eIF4A3-IN-16 (compound 60) is a silvestrol analogue. eIF4A3-IN-16 interferes the assembling of eIF4F translation complex with EC50s of 1, 30 and 1 nM for myc-LUC, tub-LUC and the growth inhibition for MBA-MB-231 cells. eIF4A3-IN-16 can be used for the research of human cancer pathogenesis.
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