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Lawsone (2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthaquinone) derived anticancer agents

  • Arvind Singh , Amartya Basu , Aditi Sharma , Anu Priya , Manmmet Kaur , Gurpreet Kaur and Bubun Banerjee EMAIL logo
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From the journal Physical Sciences Reviews Volume 8 Issue 10

Abstract

2-Hydroxy-1,4-naphthaquinone, commonly known as lawsone, represents an extremely important biologically active naturally occurring compound. It can easily be isolated from Lawsonia inermis (henna) tree leaf extract. Last decade has seen tremendous applications of lawsone as a starting component for the preparation of various organic scaffolds. Many of these synthesized scaffolds showed a wide range of biological activities including potential activities towards several cancer cell lines. This review deals with diverse synthetic methods of lawsone derived scaffolds and their screening against different anti-cancer cell lines along with promising results.

Keywords: 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthaquinone; anti-cancer; anti-tumor; β-lapachone; lapachol; lawsone
Corresponding author: Bubun Banerjee, Department of Chemistry, Akal University, Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda, Punjab 151302, India, E-mail:

Acknowledgment

Authors are thankful to Prof. Gurmail Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Akal University for his wholehearted encouragement and support. BB is grateful to Akal University and Kalgidhar Trust, Barusahib, India for providing the laboratory facilities.

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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https://doi.org/10.1515/psr-2021-0043
Keywords for this article
2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthaquinone; anti-cancer; anti-tumor; β-lapachone; lapachol; lawsone

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  1. Frontmatter
  2. Reviews
  3. Recent endeavors in microbial remediation of micro- and nanoplastics
  4. Metal nanoparticles and its application on phenolic and heavy metal pollutants
  5. The story of nitrogen
  6. Recent development of imidazole derivatives as potential anticancer agents
  7. Indole based prostate cancer agents
  8. Lawsone (2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthaquinone) derived anticancer agents
  9. Small modular nuclear reactors are mostly bad policy
  10. A holistic environmental investigation of complementary energy in Alberta
  11. Green synthesis of various saturated S-heterocyclic scaffolds: an update
  12. Recent advances of heterocycle based anticancer hybrids
  13. Molecular docking and MD: mimicking the real biological process
  14. Synthesis of quinazolinone and quinazoline derivatives using green chemistry approach
  15. Nuclear fusion: the promise of endless energy
  16. Finance for Green Chemistry through Currency Mix
  17. Synthesis of bioactive scaffolds catalyzed by agro-waste-based solvent medium
  18. Recent developments in the green synthesis of biologically relevant cinnolines and phthalazines
  19. Detection of Rapid Eye Movement Behaviour Sleep Disorder using Time and Frequency Analysis of EEG Signal Applied on C4-A1 Channels
  20. Recent developments in C–C bond formation catalyzed by solid supported palladium: a greener perspective
  21. Visible-light-mediated metal-free C–Si bond formation reactions
  22. An overview of quinoxaline synthesis by green methods: recent reports
  23. Naturally occurring, natural product inspired and synthetic heterocyclic anti-cancer drugs
  24. Synthesis of bioactive natural products and their analogs at room temperature – an update
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  26. Synthesis of new horizons in benzothiazole scaffold and used in anticancer drug development
  27. Triazine based chemical entities for anticancer activity
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  29. In silico design of ACE2 mutants for competitive binding of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain with hACE2
  30. Computational study of Cu n AgAu (n = 1–4) clusters invoking DFT based descriptors
  31. Development of an online assessment system to evaluate knowledge on chemical safety and security
  32. Developing a questionnaire for diabetes mellitus type 2 risk effects and precondition factors – multivariate statistical paths
  33. Antioxidant and antibacterial activities of two xanthones derivatives isolated from the leaves extract of Anthocleista schweinfurthii Gilg (Loganiaceae)
  34. The stability increase of α-amylase enzyme from Aspergillus fumigatus using dimethyladipimidate
  35. Sustainability of ameliorative potentials of urea spiked poultry manure biochar types in simulated sodic soils
  36. Cytotoxicity test and antibacterial assay on the compound produced by the isolation and modification of artonin E from Artocarpus kemando Miq.
  37. Effects of alum, soda ash, and carbon dioxide on 40–50 year old concrete wastewater tanks
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