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Cucumber-Derived Nanovesicles Containing Cucurbitacin B for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Therapy
International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2022 Purpose In recent years, a variety of nanoparticles with excellent anticancer and delivery properties have emerged for cancer therapy. However, potential toxicity, high production cost and complex preparation procedures have been obstacles to their use ...
Tingting Chen +10 more
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Cytotoxic Effect of Freeze-Dried Extract of Ecballium elaterium Fruit on Gastric Adenocarcinoma (AGS) and Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (KYSE30) Cell Lines [PDF]
Purpose Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich (Cucurbitaceae), also known as the “squirting cucumber,” is a wild medicinal plant found abundantly in Moghan, Ardabil province, Iran.
بهلولی, شهاب +2 more
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Pharmacokinetics and Biological Activity of Cucurbitacins
Pharmaceuticals, 2022 Cucurbitacins are a class of secondary metabolites initially isolated from the Cucurbitaceae family. They are important for their analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiviral, and anticancer biological actions. This review addresses pharmacokinetic parameters recently reported, including absorption, metabolism, distribution, and elimination ...
Eugenia Elisa Delgado-Tiburcio +6 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022 Pesticides are widely used in melon production causing safety issues around the consumption of melon and increasing pathogen and insect tolerance to pesticides.
Lu Kang +6 more
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PhytomedicineBACKGROUND Oral leukoplakia (OLK), characterized by abnormal epithelial hyperplasia, is the most common precancerous oral mucosa lesion and is closely related to oxidative stress.
Mengyuan Yang +9 more
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Journal of Cancer, 2022 Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive solid malignancies, as it has a 5-year survival rate of less than 10%. The growth and invasion of pancreatic cancer cells into normal tissues and organs make resection and treatment difficult.
Dongchao Xu +4 more
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Grayanotoxin I Intoxication in Pet Pigs [PDF]
, 2018 Contaminated honey is a common cause of grayanotoxin intoxication in humans. Intoxication of animals, especially cattle, is usually due to ingestion of plants of the Ericaceae family, such as Rhododendron. Here, we report the ingestion of Pieris japonica
Köster, Nils +5 more
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Cucurbitacins as kairomones for diabroticite beetles [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1980 The characteristic bitter substances of the Cucurbitaceae act as kairomones for a large group of diabroticite beetles (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Luperini), promoting host selection and compulsive feeding behavior. These beetles (e.g., Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi ) respond to as little as 1 ng of ...
R L, Metcalf, R A, Metcalf, A M, Rhodes
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Pentacyclic and hexacyclic cucurbitacins from Elaeocarpus petiolatus
Phytochemistry, 2022 Four undescribed cucurbitacins, designated as petiolaticins A-D, and four known cucurbitacins were isolated from the bark and leaves of Elaeocarpus petiolatus (Jack) Wall. Their chemical structures were elucidated based on detailed analyses of the NMR and MS data.
Eun-Seon Cho +8 more
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Cucurbitacins: A Focus on Cucurbitacin E As A Natural Product and Their Biological Activities [PDF]
Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020 For the last years, different types of cucurbitacins have been extracted from various species of Cucurbitaceae family. For this review, all related papers were accumulated by searching electronic databases in the English language, including PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar. The keywords of cucurbitacin, cucumber anticancer therapy, cytotoxic effects,
Moazzameh Ramezani +3 more
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