Benzoxazole: progress report on chemistry, synthesis and biological activities

Article history This review article presents a survey covering the synthetic strategies leading to benzoxazole derivatives that have shown various considerable biological activities such as Antimicrobial, Anti inflammatory, Analgesic, Antifungal, Herbicidal, Antiplatelets, Anticonvulsants, Antitumor, Anticancer,Anti alzheimer's actions, Antihyperglycemic Potentiating Activity, Melatoninergic Ligands, Antitubercular ,Photophysical Properties, Anti HIV agents Anthelmintic agents. This review may help medicinal chemists to develop newer compounds possessing benzoxazole moiety that could be better agents in term of efficacy and safety.