Alkaloids are nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds typically isolated from plants.
They represent one of the most important types of natural products because of their large …

Leishmaniasis and Chagas disease afflict the poorest countries in the world. The Brazilian
flora represents a rich source for the screening of potential antiparasitic compounds. In this …

Phytochemical investigation of the alkaloid composition in Bulgarian endemic species
Papaver degenii was made for the first time. Fourteen alkaloids were isolated and …

Pasteur and Joubert, in 1877, were among the first to recognize the potential of microbial
products as therapeutic agents and demonstrated that common microorganisms could …

Background and Aim: The use of bioactive compounds of medicinal plants in prevention,
control and treatment of human diseases has a long history. Most of plant bioactive …

Bacterial infections remain a major threat to the world community in terms of both morbidity
and mortality. Indeed, bacterial infections are accountable for millions of fatalities around the …

Given the potential adverse effects of chemical drugs, utilizing natural products with diverse
therapeutic and antimicrobial compounds is advisable. Countries can use indigenous flora …

Apiaceae plants exhibit a broad spectrum of activities, for instance, antithrombotic,
hypotensive, antioxidant, and insecticidal. They also provide a source of phthalides, which …

The genus Corydalis (Papaveraceae), comprising more than 400 species in Eurasia and
North America, is a rich source of isoquinoline alkaloids with various biological properties …

Isoquinoline alkaloids belong to a large family of aromatic compounds with over 400
members. Their biological activities include antimalarial, anti-HIV, insect growth retarding …