ProTides of BVdU as potential anticancer agents upon efficient intracellular delivery of their activated metabolites
•Synthesis of 46 BVdU ProTide derivatives with superior activity over BVdU.•Anti-proliferative activity against L1210, CEM, HeLa and HEL cell lines.•Up to 20-fold cytostatic activity enhancement over the parent BVdU.•Retention or increase of the cytostatic activity against TK-deficient cancer cells....
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier Science Ltd
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5131913/ |