“…1) are known to show a number of intriguing biological activities, such as antimalarial effect, 1 VLA-4 antagonistic effect, 2 RyR receptors modulatory effect, 3 antiobesity effect, 4 and inhibitory effect on matrix metalloproteinase, 5 TACE, 6 phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase, 7 FKBP12, 8 carbonic anhydrase, 9 IKK2, 10 and type II 17b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. 11 Therefore, it is believed that these skeletons and their analogs are very attractive templates for chemical libraries to generate novel bioactive compounds in high-throughput screenings (HTS).…”