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 …

Infections with protozoan parasites are a major cause of disease and mortality in many
tropical countries of the world. Diseases caused by species of the genera Trypanosoma …

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 …

In the current era, an ever-emerging threat of multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens pose
serious health challenges to mankind. Researchers are uninterruptedly putting their efforts …

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

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 …

Naphthoquinones are of key importance in organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry. In the
last few years, various synthetic routes have been developed to prepare bioactive …

Naphthoquinoidal compounds are of great interest in medicinal chemistry. In recent years,
several synthetic routes have been developed to obtain bioactive molecules derived from …

In the past decade, scientific advances in network pharmacology have laid the foundations
for a polypharmacological approach to discover new drugs for complex diseases. There is …

Cascade reactions of 1, 3-dicarbonyls with Morita–Baylis–Hillman acetates of nitroalkenes
using a quinine derived chiral squaramide organocatalyst led to the formation of pyranones …