Structure-activity relationships of kadsurenone analogues

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Abstract
Kadsurenone, a specific receptor antagonist of platelet-activating factor (PAF), and its analogues were prepared from derivatives of cinnamyl alcohol and (allyloxy)phenol. Racemic kadsurenone, resolvable by a Chiralpak column at low temperatures, has an IC50 value of 2 .times. 10-7 M, which is about 50% of the activity of the natural product (IC50 = 1 .times. 10-7 M). The structural specificity of kadsurenone was further demonstrated by the low PAF-receptor-blocking activities of denudatin B, mirandin A, desallylkadsurenone, and the 2-epimer of kadsurenone.