Antidiabetic and Antioxidant Properties of Alkaloids from Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don
Molecules, 2013 Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don is a herbal plant traditionally used by local populations in India, South Africa, China and Malaysia to treat diabetes. The present study reports the in vitro antioxidant and antidiabetic activities of the major alkaloids ...
Won Fen Wong +8 more
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Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences, 2015 Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don (Family Apocynaceae) is a medicinal plant that produces indole alkaloids used in cancer chemotherapy. The anticancerous alkaloids, viz. vinblastine and vincristine, are mainly present in the leaves of C. roseus.
M. Naeem +7 more
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Molecular Docking of Isolated Alkaloids for Possible α-Glucosidase Inhibition
Biomolecules, 2019 Diabetes mellitus, one of the most common endocrine-metabolic disorders, has caused significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. To avoid sugar digestion and postprandial hyperglycemia, it is necessary to inhibit α-glucosidase, a digestive enzyme ...
Noor Rahman +6 more
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Is it Possible to Cure Diabetes Mellitus by Herbal Treatment in Twenty First Century [PDF]
, 2001 The diabetes is the third leading cause of death in the world. The diabetic population is increasing day by day.The report of WHO shows that the diabetic population was 60 millions in 1980, 118 millions in 1995 and there will be 220 millions in 2010 ...
Purusotam Basnet
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Effective Medicinal Plant in Cancer Treatment, Part 2. [PDF]
, 2017 Cancer is the second cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. With due attention to rapid progress in the phytochemical study of plants, they are becoming popular because of their anticancer effects.
Asadi-Samani, Majid. +6 more
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Genetic diversity and alkaloid production in Catharanthus roseus, C. trichophyllus and their hybrids [PDF]
, 1993 Chrestin, Hervé +3 more
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Specific functions of individual class III peroxidase genes [PDF]
, 2017 In higher plants, class III peroxidases exist as large multigene families (e.g. 73 genes in Arabidopsis thaliana). The diversity of processes catalysed by peroxidases as well as the large number of their genes suggests the possibility of a functional ...
Cosio, Claudia, Dunand, Christophe
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DETERMINATION OF VINDOLINE AND RUTIN CONTENT IN FIVE DIFFERENT MORPHOTYPES OF CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS LEAVES USING HPLC [PDF]
, 2019 Objective: To determine total phenolic and flavonoids contents and also quantify vindoline and rutin in different morphotypes of Catharanthus roseus using High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method.
KAPOOR, MANISH, RANI, JYOTI
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CHARACTERIZATION OF \u3ci\u3eG10H\u3c/i\u3e PROMOTER AND ISOLATION OF WRKY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS INVOLVED IN \u3ci\u3eCATHARANTHUS\u3c/i\u3e TERPENOID INDOLE ALKALOID BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAY [PDF]
, 2011 Catharanthus roseus produces a large array of terpenoid indole alkaloids (TIAs) that are an important source of natural or semi-synthetic anticancer drugs. Biosynthesis of TIAs is tissue-specific and induced by certain phytohormones and fungal elicitors,
Suttpanta, Nitima
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