Synthesis of indolocarbazole quinones; potent aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands

Certain photooxidized derivatives of tryptophan bind with very high affinity to the Ah receptor and are likely to be endogenous signal substances.

Agneta Rannug, Ulf Rannug, H S Rosenkranz et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1987 · 349 citations · Full text

Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Toxicology +13

Murrastifoline-F:  First Total Synthesis, Atropo-Enantiomer Resolution, and Stereoanalysis of an Axially Chiral <i>N</i>,<i>C</i>-Coupled Biaryl Alkaloid

Gerhard Bringmann, Stefan Tasler, H. Endress et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2001 · 233 citations

Pharmacy, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +13

Structure elucidation of two tryptophan-derived, high affinity Ah receptor ligands

Ulf Rannug, Agneta Rannug, Ulf Sjöberg et al. · Chemistry & Biology · 1995 · 207 citations · Full text

Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +10

Rapid and transient induction of CYP1A1 gene expression in human cells by the tryptophan photoproduct 6-formylindolo[3,2-b]carbazole

Yudan Wei, Hans Helleberg, Ulf Rannug et al. · Chemico-Biological Interactions · 1998 · 158 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +10

Carbon dioxide: A reagent for the protection of nucleophilic centres and the simultaneous activation of alternative locations to electrophilic attack.

Alan R. Katritzky, K. AKUTAGAWA · Tetrahedron Letters · 1985 · 157 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +8