摘要 |
A pharmaceutical composition useful for the treatment of cancer in mamnmals, comprising as the active ingredient a therapeutically effective amount of a jasmonate of the formula:wherein:n is 0,1, or 2; R1 is OH, alkoxy, O-glucosyl, or imino; R2 is OH, O, alkoxy or O-glucosyl; R3, R4 and R5 are H, OH, alkoxy or O-glucosyl; and/or wherein R1 and R2, or R1 and R4 together form a lactone; and further wherein the bonds between C3:C7, C4:C5, and C9:C10 may be double or single bonds; or a derivative of said formula; the derivative having at least one of the following: a lower acyl side chain at C3 (free acid, ester or conjugate); a keto or hydroxy (free hydroxy or ester) moiety at the C6 carbon; or an n-pentenyl or n-pentyl side chain at C7. These jasmonates are useful in treating a wide variety of malignancies.
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