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

The non-communicable disease, cancer, is one of the major causes of death across the
world and is forecast to increase by 75% to reach close to 25 million cases over the next two …

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

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

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 …

Cancer encompasses a group of pathologies with common characteristics, high incidence,
and prevalence in all countries. Although there are treatments available for this disease …

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 …

Abstract β-Lapachone is an ortho-naphthoquinone originally isolated from the heartwood of
Handroanthus impetiginosus and can be obtained through synthesis from lapachol …

A series of 5-hydroxy-1, 4-naphthoquinones analogues was synthesized from juglone (6)
and their antiproliferative activity against a representative panel of six human solid tumor cell …

One of the leading global causes of death is cancer; even though several treatment methods
have improved survival rates, the incidence and fatality rates remain high. Naphthoquinones …