Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Highly Active 7-Anilino Triazolopyrimidines as Potent Antimicrotubule Agents

Oliva, Paola; Romagnoli, Romeo; Cacciari, Barbara; Manfredini, Stefano; Padroni, Chiara; Brancale, Andrea; Ferla, Salvatore; Hamel, Ernest; Corallo, Diana; Aveic, Sanja; Milan, Noemi; Mariotto, Elena; Viola, Giampietro; Bortolozzi, Roberta

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Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Highly Active 7-Anilino Triazolopyrimidines as Potent Antimicrotubule Agents

Paola Oliva, Romeo Romagnoli

, Barbara Cacciari, Stefano Manfredini

, Chiara Padroni, Andrea Brancale

, Salvatore Ferla

, Ernest Hamel, Diana Corallo, Sanja Aveic

, Noemi Milan

, Elena Mariotto

, Giampietro Viola

, Roberta Bortolozzi

Pharmaceutics, Volume: 14, Issue: 6, Start page: 1191

Swansea University Author: Salvatore Ferla

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Two different series of fifty-two compounds, based on 3′,4′,5′-trimethoxyaniline (7a–ad) and variably substituted anilines (8a–v) at the 7-position of the 2-substituted-[1,2,4]triazolo [1,5-a]pyrimidine nucleus, had moderate to potent antiproliferative activity against A549, MDA-MB-231, HeLa, HT-29...

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Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Highly Active 7-Anilino Triazolopyrimidines as Potent Antimicrotubule Agents

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