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Vinod P Vyavahare1, Chaitali Chakraborty, Biswanath Maity
1Garware Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Pune, Pune-411 007, India.
Abstract:
Two new C-1 epimeric hydroxymethyl castanospermine congeners 2a and 2b, synthesized by stereocontrolled intramolecular double reductive amination of D-glucose derived beta-keto ester as a key step, showed impressive immuno-potentiating property. The bioactivity was mediated through up-regulation of T(H1)/T(H2) cytokine ratio. The finding suggested that immunmodulatory activity of polyhydroxylated indolizidine alkaloids can be tuned by minor structural/stereochemical alterations.
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