Recent advances on naphthoquinone-based photoinitiators of polymerization

F Dumur - European Polymer Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Photoinitiating systems activable under visible light are the focus of numerous studies, and
this interest is directly related to the higher light penetration that can be obtained in this …

Journey on naphthoquinone and anthraquinone derivatives: new insights in Alzheimer's disease

M Campora, V Francesconi, S Schenone, B Tasso… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is characterized
by memory loss, cognitive impairment, and functional decline leading to dementia and …

[HTML][HTML] The antifungal activity of naphthoquinones: An integrative review

PG FERREIRA, CD NICOLETTI… - Anais da Academia …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Naphthoquinones are the most commonly occurring type of quinones in nature. They are a
diverse family of secondary metabolites that occur naturally in plants, lichens and various …

1, 4-Naphthoquinone analogues: Potent antibacterial agents and mode of action evaluation

P Ravichandiran, S Sheet, D Premnath, AR Kim… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
1, 4-Naphthoquinones have antibacterial activity and are a promising new class of
compound that can be used to treat bacterial infections. The goal was to improve effective …

Beta-lapachone: Natural occurrence, physicochemical properties, biological activities, toxicity and synthesis

CL Gomes, VAW Sales, CG de Melo, RMF da Silva… - Phytochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract β-Lapachone is an ortho-naphthoquinone originally isolated from the heartwood of
Handroanthus impetiginosus and can be obtained through synthesis from lapachol …

Spectroscopic and in silico characterization of the interaction between synthetic 2-substituted-naphtho-1, 4-quinones and human serum albumin

ML da Silva Moreira, OA Chaves, NC de Lucas… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
The intermolecular interaction between 2-(N-phenyl-N-methyl) aminonaphtho-1, 4-quinone
(1) and 2-(4-N-methylaminophenyl) naphtho-1, 4-quinone (2) and human serum albumin …

Molecular mechanism of action of new 1, 4-naphthoquinones tethered to 1, 2, 3-1H-triazoles with cytotoxic and selective effect against oral squamous cell carcinoma

IC Chipoline, ACC da Fonseca, GRM da Costa… - Bioorganic …, 2020 - Elsevier
The oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) stands out as a public health problem due to its
high incidence and low survival rate, despite advances in diagnosis and treatment …

Menadione: a platform and a target to valuable compounds synthesis

AS de Souza, RCB Ribeiro, DCS Costa… - Beilstein Journal of …, 2022 - beilstein-journals.org
Naphthoquinones are important natural or synthetic compounds belonging to the general
class of quinones. Many compounds in this class have become drugs that are on the …

Anti-tubercular profile of new selenium-menadione conjugates against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (ATCC 27294) strain and multidrug-resistant clinical …

RCB Ribeiro, DB de Marins, I Di Leo… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most fatal diseases and is responsible for the infection of
millions of people around the world. Most recently, scientific frontiers have been engaged to …

One-pot synthesis of pyrimidine linked naphthoquinone-fused pyrroles by iodine-mediated multicomponent reactions

AK Panday, D Ali, LH Choudhury - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein we report iodine-mediated multicomponent reactions for the synthesis of
naphthoquinone-fused pyrroles tethered with a pyrimidine moiety. The reaction of aryl …