“…Tetrahydrofuran neolignans, derived from natural sources, are considered privileged structures as they show several biological activities including antibacterial, antifungal, antitumour and anti‐inflammatory. The tetrahydrofuran neolignans veraguensin ( 1 ), grandisin ( 2 ) and machilin G ( 3 ), for instance (Figure ), have shown antitrypanosomal and antileishmanial activities (Figure ) (Bernardes, Kato, Albuquerque & Carvalho, ; Carvalho et al., ; Da Cruz et al., ; Filho et al., ; Jean‐Moreno, Rojas, Goyeneche, Coombs & Walker, ; Lopes, Chicaro, Albuquerque, Yoshida & Kato, ; Oliveira et al., , ; Schmidt et al., ; Silva Filho et al., ; Verza et al., ).…”