Background: Naphthoquinones are natural pigments that are widely distributed in nature
and have important biological activities. Lawsone (2-hydroxy-1, 4-naphthoquinone) and its …

Lawsone (1) is a special naphthoquinone that is useful for many applications in various
scientific and technological fields. For over 100 years, it has been used as the starting …

Natural product derivatives are essential in searching for compounds with important
chemical, biological, and medical applications. Naphthoquinones are secondary …

This review involves the chemistry and biochemistry of lapachol, β-lapachone and lawsone,
examples of bioactive natural products that still being under biological evaluation and …

Chemical investigation of many bacterial and fungal, as well as plant species has revealed
the presence of interesting compounds derived from naphthalene-1, 4-naphthoquinones …

Naturally occurring naphthoquinones, usually in forms of botanical extracts, have been
implicated with human life since ancient time, far earlier than their isolation and identification …

Naturally occurring naphthoquinones (NQs) comprising highly reactive small molecules are
the subject of increasing attention due to their promising biological activities such as …

Introduction: A large number of natural products including several synthetic drugs possess
naphthoquinone chromophore. Various methods have been devised for their synthesis …

Covering: 2008 to 2015. A review on the isolation, biological activity and synthesis of
pyranonaphthoquinone natural products from 2008–2015 is provided This review discusses …

Taking into account the numerous reports in the literature related to pyran naphthoquinones
in searching for new pharmacologically promising molecules against different therapeutic …