Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 8

A Brief Review: Biological Implications of Naphthoquinone Derivatives

  • Author:
  • Bigyan R. Jali, R. Behura, Soumya. R. Barik, S. Parveen, Spandan. P. Mohanty, R. Das
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 3698 to 3702

Department of Chemistry, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha, 768018

*Corresponding Author E-mail: bigyan.Jali7@gmail.com

Online published on 31 October, 2018.

Abstract

Naphthoquinone derivatives are a class of organic compounds that interact with many biological systems. Now it is found that the use of naphthoquinone derivatives against cancer cells, microbes and different kinds of disorder in the human body. Extensive researches on diverse effect of naphthoquinone derivatives have been going on since long specifically in the field of pharmaceuticals. Herein; we wish to report the naphthoquinone derivatives having biological activities such as antifungal, antibacterial, anticancer, antiparasitic, anti-oxidant properties.

The naphthoquinone derivatives (1–2) showed excellent anti-cancer activity.

Keywords

Naphthoquinone derivatives, anticancer activity, antifungal activity