Pms. Chauhan et al., SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL, RIGID AND WATER-SOLUBLE ANALOGS OF COLEONOL, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 32(12), 1993, pp. 1269-1271
New, rigid and water soluble analogues (3-6) of coleonol (forskolin) h
ave been synthesized and tested for their antihypertensive activity. A
mong all the compounds tested, only compound 4 exhibits some hypotensi
ve activity. It shows 64 mm Hg fall in blood pressure at a dose of 0.5
mg and 2.5 mg/kg, i.v. for 5 and 14 min respectively.