Date of Award

Summer 8-11-2012

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Chemistry

First Advisor

Dr. Binghe Wang

Second Advisor

Dr. Stuart Allison

Third Advisor

Dr. Suri Iyer

Abstract

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death. There have been many investigations into therapeutic ways to prevent and reverse cancerous growth. We report a new approach in this thesis, which is to investigate the functions of Vitamin B1 (thiamine) in cancerous cells and their regulation. A number of thiamine analogs were synthesized to carry out the structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies with two transporters THTR1 and THTR2. Initial results show that the modifications of thiazole reduced the uptake of thiamine.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.57709/3098511

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