Biomedical Importance of Indoles

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Nagendra Kumar Kaushik1, Neha Kaushik2, Pankaj Attri2, Naresh Kumar2, Chung Hyeok Kim2, Anil Kumar Verma3, Eun Ha Choi2
1Plasma Bioscience Research Center, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 139701, Korea.
2Kwangwoon University**
3University of Delhi

Tóm tắt

The indole nucleus is an important element of many natural and synthetic molecules with significant biological activity. This review covers some of the relevant and recent achievements in the biological, chemical and pharmacological activity of important indole derivatives in the areas of drug discovery and analysis.

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