Secophenol, can be used for the synthesis of Cortistatins, which are the most potent congener, found to inhibit the proliferation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells with extreme selectivity among the cell lines.
Definition
ChEBI: A seco-androstane that is 9,10-secoandrostane which is substituted by oxo groups at positions 9 and 17 and in which the A-ring is aromatic and bears a hydroxy group at position 3.