The struggle between humans and pathogens has taken and is continuing to take countless
lives every year. As the misusage of conventional antibiotics increases, the complexity …

Naphthalene, a cytotoxic moiety, is an extensively explored aromatic conjugated system with
applications in various pathophysiological conditions viz. anticancer, antimicrobial, anti …

Covering: 2003–2005. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2003, 20, 535–557 This review
covers natural products (secondary metabolites) with reported growth inhibitory activity …

The increasing drug resistance of M ycobacterium tuberculosis to the currently used drugs
and HIV coinfection has caused alarm in the international scientific community …

Abstract The synthesis of 1, 4-naphthoquinone derivatives is of great interest since these
compounds exhibit strong activity as antimalarial, antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer …

Multi‐drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other bacterial pathogens represent a
major threat to human health. In view of the critical need to augment the current drug regime …

A series of (S)-N-(1, 4-naphthoquinon-2-yl)-α-amino acid methyl esters 3–9, 2-N, N-
dialkylamino-1, 4-naphthoquinones 10–11 and 2-hydroxy-3-(2′-mercaptoimidazolyl)-1, 4 …

Quinones are important naturally occurring pigments widely distributed in nature and are
well known to demonstrate various physiological activities as antimicrobial and anticancer …

Two 1, 4-benzoquinone derivatives, found in the venom of the scorpion Diplocentrus melici
following exposure to air, have been isolated, characterized, synthesized, and assessed for …

Marine bacteria contribute significantly towards the fouling consortium, both directly (modern
foul release coatings fail to prevent “slime” attachment) and indirectly (biofilms often excrete …