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Patrick: An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry 4e

Chapter 21

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Question 1

What term is used to indicate the ability of a cancer to invade other parts of the body and to produce secondary tumours?

Question 2

Which molecules are involved in the anchoring of cells to an extracellular matrix?

Question 3

Cyclophosphamide is commonly used in anticancer therapy.

Figure 1

Which of the following statements is not true of the above structure?

Question 4

What is the name of the following anticancer drug?
Figure 2

Question 5

The following structure is an inhibitor of the enzyme responsible for adding a farnesyl chain to the Ras protein.
Figure 3
Which feature binds to the zinc cofactor of the enzyme?

Question 6

The following structure is a natural product having anticancer properties, which was isolated from a marine worm.
Figure 4
What is it called?

Question 7

What is the term used to indicate the growth of new blood vessels?

Question 8

Which of the following inhibits angiogenesis?

Question 9

The tetracyclines act as intercalating anticancer agents.
Figure 5
Which of the following is a simplified analogue of tetracyclines?

Question 10

Pentostatin is a natural product used for the treatment of leukaemia.
Figure 6
What is the role of the region shown in blue?

Question 11

What is the name of the following anticancer drug?
Figure 7

Question 12

Imatinib is an important anticancer drug which targets a protein kinase.
Figure 8
The piperazine ring has an important interaction with an amino acid in the binding site. Which amino acid is involved?

Question 13

The following structure is called marimastat and is a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor that has undergone clinical trials for the treatment of breast and prostate cancers.
Figure 9
What role is played by the hydroxamic acid group?

Question 14

The following structure is a natural product currently being studied as an anticancer agent.
Figure 10
What is the name of the structure?

Question 15

What sort of therapy involves administration of an antibody linked to an enzyme, such that the enzyme activates a prodrug?