Deshpande A M, Argade N P, Natu A A, Eckman J
Division of Organic Chemistry (Synthesis), National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
Bioorg Med Chem. 1999 Jun;7(6):1237-40. doi: 10.1016/s0968-0896(99)00047-4.
A combinatorial mini library of naphthalene substituted chalcones has been prepared by solution phase chemistry. Screening of these mixtures for leukotriene B4 inhibitory activity using human whole blood assay (HWBL) afforded a lead compound, 1-(6-butoxy-2-naphthyl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-prop-2-en-1-one (K4A3) with an IC50 value of 18.5 microM.