Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume 41, Issue 26 (December 17, 1998)
Copyright © 1998 American Chemical Society

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PERSPECTIVE

5119-5143

Immunophilins: Beyond Immunosuppression G. S. Hamilton and J. P. Steiner [Full Article - PDF]

COMMUNICATIONS TO THE EDITOR

5144-5147

Nitrogen-Carbon-Linked (Azolylphenyl)oxazolidinones with Potent Antibacterial Activity Against the Fastidious Gram-Negative Organisms Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis Michael J. Genin, Douglas K. Hutchinson, Debra A. Allwine, Jackson B. Hester, D. Edward Emmert, Stuart A. Garmon, Charles W. Ford, Gary E. Zurenko, Judith C. Hamel, Ronda D. Schaadt, Douglas Stapert, Betty H. Yagi, Janice M. Friis, Eric M. Shobe, and Wade J. Adams [Full Article - PDF]

5148-5149

A Novel (Benzodifuranyl)aminoalkane with Extremely Potent Activity at the 5-HT2A Receptor Matthew A. Parker, Danuta Marona-Lewicka, Virginia L. Lucaites, David L. Nelson, and David E. Nichols [Full Article - PDF]

EXPEDITED ARTICLES

5150-5157

Discovery and Structure-Activity Relationship of the First Non-Peptide Competitive Human Glucagon Receptor Antagonists Peter Madsen, Lotte B. Knudsen, Finn C. Wiberg, and Richard D. Carr [Full Article - PDF]

ARTICLES

5158-5166

Enantiospecific Semisynthesis of (+)-Almuheptolide-A, a Novel Natural Heptolide Inhibitor of the Mammalian Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Almudena Bermejo, José R. Tormo, Nuria Cabedo, Ernesto Estornell, Bruno Figadère, and Diego Cortes [Full Article - PDF]

5167-5176

Side Chain Methyl Substitution in the -Opioid Receptor Antagonist TIPP Has an Important Effect on the Activity Profile Dirk Tourwé, Els Mannekens, Trang Nguyen Thi Diem, Patricia Verheyden, Hendrika Jaspers, Géza Tóth, Antal Péter, István Kertész, Gabriella Török, Nga N. Chung, and Peter W. Schiller [Full Article - PDF]

5177-5187

The Bioactive Conformation of Aminoalkylindoles at the Cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 Receptors: Insights Gained from (E)- and (Z)-Naphthylidene Indenes Patricia H. Reggio, Sharmista Basu-Dutt, Judy Barnett-Norris, Marie T. Castro, Dow P. Hurst, Herbert H. Seltzman, Michael J. Roche, Anne F. Gilliam, Brian F. Thomas, L. A. Stevenson, Roger G. Pertwee, and Mary E. Abood [Full Article - PDF]

5188-5197

Identification of an Opioid Receptor Subtype-Selective N-Substituent for (+)-(3R,4R)-Dimethyl-4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)piperidine James B. Thomas, Michael J. Fall, Julie B. Cooper, Richard B. Rothman, S. Wayne Mascarella, Heng Xu, John S. Partilla, Christina M. Dersch, Karen B. McCullough, Buddy E. Cantrell, Dennis M. Zimmerman, and F. Ivy Carroll [Full Article - PDF]

5198-5218

Biphenylsulfonamide Endothelin Antagonists: Structure-Activity Relationships of a Series of Mono- and Disubstituted Analogues and Pharmacology of the Orally Active Endothelin Antagonist 2'-Amino-N- (3,4-dimethyl-5-isoxazolyl)-4'-(2-methylpropyl)[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-sulfonamide (BMS-187308) Natesan Murugesan, Zhengxiang Gu, Philip D. Stein, Sharon Bisaha, Steve Spergel, Ravi Girotra, Ving G. Lee, John Lloyd, Raj N. Misra, Joan Schmidt, Arvind Mathur, Leslie Stratton, Yolanda F. Kelly, Eileen Bird, Tom Waldron, Eddie C.-K. Liu, Rongan Zhang, Helen Lee, Randy Serafino, Benoni Abboa-Offei, Parker Mathers, Mary Giancarli, Andrea Ann Seymour, Maria L. Webb, Suzanne Moreland, Joel C. Barrish, and John T. Hunt [Full Article - PDF]

5219-5246

Repaglinide and Related Hypoglycemic Benzoic Acid Derivatives Wolfgang Grell, Rudolf Hurnaus, Gerhart Griss, Robert Sauter, Eckhard Rupprecht, Michael Mark, Peter Luger, Herbert Nar, Helmut Wittneben, and Peter Müller [Full Article - PDF]

5247-5256

Resistance-Modifying Agents. 5. Synthesis and Biological Properties of Quinazolinone Inhibitors of the DNA Repair Enzyme Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase (PARP) Roger J. Griffin, Sheila Srinivasan, Karen Bowman, A. Hilary Calvert, Nicola J. Curtin, David R. Newell, Louise C. Pemberton, and Bernard T. Golding [Full Article - PDF]

5257-5264

(R)-(-)- and (S)-(+)-Synadenol: Synthesis, Absolute Configuration, and Enantioselectivity of Antiviral Effect Yao-Ling Qiu, Andrew Hempel, Norman Camerman, Arthur Camerman, Fiona Geiser, Roger G. Ptak, Julie M. Breitenbach, Toshiko Kira, Ling Li, Elizabeth Gullen, Yung-Chi Cheng, John C. Drach, and Jiri Zemlicka [Full Article - PDF]

5265-5271

Inactivation of O6-Alkylguanine-DNA Alkyltransferase. 1. Novel O6-(Hetarylmethyl)guanines Having Basic Rings in the Side Chain R. Stanley McElhinney, Dorothy J. Donnelly, Joan E. McCormick, Jane Kelly, Amanda J. Watson, Joseph A. Rafferty, Rhoderick H. Elder, Mark R. Middleton, Mark A. Willington, T. Brian H. McMurry, and Geoffrey P. Margison [Full Article - PDF]

5272-5286

Prediction of Binding Affinities for TIBO Inhibitors of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Using Monte Carlo Simulations in a Linear Response Method Richard H. Smith, Jr., William L. Jorgensen, Julian Tirado-Rives, Michelle L. Lamb, Paul A. J. Janssen, Christopher J. Michejda, and Marilyn B. Kroeger Smith [Full Article - PDF]

5287-5296

Chemoprotective Properties of Phenylpropenoids, Bis(benzylidene)cycloalkanones, and Related Michael Reaction Acceptors: Correlation of Potencies as Phase 2 Enzyme Inducers and Radical Scavengers Albena T. Dinkova-Kostova, Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, and Paul Talalay [Full Article - PDF]

5297-5309

Self-Immolative Nitrogen Mustard Prodrugs for Suicide Gene Therapy Dan Niculescu-Duvaz, Ion Niculescu-Duvaz, Frank Friedlos, Janet Martin, Robert Spooner, Lawrence Davies, Richard Marais, and Caroline J. Springer [Full Article - PDF]

5310-5319

Synthesis and Potent Antifolate Activity and Cytotoxicity of B-Ring Deaza Analogues of the Nonpolyglutamatable Dihydrofolate Reductase Inhibitor N-(4-Amino-4-deoxypteroyl)-N-hemiphthaloyl-L-ornithine (PT523) Andre Rosowsky, Joel E. Wright, Chitra M. Vaidya, Henry Bader, Ronald A. Forsch, Clara E. Mota, Jorge Pardo, Cindy S. Chen, and Ying-Nan Chen [Full Article - PDF]

5320-5333

Design and Synthesis of Novel 1a Adrenoceptor-Selective Dihydropyridine Antagonists for the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Dhanapalan Nagarathnam, John M. Wetzel, Shou Wu Miao, Mohammad R. Marzabadi, George Chiu, Wai C. Wong, Xingfang Hong, James Fang, Carlos Forray, Theresa A. Branchek, William E. Heydorn, Raymond S. L. Chang, Theodore Broten, Terry W. Schorn, and Charles Gluchowski [Full Article - PDF]

BOOK REVIEWS

5334-5334

Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Volume 38 Edited by Arthur K. Cho. Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA. 1998. vi + 581 pp. 16 × 23 cm. ISBN 0-8243-0438-1. $60.00. J. Paul Hieble [Full Article - PDF]

5334-5335

Mass Spectrometry of Biological Materials. Second Edition, Revised and Expanded Edited by B. S. Larsen and C. N. McEwen. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY. 1998. xiii + 469 pp. 15.5 x 23 cm. ISBN 0-8247-0157-7. $195.00. James A. McCloskey [Full Article - PDF]

5335-5336

The Antidepressant Era By David Healy. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 1998. x + 317 pp. 16 x 24.5 cm. ISBN 0674039572. $39.95. John L. Neumeyer [Full Article - PDF]

5336-5336

The Chemistry, Biology, and Medical Applications of Hyaluronan and Its Derivatives Edited by T. C. Laurent. Portland Press, London, U.K. 1998. xvi + 341 pp. 17 × 25 cm. ISBN 1-85578-119-0. $127.50. Kevin G. Rice [Full Article - PDF]

5336-5336

The Alkaloids. Volume 51. Chemistry and Biology Edited by Geoffrey A. Cordell. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 1998. x + 439 pp. 15.5 × 23.5 cm. ISBN 0-12-469551-5. $135. Ryan J. Huxtable [Full Article - PDF]