摘要:
The present invention relates to camptothecin-skeleton alkaloids isolated from Mappia foetida or obtained by semi-synthesis from said alkaloids.Mappia foetida, a plant growing in the Indian subcontinent, is known to contain in its various parts, mainly in the seeds, camptothecin, mappicine and foetidine I and II (EP-A-685481).The alkaloids of the invention have the following general formula: ##STR1## in which R is a hydrogen atom or a methoxy group; R.sub.1 is hydroxy, an OM group wherein M is an alkali cation, preferably sodium or potassium, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy group, an optionally substituted phenoxy group, an amino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 monoalkylamino or C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 dialkylamino group in which the alkyl moiety is optionally substituted by amino groups, an arylamino group; R.sub.2 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group or a group of formula COR.sub.3 wherein R.sub.3 is alkyl C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 or optionally substituted phenyl or benzyl.
摘要:
The present invention relates to novel alkaloids from Mappia foetida, foetidine 1 and 2, having anticancer and antiviral properties. These alkaloids, soluble in water, are present in all the parts of the plant, and are the precursors of camptothecin and of 9-methoxy-camptothecin, which are alkaloids known to have pharmacodynamic properties but also to be insoluble in water. The particular water solubility of the novel compounds make them particularly suitable for the treatment of the patients by the parenteral route, avoiding the use of toxic excipients or of unsuitable chemical derivatizations.