Indolocarbazoles: potent, selective inhibitors of human cytomegalovirus replication

…, E Littler, N Parry, R Randall, W Snowden

Index: Slater, Martin J.; Cockerill, Stuart; Baxter, Robert; Bonser, Robert W.; Gohil, Kam; Gowrie, Clare; Robinson, J. Edward; Littler, Edward; Parry, Nigel; Randall, Roger; Snowden, Wendy Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 1999 , vol. 7, # 6 p. 1067 - 1074

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Abstract

In our search for new, safer anti-HCMV agents, we discovered that the natural product Arcyriaflavin A (1a) was a potent inhibitor of HCMV replication in cell culture. A series of analogues (symmetrical indolocarbazoles) was synthesised to investigate structure–activity relationships in this series against a range of herpes viruses (HCMV, VZV, HSV1, and 2). This identified a number of novel, selective and potent inhibitors of HCMV, 12, 13-dihydro- ...