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Cytotoxicity Studies of Lycorine Alkaloids of the Amaryllidaceae [PDF]
Natural Product Communications, 2014 The plant family Amaryllidaceae is renowned for its unique alkaloid constituents which possess a significant array of structural diversity. Several of these alkaloids are known for their interesting biological properties, of which galanthamine and ...
Jerald J Nair, J van Staden
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Molecules, 2020 Amaryllidaceae are bulbous wild and cultivated plants well known for their beautiful flowers and pharmaceutical applications, essentially due to the alkaloids and flavonoids content.
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Alkaloids from (Amaryllidaceae) [PDF]
Natural Product Communications, 2013 In this study, the South African Amaryllid Boophone haemanthoides was examined for its phytochemical composition and cytotoxicity. In the process eight alkaloid structures, including the new compound distichaminol, were identified in bulb ethanolic ...
Jerald J. Nair +4 more
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Mechanistic Insights to the Cytotoxicity of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids [PDF]
Natural Product Communications, 2015 With over 500 individual compounds, the Amaryllidaceae alkaloids represent a large and structurally diverse group of phytochemicals. Coupled to this structural diversity is the significant array of biological properties manifested by many of its members,
Jerald J. Nair +4 more
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Natural Product Communications, 2016 Modern research has shown that Amaryllidaceae alkaloids represent a rich reservoir of potential small chemical molecules exhibiting several medicinal properties through various mechanisms.
Klara Habartová +2 more
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Biosynthesis and Biological Activities of Newly Discovered Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids
Molecules, 2020 Alkaloids are an important group of specialized nitrogen metabolites with a wide range of biochemical and pharmacological effects. Since the first publication on lycorine in 1877, more than 650 alkaloids have been extracted from Amaryllidaceae bulbous ...
Seydou Ka +2 more
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Antiproliferative and Structure Activity Relationships of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids [PDF]
Molecules, 2015 The antiproliferative activity of a set of seven natural Amaryllidaceae alkaloids and 32 derivatives against four cancer cell lines (A2780, SW1573, T47-D and WiDr) was determined.
Juan C. Cedrón +4 more
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Carbohydrates stimulated Amaryllidaceae alkaloids biosynthesis in Leucojum aestivum L. plants cultured in RITA® bioreactor [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background Leucojum aestivum L. is an important medicinal plant which produces Amaryllidaceae alkaloids, especially galanthamine and lycorine. Research is currently exploring the possibility of producing these alkaloids using biotechnological methods ...
Agata Ptak +6 more
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Recent Progress in Amaryllidaceae Biotechnology
Molecules, 2020 Plants belonging to the monocotyledonous Amaryllidaceae family include about 1100 species divided among 75 genera. They are well known as medicinal and ornamental plants, producing pharmaceutically important alkaloids, the most intensively investigated ...
Vasil Georgiev +2 more
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Phytochemical and Biological Investigation of Narcissus pseudonarcissus Cultivated in Egypt [PDF]
Records of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences, 2018 A phytochemical investigation of the alkaloidal content of the bulbs of Narcissus pseudonarcissus cultivated in Egypt resulted in the isolation of the alkaloid; 9-O-demethyl-7-O-methyllycorenine (5) in addition to the eight known alkaloids; homolycorine (
Hiromitsu Takayama +5 more
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