This review highlights the chemical and biological aspects of natural products containing an
oxidized or reduced isoindole skeleton. This motif is found in its intact or modified form in …

Among the known synthetic routes to obtain xanthones, the Grover, Shah, and Shah
reaction, the cyclodehydration of 2, 2'-dihydroxybenzophenones and electrophilic …

Xanthones belong to a class of O-heterocycles which are known for their great variety of
biological/pharmacological activities. The xanthone scaffold can be considered as a …

Marine organisms have gained considerable biotechnological interest in recent years due to
their wide variety of bioactive compounds with potential applications. Mycosporine-like …

A short and efficient synthesis of aristocularines, involving the sequential construction of
phosphorylated 4-alkoxyisoindolinones, Horner-type reaction, and ultimate cyclization by …

Superparamagnetic iron nanoparticles (SPIONs) have become one of the most useful
colloidal systems in nanomedicine. We report here the preparation of new hybrid core …

Maslinic acid (MA), a pentacyclic triterpenoid obtained from olives that is characterized by its
antiproliferative activity in tumor cells, has become a promising molecule that could be …

An efficient synthetic route for the synthesis of novel oxoisoindoline derivatives was
described through Ugi reaction of 2-formylbenzoic acids, amines, and isocyanides. All …

Covering: July 2002 to June 2003. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2003, 20, 342 This
review covers β-phenylethylamines and isoquinoline alkaloids derived from them, including …

A method for the synthesis of cyclic amides via phosphazene base-catalyzed intramolecular
hydroamidation of amide alkenes was developed. The reaction using a catalytic amount of …