Therapeutic potential of oxazolidine derivative: A critical review of their biological activities

One of the many issues facing modern pharmaceutical chemistry is the requirement for any therapeutic agent to have both potency and specificity. Due to the widespread usage of benzenoid and hetero aromatic ring systems in intellectual property as well as the more stringent low toxicity standards seen in all patients treated moving to novel and/or typical ring systems (scaffolds) that fall outside the purview of (hetero) aromatic systems is becoming more and more common as a solution to these problems. By providing mechanistic insights of the given typical scaffolds, primarily derived from the literature of the last five years, this critical review investigates the biological activities of oxazolidine derivatives, such as anticancer, antimicrobial, antibacterial, antioxidant and anticonvulsant properties, which have found application in contemporary bio-organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry.