Abstract
O-Prenyl secondary metabolites (3,3-dimethylallyl, geranyl-, farnesyl- and related biosynthetic derivatives) represent a class of rarely occurring natural products. In the last two decades such compounds have been found to exert promising and effective pharmacological activities, mainly in terms of anti-cancer properties. To date about 350 oxyprenylated secondary metabolites, the most part of which having a phenylpropanoid or a polyketide core, have been extracted from plants mainly belonging to the Rutaceae, Apiaceae, and Fabaceae families, and from fungi and bacteria. The aim of this comprehensive review is to make a survey of the in so far reported literature citations about O-prenyl secondary metabolites exhibiting in vitro and in vivo anti-cancer properties from phytochemical and pharmacological point of views.
Keywords: Anthraquinones, cancer, chalcones, cinnamic acids, coumarins, diketopiperazines, oxyprenylated secondary metabolites.
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title:A Novel Class of Emerging Anticancer Compounds: Oxyprenylated Secondary Metabolites from Plants and Fungi
Volume: 22 Issue: 30
Author(s): Salvatore Genovese, Serena Fiorito, Francesco Epifano and Vito Alessandro Taddeo
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Keywords: Anthraquinones, cancer, chalcones, cinnamic acids, coumarins, diketopiperazines, oxyprenylated secondary metabolites.
Abstract: O-Prenyl secondary metabolites (3,3-dimethylallyl, geranyl-, farnesyl- and related biosynthetic derivatives) represent a class of rarely occurring natural products. In the last two decades such compounds have been found to exert promising and effective pharmacological activities, mainly in terms of anti-cancer properties. To date about 350 oxyprenylated secondary metabolites, the most part of which having a phenylpropanoid or a polyketide core, have been extracted from plants mainly belonging to the Rutaceae, Apiaceae, and Fabaceae families, and from fungi and bacteria. The aim of this comprehensive review is to make a survey of the in so far reported literature citations about O-prenyl secondary metabolites exhibiting in vitro and in vivo anti-cancer properties from phytochemical and pharmacological point of views.
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Genovese Salvatore, Fiorito Serena, Epifano Francesco and Alessandro Taddeo Vito, A Novel Class of Emerging Anticancer Compounds: Oxyprenylated Secondary Metabolites from Plants and Fungi, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2015; 22 (30) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867322666150716114758
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