Angelicin, an angular furocoumarin, may be used as a photoactivatable molecule that reacts with DNA and unsaturated fatty acids to form monoadducts. Angelicin may be studied as a potential phototherapeutic and to understand its mechanisms of action and effects on RNA and DNA synthesis.
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Angular furocoumarin with diverse photobiological effects. Upon long-wavelength UV irradiation, forms monoadduct with double-stranded DNA and reacts with unsaturated fatty acids. Inhibits DNA and RNA synthesis and cell replication in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells.
Archives of pharmacal research, 33(2), 225-230 (2010-03-03)
Coumarin components from Psoralea corylifolia L. are novel drugs in which psoralen and isopsoralen are the active components. The pharmacokinetics, tissue distribution and excretion of the two compounds were studied by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry after intravenous administration to Wistar
In the search for new photochemotherapeutic agents, a series of derivatives of the ring system pyrrolo[3,2-h]quinoline--bioisosters of the angular furocoumarin angelicin--were synthesized through a four-step synthetic approach, in reasonable overall yields. Eight of the synthesized derivatives showed a remarkable phototoxicity
Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 369(1-2), 95-104 (2012-07-07)
Angelicin is structurally related to psoralens, a well-known chemical class of photosensitizers used for its antiproliferative activity in treatment of different skin diseases. To verify the activity of angelicin, we employed human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells to investigate its cytotoxicity, although
Heteroanalogues of angelicin, pyrrolo[3,2-h]quinazolines, were synthesized with the aim of obtaining new potent photochemotherapeutic agents. Many derivatives caused a significant decrease in cell proliferation in several human tumor cell lines after irradiation with UVA light (GI(50) =15.2-0.2 μM). Their phototoxicity
Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 877(27), 3137-3143 (2009-08-13)
A rapid, specific and sensitive ultra-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC/MS/MS) method has been established for simultaneous quantitation of psoralen and isopsoralen in rat plasma. Plasma samples were pretreated by direct protein precipitation with acetonitrile. Chromatographic separations were performed on
DNA damage and repair mechanism is vital for maintaining DNA integrity. Damage to cellular DNA is involved in mutagenesis, the development of cancer among others.
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