|
|||||
|
|
Synthesis of a new class of uridine phosphorylase inhibitors |
|
| Authors: | Diane L. Levesque Eng-Chi Wang Dau-Chang Wei Cherng-Chyi Tzeng Raymond P. Panzica Fardos N. M. Naguib Mahmoud H. El Kouni |
| Abstract: | A new series of potent uridine phosphorylase inhibitors have been prepared from barbituric acid. Among them, 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-5-)(m--benzyloxy)benzylbarbituric acid ( 37 , BBBA) is the most promising having a Ki value of 1.1 ± 0.2 nM with uridine phosphorylase from human liver. The new inhibitors are easily synthesized and are better inhibitors of human uridine phosphorylase than their uracil counterparts. |
| Keywords: | |