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Scientific Reports, 2022 Leucojum aestivum is known for its ability to biosynthesize alkaloids with therapeutic properties, among which galanthamine used for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. New sources of this alkaloid are still being explored.
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Molecules, 2021 The search for novel antimycobacterial drugs is a matter of urgency, since tuberculosis is still one of the top ten causes of death from a single infectious agent, killing more than 1.4 million people worldwide each year.
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Life, 2023 The Amaryllidaceae family constitutes an interesting source of exclusive alkaloids with a broad spectrum of biological activity. Galanthamine, the most relevant one, has been commercialized for the palliative treatment of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms ...
Luciana R. Tallini +9 more
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Unlocking the Antioxidant, Enzyme Inhibitory and Acaricidal Potential of <i>Azadirachta indica</i> Phytoconstituents Using In Vitro and In Silico Approaches. [PDF]
Food Sci NutrThe study evaluated the acaricidal potential of bioactive components of Azadirachta indica against scabies mortality using both in vitro and in silico methodologies. Sarcoptes scabiei were stimulated with Azadirachta indica at four concentrations (25–100 mg/mL) at different intervals.
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Thiol-reactive analogues of galanthamine, codeine and morphine as potential probes to interrogate allosteric binding within nAChRs [PDF]
, 2016 Alkaloids including galanthamine (1) and codeine (2) are reported to be positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) but the binding sites responsible for this activity are not known with certainty.
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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 +9 more
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Biological Activities of Snowdrop (Galanthus spp., Family Amaryllidaceae)
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Snowdrop is an iconic early spring flowering plant of the genus Galanthus (Amaryllidaceae). Galanthus species (Galanthus spp.) are economically important plants as ornaments. Galanthus spp has gained significance scientific and commercial interest due to
Chee Kei Kong +13 more
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Comparative study of the vibrational optical activity techniques in structure elucidation : the case of galantamine [PDF]
, 2019 The absolute configuration of the alkaloid galantamine was studied using a range of solution-state techniques; nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), vibrational circular dichroism (VCD), and Raman optical activity (ROA). While the combined use of NMR and VCD
Bultinck, Patrick +4 more
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Narcissus dubius, Narcisse Douteux [PDF]
, 2018 This species is endemic to southern France and eastern Spain. It is assessed as Least Concern because it has a widespread distribution, occurs in several protected areas throughout its range and its population is not expected to significantly decline in ...
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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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