Natural Halogenated Mononuclear Phenol Compounds and Their Derivatives
VALERY M. DEMBITSKY1 and GENRICH A. TOLSTIKOV2
1Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P. O. Box 12065, Jerusalem 91120 (Israel) E-mail: dvalery@cc.huji.ac.il 2Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. Akademika Lavrentyeva 9, Novosibirsk 630090 (Russia) E-mail: gtolstik@nioch.nsc.ru
Pages: 567-575
Abstract
Mononuclear halogenated simple phenol compounds and their derivatives formed from mono- and polyhydroxybenzenes are represented in nature by metabolites of insects, fungi, plants and microorganisms living on land and in water. The structures of a hundred compounds of phenol, quinones and cyclitol types, their metabolism and data on their biological activity are considered in the review.
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