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p-Terphenyls are aromatic compounds consisting of a central benzene ring substituted with two phenyl groups, and they are mainly isolated from terrestrial and marine organisms. The central ring of p-Terphenyls is usually modified into more oxidized forms, e.g., para quinone and phenols. In some cases, additional ring systems were observed on the terphenyl-type core structure or between two benzene moieties. p-Terphenyls have been reported to have cytotoxic, antimicrobial, antioxidant and α-glucosidase inhibitory effects. In this review, we will mainly summarize the structural diversity and biological activity of naturally occurring p-Terphenyls referring to the research works published before.
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This work was financially supported by the NSFC-Shandong Joint Fund (U1906212, U1606403), the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (2018SDKJ0401-2, 2016ASKJ08-02), the National Natural Science Foundation of China Major Project for Discovery of New Leading Compounds (81991522), the National Science and Technology Major Project for Significant New Drugs Development (2018ZX09735004), the Major National Science and Technology Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology (81991522), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (201941001), Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2017M622286), and the Taishan Scholar Youth Expert Program in Shandong Province (tsqn201812021).
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Zhou, G., Zhu, T., Che, Q. et al. Structural diversity and biological activity of natural p-terphenyls. Mar Life Sci Technol 4, 62–73 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42995-021-00117-8
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