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Reductive alkylation allows a rapid and practical entry to the polyami
ne amide wasp toxin philanthotoxin-4.3.3. Philanthotoxin-3.4.3 has bee
n prepared, in two steps, by the monoacylation of spermine. These poly
amine amides are selective molecular pharmacological tools for cation
channels gated by glutamic acid and acetylcholine, and may have potent
ial as neuroprotective agents.