AUTHOR=Pisani Leonardo , Catto Marco , Muncipinto Giovanni , Nicolotti Orazio , Carrieri Antonio , Rullo Mariagrazia , Stefanachi Angela , Leonetti Francesco , Altomare Cosimo 

TITLE=A twenty-year journey exploring coumarin-based derivatives as bioactive molecules

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Chemistry

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2022.1002547

DOI=10.3389/fchem.2022.1002547

ISSN=2296-2646

ABSTRACT=<p>The coumarin core (i.e., 1-benzopyran-2 (2<italic>H</italic>)-one) is a structural motif highly recurrent in both natural products and bioactive molecules. Indeed, depending on the substituents and branching positions around the byciclic core, coumarin-containing compounds have shown diverse pharmacological activities, ranging from anticoagulant activities to anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-HIV and antitumor effects. In this survey, we have reported the main scientific results of the 20-years investigation on the coumarin core, exploited by the research group headed by Prof. Angelo Carotti (Bari, Italy) either as a scaffold or a pharmacophore moiety in designing novel biologically active small molecules.</p>