“…Benzophenone derivatives are widely used in sunscreen lotions for UVA protection (Deleu et al, 1992). Benzophenone and related analogues have been reported to act as antiallergic, anti-inflammatory, antiasthamatic, antimalarial, antimicrobial and antianaphylactic agents (Evans et al, 1987;Wiesner et al, 2002;Sieroń et al, 2004). The competence of benzophenones as chemotherapeutic agents, especially as inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase RT, cancer and inflammation, is well established and their chemistry has been studied extensively (Revesz et al, 2004).…”