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From Natural Products to New Synthetic Small Molecules: A Journey through the World of Xanthones

This work reviews the contributions of the corresponding author (M.M.M.P.) and her research group to Medicinal Chemistry concerning the isolation from plant and marine sources of xanthone derivatives as well as their synthesis, biological/pharmacological activities, formulation and analytical applic...

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Published in:Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2021-01, Vol.26 (2), p.431
Main Authors: Pinto, Madalena M M, Palmeira, Andreia, Fernandes, Carla, Resende, Diana I S P, Sousa, EmĂ­lia, Cidade, Honorina, Tiritan, Maria Elizabeth, Correia-da-Silva, Marta, Cravo, Sara
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Summary:This work reviews the contributions of the corresponding author (M.M.M.P.) and her research group to Medicinal Chemistry concerning the isolation from plant and marine sources of xanthone derivatives as well as their synthesis, biological/pharmacological activities, formulation and analytical applications. Although her group activity has been spread over several chemical families with relevance in Medicinal Chemistry, the main focus of the investigation and research has been in the xanthone family. Xanthone derivatives have a variety of activities with great potential for therapeutic applications due to their versatile framework. The group has contributed with several libraries of xanthones derivatives, with a variety of activities such as antitumor, anticoagulant, antiplatelet, anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, antimicrobial, hepatoprotective, antioxidant, and multidrug resistance reversal effects. Besides therapeutic applications, our group has also developed xanthone derivatives with analytical applications as chiral selectors for liquid chromatography and for maritime application as antifouling agents for marine paints. Chemically, it has been challenging to afford green chemistry methods and achieve enantiomeric purity of chiral derivatives. In this review, the structures of the most significant compounds will be presented.
ISSN:1420-3049
1420-3049
DOI:10.3390/molecules26020431