structure or pharmacophore, with its presence in over 3000 natural isolates which are known to possess broad spectrum of biological activities and pharmaceutical applications. The bis (indolyl) methane derivatives are found to be very active compounds in pharmacy field. They are found in cruciferous plants and are known to promote beneficial oestrogen metabolism and induce apoptosis in human cancer cells. In recent years, a lots of bis (indolyl) methane derivatives have been synthesized and found to possess promising biological activities including anticancer, antimicrobial, antifungal, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anthelmintic, cardiovascular activities. In the present review several synthetic schemes of these compounds are discussed involving non-toxic catalyst and providing high yields.
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8
1312-1322
460KB
1818
English
IJPSR
Partha Pratim Kaishap* and Chandrajit Dohutia
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh- 786004, Assam, India
pk6511@gmail.com
24 December, 2012
13 March, 2013
29 March, 2013
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.4(4).1312-22
01 April, 2013
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