STUDIES ON STRUCTURE MODIFICATION AND STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP OF NEW TAXOIDS DERIVED FROM SINENXAN A

In order to develop new taxol analogues with possible antitumor properties, sinenxan A (SIA), a new biosynthetic taxoid, was chemically modified, mainly by esterification of C₁₄-OH with taxol-like side-chain acids. Twenty-one new taxoids thus formed were tested on three kinds of cell lines. Their activities are far below those of taxol. The SAR of SIA derivatives partly agree with that of taxol and can be roughly discerned.