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Publisher Summary This chapter discusses that practical synthesis of natural (aS, 7S)-colchicine and its 3-demethyl analog remain a challenge for organic chemists. Variation of the structure of colchicine has led to several possibly less toxic analogs, such as deacetylcolchicine and 3-demethylthiocolchicine. Whereas the former can readily be applied in the form of water-soluble salts, the latter, which is not very soluble in water or commonly used solvents, requires study about its formulation. Information on the metabolism of colchicine and its analogs in humans is still inadequate. The same conclusion holds for the biosynthesis of colchicine, which lacks details in the construction of the tropolonic unit and in the formation of the acetamido group. The chapter reviews the beneficial effects of colchicines, which reported in amyloidosis, familial Mediterranean fever, and cirrhosis, for which presently no good therapeutic agents are available, may stimulate interest in the development of one of its less toxic analogs, including phenyltropolones and biphenyls with proper substitution and proper axial chirality. |
