Vegfrecine
Posted by naturalproductman on February 22, 2013
Hayamitsu Adachi and co-workers from BIKAKEN have reported in JNP on a novel VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor from bacteria. The only problem I see with this compound – from a toxicologist’s perspective – is that this is a quinone, and thus a very reactive electrophile. If this kind of functional group is used as a drug, who knows what other things it will react with in the body – be it DNA, proteins, etc…
