Hp. Wessel et al., THE HEPARIN-LIKE ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY OF SULFATED TETRASACCHARIDES IS SENSITIVE TO STRUCTURAL VARIATION, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 5(5), 1995, pp. 437-442
The sulfated tetrasaccharide beta-maltosyl-(1-->4)-alpha,alpha-trehalo
se 2 with high antiproliferative activity on smooth muscle cells was m
odified in the maltosyl moiety by linking eight different disaccharide
s equatorially to trehalose; the biological activity varied strongly b
etween different structures.