Anticancer compounds derived from marine diatoms

HA Hussein, MA Abdullah - Marine Drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer is the main cause of death worldwide, so the discovery of new and effective
therapeutic agents must be urgently addressed. Diatoms are rich in minerals and secondary …

Recent advances in natural small molecules as drug delivery systems

S Fu, X Yang - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Drug delivery systems (DDSs) are a multidisciplinary approach toward the effective delivery
of drugs to their target sites. Natural small molecule (NSM) compounds with anticancer …

Development of natural-drugs-based low-molecular-weight supramolecular gels

X Feng, Y Luo, F Li, X Jian, Y Liu - Gels, 2021 - mdpi.com
Natural small molecular drugs with excellent biocompatibility, diverse pharmacological
activities, and wide sources play an increasingly important role in the development of new …

Review of natural phytochemical-based self-assembled nanostructures for applications in medicine

J Zhu, Z Zhang, R Wang, K Zhong… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The role of nanomedicine in disease diagnosis and treatment is indispensable. The future of
nanomedicine in the pharmaceutical field is promising owing to its specificity and potency …

Phytonanomaterials as therapeutic agents and drug delivery carriers

Y Xie, C Ma, X Yang, J Wang, G Long, J Zhou - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Medicinal plants have been a major resource for drug discovery. Emerging evidence shows
that in addition to pharmacologically active components, medicinal plants also contain …

Structure and properties of organogels prepared from rapeseed oil with stigmasterol

C Tang, Z Wan, Y Chen, Y Tang, W Fan, Y Cao… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work used the natural ingredient stigmasterol as an oleogelator to explore the effect of
concentration on the properties of organogels. Organogels based on rapeseed oil were …

High‐performance thin‐layer chromatography coupled attenuated total reflectance‐Fourier‐transform infrared and NMR spectroscopy‐based identification of α‐amylase …

P Das, GJ Ashraf, T Baishya, TK Dua… - Phytochemical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction α‐Amylase inhibitors from natural sources are of interest for new drug
development for the treatment of diabetes mellitus (DM). High‐performance thin‐layer …

Edible oleogels stabilized solely by stigmasterol: effect of oil type and gelator concentration

Y Liu, S Ma, H Xia, S Guo… - … of the Science of Food and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Phytosterols are considered to be one of the most promising gelators for
obtaining oleogel because of their additional health benefits and natural coexist with …

In vitro pharmacological evaluation, phytochemical profiling, and in silico molecular docking of Duabanga grandiflora leaves and flowers

P Das, GJ Ashraf, T Baishya, TK Dua, P Paul, G Nandi… - Vegetos, 2023 - Springer
Duabanga grandiflora, a traditional medicinal plant of the Darjeeling Himalayan region, has
not been broadly explored previously for its phytochemical and biological potential. The …

Self-assembly of the monohydroxy triterpenoid lupeol yielding nano-fibers, sheets and gel: environmental and drug delivery applications

SK Panja, S Patra, BG Bag - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Lupeol is a medicinally important naturally abundant triterpenoid having a 6–6–6–6–5 fused
pentacyclic backbone and one polar secondary “–OH” group at the C3 position of the “A” …