Azaphilones: Their Role in Various Biological Activities

Nikhil Khurana, Suman Bala Sha

Abstract

Azaphilones which can be isolated from various natural resources like fungi and plant have range of potent biological activities that can be exploited against various diseases. Structure of numerous azaphilones has already been described. The present review talks about activities of azaphilones like anti cancerous, anti HIV, anti nematicidal, anti-bacterial, antifungal which have been extensively explored and efforts are going on to use azaphilones in drug formulation. This review is an effort to shift focus from complex synthetic products to natural products which are known to have to less toxicity and have less side effect for the treatment of various diseases