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Characterization of the Human Bitter Taste Receptor Response to Sesquiterpene Lactones from Edible Asteraceae Species and Suppression of Bitterness through pH Control

ACS Omega, 2021
Vegetables are important sources of nutrients and bioactive compounds; however, their consumption is often insufficient, partly because of unpleasant taste characteristics.
Takuya Yanagisawa, T. Misaka
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Ethnomedicinal and phytochemical properties of sesquiterpene lactones from Dicoma (Asteraceae) and their anticancer pharmacological activities: A review

Scientific African, 2021
Dicoma species belonging to the Asteraceae family are commonly utilized as traditional medicine in Southern Africa. Dicoma anomala, Dicoma capensis, Dicoma schinzii and Dicoma zheyeri are the most common ethnomedicinal plant species used in Southern ...
Mandisa Mangisa, Xolani K. Peter, Mbokota C. Khosa, Gerda Fouche, Rudzani Nthambeleni, Jeremiah Senabe, Clemence Tarirai, Vuyelwa J. Tembu   +7 more
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Applications of Sesquiterpene Lactones: A Review of Some Potential Success Cases

Applied Sciences, 2020
Sesquiterpene lactones, a vast range of terpenoids isolated from Asteraceae species, exhibit a broad spectrum of biological effects and several of them are already commercially available, such as artemisinin. Here the most recent and impactful results of
L. Moujir, O. Callies, Pedro Sousa, F. Sharopov, A. Seca   +4 more
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Production Technologies of Pharmacologically Active Sesquiterpene Lactones

Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal, 2018
Sesquiterpene lactones form a large group belonging to natural terpenoids series, generally found in plants of Asteraceae family and exhibiting anti-tumor, antiviral, immunostimulant, antifungal, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antimutagenic, growth ...
A.S. Kishkentayeva
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Biosynthesis of sesquiterpene lactones in pyrethrum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
The daisy-like flowers of pyrethrum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium) are used to extract pyrethrins, a botanical insecticide with a long history of safe and effective use.
Aldana M Ramirez, Nils Saillard, Ting Yang, Maurice C R Franssen, Harro J Bouwmeester, Maarten A Jongsma   +5 more
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Research Advances on Health Effects of Edible Artemisia Species and Some Sesquiterpene Lactones Constituents

Foods, 2020
The genus Artemisia, often known collectively as “wormwood”, has aroused great interest in the scientific community, pharmaceutical and food industries, generating many studies on the most varied aspects of these plants.
A. Trendafilova, L. Moujir, Pedro Sousa, A. Seca   +3 more
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BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS OF ARTEMISIA ANNUA. SESQUITERPENE LACTONES

Фармация и фармакология (Пятигорск), 2016
Artemisia annua is an herblike annual plant which has been used in Chinese folk medicine for more than 2,000 years. In 1970-s sesquiterpene lactones of artemisinin was isolated from the aboveground part of this plant. Today it is the most efficient known
D. A. Konovalov, O. M. Shevchuk, L. A. Logvinenko, A. A. Khamilo   +3 more
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SESQUITERPENE LACTONES OF LEAVES AND FRUITS OF LAURUS NOBILIS L.

Фармация и фармакология (Пятигорск), 2015
Bay laurel (Laurus nobilis L.) is common in the Mediterranean region, Europe and America. Widely cultivated in the countries of the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa.
D. A. Konovalov, N. M. Nasuhova
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Technological methods of sesquiterpene lactones extraction from raw materials

Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal, 2009
Methods of sesquiterpene lactones extraction used in pharmaceutical manufacture have been summarized. The alternative method of extraction and purification of sesquiterpene lactones of arglabin and leucomisin has been offered.
I. A. Khabarov
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CRISPR/Cas9 targeted inactivation of the kauniolide synthase in chicory results in accumulation of costunolide and its conjugates in taproots

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Chicory taproots accumulate sesquiterpene lactones lactucin, lactucopicrin, and 8-deoxylactucin, predominantly in their oxalated forms. The biosynthetic pathway for chicory sesquiterpene lactones has only partly been elucidated; the enzymes that convert ...
Katarina Cankar, Johanna Christina Hakkert, Robert Sevenier, Eva Campo, Bert Schipper, Christina Papastolopoulou, Khabat Vahabi, Alain Tissier, Paul Bundock, Dirk Bosch   +9 more
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