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Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Properties of Piper spp. Volatile Oils That Inhibit Pathogenic Microorganisms

Flavour and Fragrance Journal, EarlyView.
The samples were fungicidal against Candida, with MICs ranging from 62.5 to 250 μg/mL, and fungistatic against Penicillium adametzii, Aspergillus flavus and A. niger, with MICs of 1000 μg/mL. The volatile oils of Piper aduncum and Piper marginatum reduced the viability of MDA‐MB231 cells.
Midiã R. Oliveira, Ely D. Alfaia Neto, Carlos Eduardo C. Alves, Renata Galvão de Azevedo, Alice F. Gomes, Flávia Juliana Reis de Sousa, Juan Campos de Oliveira, Larissa Raquel S. Maciel, Gemilson S. Pontes, Ari F. Hidalgo, Antonia Q. L. Souza, Rita C. Saraiva Nunomura   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A review of the anticancer effects of sesquiterpene nerolidol on different malignant conditions [PDF]

Journal of Medicinal Plants
Background: Nerolidol (NER) is a sesquiterpene alcohol with various biological ‎and pharmacological activities, especially antitumor effects against different cancer models. The ‎anticancer properties of NER‎ are reportedly mediated by increased reactive
Ameneh Mohammadi, Parastoo Zarghami Moghaddam, Zahra Salehi, Farzaneh Shakeri, Manouchehr Teimoury, Samaneh Mollazadeh   +5 more
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Insect Antifeedant Components of Senecio fistulosus var. fistulosus—Hualtata

Plants, 2019
From a bioactive methanolic extract of Senecio fistulosus, the antifeedant effects of the alkaloidal and non-alkaloidal fractions were tested against the insects Spodoptera littoralis, Myzus persicae and Rhopalosiphum padi, with the non-alkaloidal ...
Liliana Ruiz-Vásquez, Matías Reina, Víctor Fajardo, Matías López, Azucena González-Coloma   +4 more
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Chemical and antimicrobial analyses of Sideritis romana L. subsp. purpurea (Tal. ex Benth.) Heywood, an endemic of the Western Balkan [PDF]

, 2017
A comprehensive study on essential oil and different solvent extracts of Sideritis romana L. subsp. purpurea (Tal. ex Benth.) Heywood (Lamiaceae) from Montenegro is reported. The gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of the essential oil revealed
Božović, Mijat, Cipolla, Alessia, De Angelis, Massimiliano, Garzoli, Stefania, Oliva, Alessandra, Ragno, Rino, Tadić, Vanja, Vullo, Vincenzo   +7 more
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Unlocking the Multifunctional Properties of Litsea cubeba Essential Oil: Composition, Antimicrobial, Antibiofilm and Insecticidal Activities

Flavour and Fragrance Journal, EarlyView.
Unveiling the chemical and biological properties of Litsea cubeba essential oil. ABSTRACT Litsea cubeba essential oil (LCEO) is recognised for its broad spectrum of biological activities, including antimicrobial and insecticidal effects, making it a promising natural alternative to synthetic agents.
Miroslava Kačániová, Minhang Qiao, Alessandro Bianchi, Joel Horacio Elizondo‐Luevano, Anis Ben Hsouna, Rania Ben Saad, Zhaojun Ban, Li Li, Jian Lou, Wissem Mnif, Stefania Garzoli   +10 more
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Conversion of carbon dioxide into valencene and other sesquiterpenes with metabolic engineered Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 cell factories

GCB Bioenergy, 2023
Valencene is a natural sesquiterpene with desirable bioactivity and aroma, making it a valuable ingredient in the food and cosmetics industries. Traditionally, valencene was extracted from the citrus fruits, and its applications were restricted by the ...
Jiahui Sun, Xuejing Xu, Yannan Wu, Huili Sun, Guodong Luan, Xuefeng Lu   +5 more
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Design, Synthesis, and Antileukemic Evaluation of a Novel Mikanolide Derivative Through the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK Pathway

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) accounts for a major cause of death in adult leukemia patients due to mutations or other reasons for dysfunction in the ABL proto-oncogene.
Qing Rao, Qing Rao, Kaiqiang Xie, Kaiqiang Xie, Krishnapriya M. Varier, Krishnapriya M. Varier, Krishnapriya M. Varier, Lei Huang, Lei Huang, Jingrui Song, Jingrui Song, Jue Yang, Jue Yang, Jianfei Qiu, Jianfei Qiu, Yubing Huang, Yubing Huang, Yan Li, Yan Li, Babu Gajendran, Babu Gajendran, Babu Gajendran, Yanmei Li, Yanmei Li, Sheng Liu, Sheng Liu   +25 more
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Direct Injection Liquid Chromatography High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Determination of Primary and Secondary Terrestrial and Marine Biomarkers in Ice Cores [PDF]

, 2019
Many atmospheric organic compounds are long-lived enough to be transported from their sources to polar regions and high mountain environments where they can be trapped in ice archives.
Bogialli, S., Giorio, C., Kalberer, M., King, A. C. F., Roverso, M., Schwikowski, M., Tapparo, A., Thomas, E., Wolff, E.   +8 more
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Plant sesquiterpene lactones

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Sesquiterpene lactones (STLs) are a prominent group of plant secondary metabolites predominantly found in the Asteraceae family and have multiple ecological roles and medicinal applications. This review describes the evolutionary and ecological significance of STLs, highlighting their roles in plant defence mechanisms against herbivory and as ...
Olivia Agatha, Daniela Mutwil-Anderwald, Jhing Yein Tan, Marek Mutwil   +3 more
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Sesquiterpenes from Laurencia similis [PDF]

Molecules, 2009
One new sesquiterpene, (4E)-1-bromo-5-[(1'S*,3'R*)-3'-bromo-2',2'-dimethyl-6'-methylenecyclohexyl]-3-methylpent-4-ene-2,3-diol (1), and fifteen known sesquiterpenes, isopalisol (2), luzonensol (3), palisadin B (4), aplysistatin (5), palisadin A (6), 4-hydroxyl-palisudin C (7), 5-acetoxypalisadin B (8), 10-hydroxyaristolan-9-one (9), aristol-8-en-1-one (
Su, Hua, Shi, Da-Yong, Li, Jing, Guo, Shu-Ju, Li, Li-Li, Yuan, Zhao-Hui, Zhu, Xiao-Bin   +6 more
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