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 …

Nature has been a rich source of therapeutic agents for thousands of years and an
impressive number of modern drugs have been isolated from natural sources based on the …

The goal of this study was to quantify the relation between the surface area of the current-
limiting electrode of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) and the power density generated by the …

INTRODUCTION: Naphthoquinone derivatives are under investigation as potential
therapeutic agents. The antibacterial and antifungal activity of lawsone and of some novel …

Cupric oxide (CuO) nanoparticles are synthesized using Henna and copper nitrate as the
copper source by the green method at different calcination temperatures. The effect of the …

Abstract Synthesis, thermal, spectral, electrochemical, and magnetic properties of transition
metal complexes of 2-bromo-3-hydroxynaphthalene-1, 4-dione (abbreviated as L) are …

Abstract The Mn (II), Co (II), Ni (II), Cu (II) and Zn (II) complexes of Henna; 2-hydroxy-1, 4-
naphthoquinone (Lw) are synthesized at 0° C (Mn 2+; 1, Co 2+; 2, Ni 2+; 3, Cu 2+; 4 and Zn …

In the present study, a series of metallic complexes of the 1, 4-naphthoquinone lawsone (2–
6) were synthesized and evaluated for potential cytotoxicity in a mouse leukemic …

The anticancer traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), plumbagin (PLN), was isolated from
Plumbago Zeylanica. Reaction of plumbagin with CuII salt, afforded [Cu (PLN) 2]· 2H2O (1) …

In this Density Functional Theory study, it became apparent that astaxanthin (ASTA) may
form metal ion complexes with metal cations such as Ca+ 2, Cu+ 2, Pb+ 2, Zn+ 2, Cd+ 2 and …