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Bitter Hawkesbury watermelon (BHW) Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai (syn. Citrullus vulgaris Schad) contain high concentrations of cucurbitacin-E-glycoside (CEG), a compound that acts as an arrestant and feeding stimulant for diabroticine ...
Anna Wallingford +5 more
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The squirting cucumber plant is widely used in the treatment of sinusitis, rheumatism, and hepatitis.It is reported that the liquid obtained from fruits is widely used in the treatment of sinusitis among people, especially in Turkey.
Derya Duran
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The experiment was conducted by the Department of Pharmacognosy and Medicinal plants, College of Pharmacy, Basrah university during the agricultural season of 2023-2024, to investigate the content of cucurbitacin E in various portions of Citrullus ...
Hind E. Mohammed +3 more
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Cucurbitacins and its Anticancer property: A Review
Cucurbitacins which are structurally unlike triterpenes found in the members of Cucurbitaceae and several other plant families possess immense pharmacological activity. This diverse group of compounds may substantiate to be important lead molecules for the treatment of cancer.
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Fengxia Zhan,1 Wei Song,2 Yong Fan,3 Fangjian Wang,1 Qian Wang4,5 1Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People’s Republic of China; 2Key Laboratory of Marine Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, First ...
Zhan F, Song W, Fan Y, Wang F, Wang Q
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Cucurbitacins : A Promising Target for Cancer Therapy
During the last decades a large number of cucurbitacins have been isolated from various plant species belonging to other plant families than Cucurbitaceae. Although the roots and the fruits of plant belong to these Cucurbitaceae species are very bitter, they have been used as folk medicines in some countries because of their wide spectrum of ...
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Bioassay-guided isolation of leishmanicidal cucurbitacins from Momordica charantia
IntroductionLeishmaniasis, a neglected tropical parasitic disease, is regarded as a major public health problem worldwide. The first-line drugs for leishmaniasis suffer from limitations related to toxicity and the development of resistance in certain ...
Maria Carolina Silva Marques +4 more
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Cucurbitacins, oxygenated tetracyclic triterpenoids that are found mainly in the Cucurbitaceae family, play essential roles as defensive compounds, serving as allomones against herbivores and pathogens and as signals for insect–parasite recognition ...
Xupo Ding +5 more
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Chemical residues in tomato plant tissue and <i>in vitro</i> toxicology profiles of Nemarioc-AL and Nemafric-BL phytonematicides on Raw 264.7 macrophage cells. [PDF]
Mashela TS +3 more
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RETRACTION: <i>Trichosanthes kirilowii</i> Ethanol Extract and Cucurbitacin D Inhibit Cell Growth and Induce Apoptosis through Inhibition of STAT3 Activity in Breast Cancer Cells. [PDF]
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