Vol. 8, Issue 5 (2019)

Author(s):
Mohan Verma and Dr. Prabhakar Kumar Verma

Abstract:
Pyrimidine is the parent heterocycle of a very important group of compounds that have been extensively studied due to their occurrence in living systems. Pyrimidine and its derivatives demonstrate a diverse array of biological and pharmacological activities. During the last two decades several pyrimidine derivatives have been developed which are found to have wide clinical and pharmacological applications.The aim of this paper is to review the anticancer and antimicrobial potentials of pyrimidine derivatives.