Journal
MEDICINAL RESEARCH REVIEWS
Volume 38, Issue 3, Pages 775-828Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/med.21466
Keywords
bioactivities; camptothecin; quinazoline alkaloids; quinine; quinoline alkaloids
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31371975, 21672092, 31302136]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [lzujbky-2016-147]
- Youth Science Foundation of Gansu Province [1506RJYA144]
- NIH grant from the National Cancer Institute [CA177584]
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Quinoline and quinazoline alkaloids, two important classes of N-based heterocyclic compounds, have attracted tremendous attention from researchers worldwide since the 19th century. Over the past 200 years, many compounds from these two classes were isolated from natural sources, and most of them and their modified analogs possess significant bioactivities. Quinine and camptothecin are two of the most famous and important quinoline alkaloids, and their discoveries opened new areas in antimalarial and anticancer drug development, respectively. In this review, we survey the literature on bioactive alkaloids from these two classes and highlight research achievements prior to the year 2008 (Part I). Over 200 molecules with a broad range of bioactivities, including antitumor, antimalarial, antibacterial and antifungal, antiparasitic and insecticidal, antiviral, antiplatelet, anti-inflammatory, herbicidal, antioxidant and other activities, were reviewed. This survey should provide new clues or possibilities for the discovery of new and better drugs from the original naturally occurring quinoline and quinazoline alkaloids.
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