文摘
The optically active nevirapine, a natural analogue of the previously designed and synthesized optically inactive nevirapine, a non-nucleoside inhibitor of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, has been isolated and fully characterized from the seeds of Cleome viscosa. The structure of natural nevirapine has been confirmed by X-ray crystallography. It is an interesting discovery to find out that optically inactive nevirapine was designed and synthesized before the isolation of optically active nevirapine from the seeds of C.viscosa.