Alkannin/shikonin(A/S)and their derivatives are naturally occurring naphthoquinones majorly found in Boraginaceae family plants.They are integral constituents of traditional Chinese medicine Zicao(roots of Lithospermu...
This work was supported by the project‘MICROMETABOLITE’that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme,under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement[No 721635];A.S.Arampatzis,K.N.Kontogiannopoulos,A.Rat,A.Willems and A.N.Assimopoulou acknowledge support of this work from MICROMETABOLITE.
The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of novel electrospun fiber mats loaded with alkannin and shikonin(A/S)derivatives,using as carrier a highly biocompatible,bio-derived,ecofriendly polymer such as ...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81373274);Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education China (No. 20120073110068);Shanghai Biomedical Supporting Funding (No. 15431900600)
DMAKO-05,a novel dimethylation of alkannin oxime derivative,exhibits remarkable anticancer activity as well as excellent cellular selectivity and thus has been considered as a promising antineoplastic agent for colore...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81373274) and the State Key Laboratory Cultivatlon Base for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No.CHEMR2012-B08).
Based on the asymmetric reduction of alkannin ketone derivative 4 by diisopinocampheylchloro- borane(DIP-C1), a series of shikonin and alkannin derivatives was designed, synthesized and their anticancer activi- ties...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China[32071532]for financial supports
A new approach for asymmetric synthesis of alkannin and shikonin is presented. The chiral centers of the targets were introduced via an asymmetric C-arylation of protected chiral glyceraldehyde in high de. The two e...