Sesquiterpene Lactones: A Versatile Class of Structurally Diverse Biologically Potent Scaffolds in Drug Discovery Research
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Sesquiterpene lactones (SLs) are a group of secondary metabolites that represent a diverse and unique class of natural products and are important constituent of essential oils, formed from head-to-tail condensation of three isoprene units and subsequent cyclization and oxidative transformation to produce a cis or trans-fused lactone. In this editorial we are going to focus on anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, antibacterial, antifungal, antileishmanial, antiviral, antidepressant and antidiarrheal activities of sesquiterpene lactones.
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