The N-oxides of harmine and glaucine were obtained. The influence of the produced compounds on the phagocytosis-stimulating activity of human blood monocytes in vitro was studied. It was established that harmine and glaucine N-oxides have pronounced phagocytosis-stimulating properties.
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Translated from Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 45, No. 8, pp. 12 – 14, August, 2011.
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Mukusheva, G.K., Nurmaganbetov, Z.S., Ismagulova, N.M. et al. Synthesis and phagocytosis-stimulating activity of harmine and glaucine N-oxides. Pharm Chem J 45, 458–460 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11094-011-0654-3
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