Recent Advances in Biologically Active Coumarins from Marine Sources: Synthesis and Evaluation

Coumarin and its derivatives have significantly attracted the attention of medicinal chemists and chemical biologists due to their huge range of biological, and in particular, pharmacological properties. Interesting families of coumarins have been found from marine sources, which has accelerated the...

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Main Authors: Laura Fernández-Peña, Maria João Matos, Enol López
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/21/1/37
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Summary:Coumarin and its derivatives have significantly attracted the attention of medicinal chemists and chemical biologists due to their huge range of biological, and in particular, pharmacological properties. Interesting families of coumarins have been found from marine sources, which has accelerated the drug discovery process by inspiring innovation or even by the identification of analogues with remarkable biological properties. The purpose of this review is to showcase the most interesting marine-derived coumarins from a medicinal chemistry point of view, as well as the novel and useful synthetic routes described to date to achieve these chemical structures. The references that compose this overview were collected from PubMed, Mendeley and SciFinder.
ISSN:1660-3397