Malaria-infected mice are cured by a single oral dose of new dimeric trioxane sulfones which are also selectively and powerfully cytotoxic to cancer cells

Andrew S. Rosenthal, Xiaochun Chen, Jun O. Liu, Diana C. West, Paul J. Hergenrother, Theresa A. Shapiro, Gary H. Posner

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Abstract

A new series of 6 dimeric trioxane sulfones has been prepared from the natural trioxane artemisinin in five or six chemical steps. One of these thermally and hydrolytically stable new chemical entities (4c) completely cured malaria-infected mice via a single oral dose of 144 mg/kg. At a much lower single oral dose of only 54 mg/kg combined with 13 mg/kg of mefloquine hydrochloride, this trioxane dimer 4c as well as its parent trioxane dimer 4b also completely cured malaria-infected mice. Both dimers 4c and 4b were potently and selectively cytotoxic toward five cancer cell lines.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1198-1203
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of medicinal chemistry
Volume52
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 26 2009

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Drug Discovery

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