Series of bile acid aryl/heteroaryl amides linked via α-amino acid were synthesized.
Cytotoxic behavior against HT29, MDAMB231, U87MG were tested.
Three conjugates showed good in vitro activity (GI50 = 1.35, 1.41, 4.52 μM) against MDAMB231.
Another three conjugates showed good in vitro activity (GI50 = 2.49, 2.46, 1.62 μM) against U87MG.
Greater than 65% of the synthesized compounds were found to be safer on human normal cell line (HEK293T).