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Antiviral Effects of the Plant Family Amaryllidaceae

Natural Product Communications, 2023
Background In spite of the significant progress in modern medicine, viruses continue to be a formidable challenge to human health. The use of plants for the remediation of viral-borne diseases stretches back to the very dawn of mankind.
Jerald J Nair, Johannes van Staden
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Amaryllidaceae Alkaloid Cherylline Inhibits the Replication of Dengue and Zika Viruses

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2021
Dengue fever, caused by dengue virus (DENV) is the most prevalent arthropod-borne viral disease and is endemic in many tropical and subtropical parts of the world, with an increasing incidence in temperate regions.
Seydou Ka, Natacha Mérindol, A. Sow, Amita Singh, Karima Landelouci, Mélodie B. Plourde, Geneviève Pépin, M. Masi, Roberta Di Lecce, A. Evidente, M. Seck, L. Berthoux, Laurent Chatel-Chaix, I. Desgagné-Penix   +13 more
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Sobre la presencia de Sternbergial Lutea (L.) Ker-Gawler (Amaryllidaceae) en extremadura [PDF]

, 2002
On the presence of Sternbergia iutea (L.) Ker-Gawler (Amaryllidaceae) in Extremadura. Palabras clave. Sternbergia, Amaryllidaceae, corología, Extremadura, España. Key words.
Chaves, A., Devesa Alcaraz, Juan Antonio, López, J.   +2 more
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Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids Decrease the Proliferation, Invasion, and Secretion of Clinically Relevant Cytokines by Cultured Human Colon Cancer Cells

Biomolecules, 2022
Alkaloids isolated from members of the Amaryllidaceae plant family are promising anticancer agents. The purpose of the current study was to determine if the isocarbostyrils narciclasine, pancratistatin, lycorane, lycorine, crinane, and haemanthamine ...
V. Mathieu, Breana Laguera, M. Masi, S. Dulanto, Tanner W Bingham, Lucas W. Hernandez, D. Sarlah, A. Evidente, D. Lafontaine, A. Kornienko, M. Lane   +10 more
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The Genus Nerine Herb. (Amaryllidaceae): Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, and Biological Activity

Molecules, 2019
Nerine Herbert, family Amaryllidaceae, is a genus of about 30 species that are native to South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swatini (formerly known as Swaziland). Species of Nerine are autumn-flowering, perennial, bulbous plants, which inhabit
Lucie Cahlíková, Nina Vaněčková, Marcela Šafratová, Kateřina Breiterová, Gerald Blunden, Daniela Hulcová, Lubomír Opletal   +6 more
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Alkaloid Composition and Biological Activities of the Amaryllidaceae Species Ismene amancaes (Ker Gawl.) Herb.

Plants, 2022
Natural products have always played a significant role in the search for new drugs. One of the most relevant alkaloid-containing plant groups is the Amaryllidaceae family, a source of exclusive structures with a wide variety of pharmacological activities.
Marilú Roxana Soto-Vásquez, Cecilia Anataly Rodríguez-Muñoz, L. Tallini, J. Bastida   +3 more
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Acetylcholinesterase-inhibiting Alkaloids from Zephyranthes concolor

Molecules, 2011
The bulbs and aerial parts of Zephyranthes concolor (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook. f. (Amaryllidaceae), an endemic species to Mexico, were found to contain the alkaloids chlidanthine, galanthamine, galanthamine N-oxide, lycorine, galwesine, and ...
Sebastien Arseneau, Carles Codina, Jaume Bastida, Francesc Viladomat, José A. Esté, Imma Clotet-Codina, Christopher K. Jankowski, Simón Hernández-Ortega, Strahil Berkov, Ricardo Reyes-Chilpa   +9 more
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Pharmacological and toxicological effects of Amaryllidaceae

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2023
The Amaryllidaceae family is widely distributed in the tropics, presenting biological activity attributed mostly to alkaloids, such as an important inhibitory activity of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), antifungal, antibacterial, and cytotoxic activities ...
M. J. M. Paiva, G. N. L. Nascimento, I. A. M. Damasceno, T. T. Santos, D. Silveira   +4 more
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Alkaloid Profiling and Cholinesterase Inhibitory Potential of Crinum × amabile Donn. (Amaryllidaceae) Collected in Ecuador

Plants, 2021
Natural products are one of the main sources for developing new drugs. The alkaloids obtained from the plant family Amaryllidaceae have interesting structures and biological activities, such as acetylcholinesterase inhibition potential, which is one of ...
Luciana R. Tallini, Angelo Carrasco, Karen Acosta León, Diego Vinueza, Jaume Bastida, Nora H. Oleas   +5 more
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Complete chloroplast genomes shed light on phylogenetic relationships, divergence time, and biogeography of Allioideae (Amaryllidaceae)

Scientific Reports, 2021
Allioideae includes economically important bulb crops such as garlic, onion, leeks, and some ornamental plants in Amaryllidaceae. Here, we reported the complete chloroplast genome (cpDNA) sequences of 17 species of Allioideae, five of Amaryllidoideae ...
J. Namgung, Hoang Dang Khoa Do, Changkyun Kim, H. Choi, Joo-Hwan Kim   +4 more
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