Antiviral natural product

Wipf, P. Lim, S. (1996) Total synthesis and structural studies of the antiviral natural product hennoxazole A. Chimia, 50, 157-67. 

Koutsoudakis, G., Romero-Brey, I, Berger, C., Perez-Vilaro, G. et al (2015) Soraphen A a broad-spectrum antiviral natural product with potent antihepatitis C virus activity. /. Hepatol, 63 (4), 813-821. 

Rowley, D.C., Kelly, S Jensen, P., and Fenical, W. (2004) Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of the halovirs, antiviral natural products from a marine-derived fungus. Bioorg. Med. Chem., 12, 4929-4936. 

The antiviral agent virantmycin is an unusual chlorinated tetrahydroquinoline isolated from a strain of Streptomyces (Figure 6.10). Hydrolysis of a prochiral 2,2-disubstituted dimethyl malonate with PLE in DMSO-pH 8 phosphate buffer (1 4) was a key step in a stereodivergent synthesis of this natural product [57]. 

Entries 10 and 11 are examples of reactions involving thermal generation of quinodimethanes. In Entry 12 a quinodimethane is generated by photoenolization and used in conjunction with an IMDA reaction to create the carbon skeleton found in the hamigerans, which are marine natural products having antiviral activity. 

A recent publication by the group of Baran reports the total synthesis of ageli-ferin, an antiviral agent with interesting molecular architecture (Scheme 4.16) [42], Just 1 min of microwave irradiation of sceptrin, another natural product, at 195 °C in water under sealed-vessel conditions provides ageliferin in 40% yield, along with 52% of recovered starting material. Remarkably, if the reaction is performed without... 

In recent years, however, some of the greatest emphasis has been placed on the search for anticancer and antiviral agents derived from natural products. Success in that area has not heen as great as that achieved in other helds. Since 1960, only seven plant-derived drugs have heen approved by the FDA for use as anticancer agents. Four of those drugs, vinblastine, vincristine, etoposide, and teniposide, were discovered in the 1950s. The last three—Taxol , topotecan, and irinotecan—were discovered and approved much more recently. 

In a study reported in 2001, Curran described research designed to synthesize a library of analogs of a natural product called map-picine. A ketone derivative of mappicine had been shown to be effective in the treatment of the herpes virus and cytomegalovirus. Curran s research team was interested in determining whether there were analogs of mappicine that also display antiviral action. 

Other naturally derived aflatoxin inhibitors obtained from the "neem" tree have been investigated in our laboratory (84), Azadirachta indica Juss. commonly known as "margosa" or "neem" is an ornamental tree of Asia and Africa that produces natural products having reputed value for their medicinal, antiviral, antibacterial, insecticidal, antifungal and antinematode properties (86, 87). Several active principles from different parts of the neem tree have been reported (88). Our investigation (84) examined the effects of these neem leaf components in neem leaves on aflatoxin biosynthesis by either Aspergillus parasiticus or A. flavus. 

The development of viral resistance towards antiviral agents enhances the need for new compounds active against viral infections, and therefore natural products may offer a new source of antiviral agents [124]. 

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