Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2022 Boerhavia erecta is a tropical plant that is widely used in folk medicine. Roots of this plant are applied as a diuretic, stomachic, anthelminthic, febrifuge, and expectorant.
Huu-Hung Nguyen +7 more
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Drought Stress Inhibits the Accumulation of Rotenoids and the Biosynthesis of Drought-Responsive Phytohormones in Mirabilis himalaica (Edgew.) Heim Calli. [PDF]
Genes (Basel)Background: Mirabilis himalaica, distributed in the high-altitude, arid, and semi-arid regions of Xizang, exhibits great tolerance to drought, which is rich in rotenoids and other secondary metabolites.
Zhang S +8 more
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Amorphigenin from Amorpha fruticosa L. Root Extract Induces Autophagy-Mediated Melanosome Degradation in mTOR-Independent- and AMPK-Dependent Manner [PDF]
Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 2022 In this study, we investigated the depigmentation effect of Amorpha fruticosa L. root extract (RE), an herbal medicine. A. fruticosa RE significantly induced depigmentation in α-MSH-treated B16F10 cells at noncytotoxic concentrations.
Ki Won Lee +10 more
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Hydroxylated Rotenoids Selectively Inhibit the Proliferation of Prostate Cancer Cells. [PDF]
J Nat Prod, 2020 Prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death in men. The identification of new therapeutics to selectively target prostate cancer cells is therefore vital.
Russell DA +8 more
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Fabaceae Flavonoids Beyond the Commonplace: A Review of Chemical Diversity, Pharmacological Activities, Mass Spectrometric Profiling and In Silico Insights into Their Subclasses [PDF]
PlantsFabaceae family is recognized as a prolific flavonoid producer, including some unusual flavonoid skeletons. Although classic flavonoids have well-established biological properties in the literature, these unusual compounds remain underinvestigated. Based
Ana Rita Rodrigues de Almeida Silva Brilhante +9 more
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Biflavonoid toxicarine, rotenoids and a flavanone from the roots of Tephrosia toxicaria
Semina: Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, 2020 For the first time the structural determination of the biflavonoid, 4-H-2,3-dihydro-1-benzopyran-4-one-6-[2-phenyl-8-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-5,7-dimethoxy-2-H-3,4-dihydro-1-benzopiran-4-yl)-5,7-dihydroxy-8-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-2-phenyl, named toxicarine (1)
Cesar Cornélio Andrei +4 more
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Acta Scientiarum: Biological SciencesDengue is an arbovirus that has become a serious public health problem in Brazil, as well as in other tropical regions of the world due to population, economic, political, and social factors that contribute to the proliferation, circulation, and ...
Damião Sampaio de Sousa +5 more
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Endophytic fungus Pseudofusicoccum stromaticum produces cyclopeptides and plant-related bioactive rotenoids. [PDF]
RSC Adv, 2018 In the present study, we integrated liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) and high-throughput DNA sequencing for prospecting cytotoxic specialized metabolites from Pseudofusicoccum stromaticum, an endophytic fungus associated ...
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Identification of Rotenone and Five Rotenoids in CFT Legumine Piscicide Formulation via High Resolution Mass Spectrometry and a New High-Throughput Extraction Procedure. [PDF]
Chromatographia, 2021 Redman ZC +3 more
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The State of Knowledge of the Primary and Secondary Metabolites of the Iris Genus. [PDF]
Chem BiodiversThe genus Iris L. (Iridaceae) comprises over 320 species, primarily found in the northern hemisphere. Iris species are important in horticulture, folklore and medicine, and contain a variety of primary and secondary metabolites with significant biological activity.
Mykhailenko O +3 more
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