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The structure-activity relationship study of one of recently described
aromatase inhibitors, compound 1(MR20814), allowed us to design some
related derivatives as potential new inhibitors. Among those we synthe
sized, chlorophenylpyridylmethylenetetrahydroinone 5 (MR20492) exhibit
ed in vitro a ten-fold higher inhibition of the enzyme (IC50=0.2+/-0.0
mu M and Ki=10.3+/-3.3 nM). (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights
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