Gomes de Carvalho NK, Wellisson da Silva Mendes J, Martins da Costa JG. Quinones: Biosynthesis, Characterization of
13 C Spectroscopical Data and Pharmacological Activities.
Chem Biodivers 2023;
20:e202301365. [PMID:
37926679 DOI:
10.1002/cbdv.202301365]
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Abstract
Quinones are natural products widely distributed in nature, which are involved in stages of several vital biological processes, with mostly having a variety of pharmacological properties. The main groups comprising most of these compounds are benzoquinones, naphthoquinones, anthraquinones, and phenanthraquinones. Quinone isolation has been a focus of study around the world in recent years; for this reason, this study approaches the junction of natural quinones identified by 13 C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopic analytical techniques. The methodology used to obtain the data collected articles from various databases on quinones from 2000 to 2022. As a result, 137 compounds were selected, among which 70 were characterized for the first time in the period investigated; moreover, the study also discusses the biosynthetic pathways of quinones and the pharmacological activities of the compounds found, giving an overview of the various applications of these compounds.
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