Chemical and Cytotoxic Activity of three main Sesquiterpenoids from Warburgia ugandensis
Results in Chemistry, 2021 Plant materials of Warburgia ugandensis have long been used in traditional African medicine due to their broad spectrum of biological activity. Here, we describe an efficient and mild isolation of three major compounds polygodial 1a, warburganal 2a, and ...
Reni Kitte +8 more
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Foods, 2018 Bioactive properties of solvent extracts of Tasmannia lanceolata, Backhousia citriodora and Syzygium anisatum investigated. The antimicrobial activities evaluated using agar disc diffusion method against two bacteria (Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus ...
Fahad Alderees +4 more
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Novel polygodial analogs P3 and P27: Efficacious therapeutic agents disrupting mitochondrial function in oral squamous cell carcinoma [PDF]
, 2018 Polygodial, a drimane sesquiterpenoid dialdehyde isolated as a pungent component of the water pepper Persicaria hydropiper, exhibits antifeedant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and anticancer effects.
Bissember, Alex C. +11 more
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Molecules, 2019 The search for useful compounds from plants is an important research area. Traditional screening that involves isolation and identification/quantitation is tedious, time consuming, and generates a significant amount of chemical waste.
Kurt Debruille +2 more
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Biotransformation of Bicyclic Sesqui- and Diterpene 1,2-dials and Their Derivatives by the Fungus,
Natural Product Communications, 2018 Microbial biotransformation of naturally occurring pungent sesquiterpene 1,2-dials, polygodial and cinnamodial, and a diterpene 1,2-dial, sacculatal as well as their tetrahydro derivatives was carried out by using Aspergillus niger.
Yoshinori Asakawa +2 more
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Effects of the repellent polygodial on stylet penetration behaviour and non-persistent transmission of plant viruses by aphids [PDF]
, 1996 Behavioural effects of the plant-derived repellent polygodial were investigated by video recording aphids during access to potato virus Y (PVY) or cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) infected tobacco leaf material.
Hardie, J., Pickett, J., Powell, G.
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Biopesticide Activity from Drimanic Compounds to Control Tomato Pathogens
Molecules, 2018 Tomato crops can be affected by several infectious diseases produced by bacteria, fungi, and oomycetes. Four phytopathogens are of special concern because of the major economic losses they generate worldwide in tomato production; Clavibacter ...
Iván Montenegro +9 more
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Synthetic and Biological Studies of Sesquiterpene Polygodial: Activity of 9-Epipolygodial against Drug-Resistant Cancer Cells [PDF]
, 2015 Polygodial, a terpenoid dialdehyde isolated from Polygonum hydropiper L. is a known agonist of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1). In this investigation a series of polygodial analogues were prepared and investigated for TRPV1-agonist ...
Pillai, Akshita +67 more
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Plant Preparations and Compounds with Activities against Biofilms Formed by Candida spp.
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Fungi from the genus Candida are very important human and animal pathogens. Many strains can produce biofilms, which inhibit the activity of antifungal drugs and increase the tolerance or resistance to them as well.
Tomasz M. Karpiński +4 more
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Anti-Yeast Synergistic Effects and Mode of Action of Australian Native Plant Essential Oils
Applied Sciences, 2021 Yeasts are the most common group of microorganisms responsible for spoilage of soft drinks and fruit juices due to their ability to withstand juice acidity and pasteurization temperatures and resist the action of weak-acid preservatives.
Fahad Alderees +4 more
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