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Comparative Study
. 2010 Feb 1;20(3):1128-33.
doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.12.014. Epub 2009 Dec 6.

Tricyclic dihydroquinazolinones as novel 5-HT2C selective and orally efficacious anti-obesity agents

Saleem Ahmad  1 , Khehyong Ngu, Keith J Miller, Ginger Wu, Chen-pin Hung, Sarah Malmstrom, Ge Zhang, Eva O'Tanyi, William J Keim, Mary Jane Cullen, Kenneth W Rohrbach, Michael Thomas, Thao Ung, Qinling Qu, Jinping Gan, Rangaraj Narayanan, Mary Ann Pelleymounter, Jeffrey A Robl
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Comparative Study

Tricyclic dihydroquinazolinones as novel 5-HT2C selective and orally efficacious anti-obesity agents

Saleem Ahmad et al. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. .

Abstract

Agonists of the 5-HT(2C) receptor have been shown to suppress appetite and reduce body weight in animal models as well as in humans. However, agonism of the related 5-HT(2B) receptor has been associated with valvular heart disease. Synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of novel and highly selective dihydroquinazolinone-derived 5-HT(2C) agonists with no detectable agonism of the 5-HT(2B) receptor is described. Among these, compounds (+)-2a and (+)-3c were identified as potent and highly selective agonists which exhibited weight loss in a rat model upon oral dosing.

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