Abstract β-Lapachone (β-lap, 1), an ortho-naphthoquinone natural product isolated from the
lapacho tree (Tabebuia avellanedae) in many regions of South America, has received …

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 …

Over the past decades, a number of 1, 4‐naphthoquinones have been isolated from natural
resources and several of naphthoquinone derivatives with diverse structural motif have been …

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 …

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a worldwide public health problem, accounting for
approximately 90% of all oral cancers, and is the eighth most common cancer in men …

Chagas disease and leishmaniasis are neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) endemic in
developing countries. Although there are drugs available for their treatment, efforts on …

The multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype is one of the major obstacles in the treatment of
chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in advantage stages such as blast crisis. In this scenario …

Secondary metabolites obtained from natural sources are medicinally relevant molecules.
About one-third of all FDA-approved drugs are derived from or based on natural products …

Undivided electrochemical cells enable economical preparation of sulphur‐containing
naphthoquinones through electrochemical sulphenylation of quinoidal compounds. The …

Twenty different infectious disorders induced by bacteria, viruses, and parasites are
categorized as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by WHO. The severity of chagas disease …