S. Megati et al., SYNTHESIS AND IN-VITRO CYTOTOXICITY OF 6-VINYLURIDINE AND RELATED-COMPOUNDS, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 4(3), 1994, pp. 469-472
The 6-alkenyluracil nucleosides (7a-e) and bases (14a-i) were synthesi
zed and evaluated for their ability to inhibit the growth of mouse leu
kemia L1210 cells in vitro. While several of the free bases are cytoto
xic, with IC50 values in the 1 - 5 mu M range, the corresponding beta-
D-ribofuranosyl nucleosides are not significantly active.