M. Takeuchi et al., STUDIES ON NOVEL BONE-RESORPTION INHIBITORS .1. SYNTHESIS AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF AMINOMETHYLENEBISPHOSPHONATE DERIVATIVES, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 41(4), 1993, pp. 688-693
A series of aminomethylenebisphosphonate derivatives was synthesized a
nd evaluated for their antiresorptive activities using a parathyroid h
ormone (PTH)-induced hypercalcemia model in rats (PIH model). Among th
ese compounds, (cycloheptylamino)methylenebis(phosphonic acid) (3j) wa
s finally selected for further investigation, proving 10-fold as poten
t as pamidronate in the PIH model and an immobilization bone atrophy m
odel in rats (DA model). The structure-activity relationships of this
series of bisphosphonates are discussed.