Abstract
Quinoline and isoquinoline motifs are commonly encountered in natural products
of diverse origins. These moderately basic fused-heterocyclic rings containing natural
products are adorned with remarkable biological activities with clinical use in various diseases
demonstrating nature elegance and creativity. Therefore, these privileged rings have
attracted profound interest from the scientific community. In this perspective, we have discussed
medicinal chemistry perspective of the natural products containing quinoline and
isoquinoline scaffolds.
Keywords:
Quinoline, isoquinoline, medicinal chemistry, natural products, fused-heterocycles, biological
activities.
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