title: Xanthones--a structural perspective.
abstract: Xanthones, synthesized or isolated from a natural source, display a wide range of biological and pharmacological activities. In a few cases, their chemical characterization has involved the structure elucidation by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The purpose of this review is to assess in detail this three-dimensional structural data, and thus contribute to a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in the different biological activities presented by xanthones.
authors.affiliation: ICBAS-Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas Abel Salazar & IBMC-Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gales
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Damas
mesh_terms: D003461:Crystallography; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D044004:Xanthones / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D044004:Xanthones