Plant-Derived Compounds against Microbial Infections and Cancers [PDF]
, 2020 Plants synthesize and preserve a variety of metabolites known as natural products. Many of them are easily extractable and can be used as starting material or chemical scaffolds for various purposes, especially in drug discovery.
Bitchagno, Gabin Thierry M. +5 more
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, 2021 This edited volume, “Herbs and Spices”, is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters, offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of agricultural and biological sciences. The book comprises single chapters authored
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Studies of alkaloid metabolism in papaver somniferum l [PDF]
, 1992 Six P. somniferum L. cultivars were investigated for quantitative analysis of their alkaloid contents during plant development in the attempt to screen plants with high yields in noscapine and to determine what losses in alkaloid occurred as a result of ...
Pham, Thi Danh Thom
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Liver-Type Glutaminase GLS2 Is a Druggable Metabolic Node in Luminal-Subtype Breast Cancer [PDF]
, 2019 Efforts to target glutamine metabolism for cancer therapy have focused on the glutaminase isozyme GLS. The importance of the other isozyme, GLS2, in cancer has remained unclear, and it has been described as a tumor suppressor in some contexts.
Blank, B. +11 more
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Research Progress on Natural Benzophenanthridine Alkaloids and their Pharmacological Functions: A Review [PDF]
Natural Product Communications, 2016 Benzophenanthridine alkaloids belong to the benzyl isoquinoline family of alkaloids, which are mainly found in Papaveraceae and Rutaceae. To date, over 100 compounds have been isolated from natural herbal medicines which display a variety of pharmacological functions.
Na, Han +4 more
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Exploiting plant cell culture for natural product formation [PDF]
, 2019 The initiation of callus cultures and in vitro cultivation of plant cells, even in large bioreactors, has become a routine task. Despite the fact, that permanent cell and organ cultures can produce a whole range of small natural compounds (SNAPs) used in
Kreis, Wolfgang
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An Overview of Genus Zanthoxylum with Special Reference to Its Herbal Significance and Application [PDF]
, 2020 The plants of genus Zanthoxylum are effectually utilized in conventional and present-day medicine system to fight many diseases and disorders like pain, seizures, inflammation, cancer, liver and heart malady.
Ekka, Gyanmani +2 more
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Cytotoxic Benzophenanthridine and Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloids from Argemone mexicana
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, 2003 Abstract Fractionation of the chloroform extract from the aerial part of Argemone mexicana led to the isolation of two benzophenanthridine-type alkaloids, N-demethyloxysanguinarine and pancorine; three benzylisoquinoline-type alkaloids, (+)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-(2-hydroxymethyl- 3,4-dimethoxyphenylmethyl)-6,7-methylenedioxyisoquinoline, (
Yuh-Chwen, Chang +4 more
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Insecticidal potential of traditionally important plant, Zanthoxylum armatum DC (Rutaceae) against cabbage butterfly, Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus) [PDF]
, 2019 304-311Cabbage butterfly, Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus) is one of the most destructive pests of brassicaceous crops. Zanthoxylum armatum DC (Rutaceae) is versatile, traditionally important and edible medicinal plant, known to have insect repellent and ...
Baiswar, P +5 more
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INVESTIGATIONS OF ANTIMICROBIAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ARGEMONE MEXICANA MEDICINAL PLANT EXTRACTS AGAINST BACTERIA WITH GASTROINTESTINAL RELEVANCE [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate antibacterial potential and phytochemical analysis of various extracts of Argemone Mexicana.Methods: The antimicrobial activity of various extracts of A. Mexicana were analysed by using agar well disc
T, Pushpanathan, Veni T
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