This invention relates to the enzymatic synthesis of oligophenols on solid
support by sequential enzymatic addition of reaction solutions containing
phenols. The oligomers are then selectively built up on the solid
surface. When used in a specific format, the oligomers can be generated
in a spatially addressable array, which can then be screened for some
type of biological interaction. The synthetic compounds of the present
invention are synthesized in a combinatorial manner on solid support
using peroxidase or other related enzymatic catalysis, and the products
are generated in spatially addressable microarrays. Oligophenols of the
present invention have shown significance as potential inhibitors of
NADPH oxidase assembly, an enzyme that has been implicated in a wide
range of diseases stemming from vascular hyperpermeability.