Oxidative stress, hormones, and effects of natural antioxidants on intestinal inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease

DK Sahoo, RM Heilmann, B Paital, A Patel… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, relapsing gastrointestinal (GI) disorder
characterized by intestinal inflammation. The etiology of IBD is multifactorial and results from …

Natural plant resource flavonoids as potential therapeutic drugs for pulmonary fibrosis

MC Wang - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Pulmonary fibrosis is an enduring and advancing pulmonary interstitial disease caused by
multiple factors that ultimately lead to structural changes in normal lung tissue. Currently …

Alpinetin inhibits neuroinflammation and neuronal apoptosis via targeting the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway in spinal cord injury

S Xiao, Y Zhang, Z Liu, A Li, W Tong… - CNS neuroscience & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background A growing body of research shows that drug monomers from traditional
Chinese herbal medicines have antineuroinflammatory and neuroprotective effects that can …

Elucidating the role of ubiquitination and deubiquitination in osteoarthritis progression

C Zheng, J Chen, Y Wu, X Wang, Y Lin, L Shu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Osteoarthritis is non-inflammatory degenerative joint arthritis, which exacerbates disability in
elder persons. The molecular mechanisms of osteoarthritis are elusive. Ubiquitination, one …

Alpinetin alleviates osteoporosis by promoting osteogenic differentiation in BMSCs by triggering autophagy via PKA/mTOR/ULK1 signaling

C Zeng, S Wang, F Chen, Z Wang, J Li… - Phytotherapy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Osteoporosis, a systemic bone disease that is characterized by a reduction in bone mass
and destruction of bone microstructure, is becoming a serious problem worldwide. Bone …

UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap-MS-Based Metabolomics Reveals Chemical Variations of Two Types of Rhizomes of Polygonatum sibiricum

G Luo, J Lin, W Cheng, Z Liu, T Yu, B Yang - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The rhizomes of Polygonatum sibiricum are commonly consumed as food and also used as
medicine. However, the metabolic profile of P. sibiricum has not been fully revealed yet …

Exploring plant polyphenols as anti-allergic functional products to manage the growing incidence of food allergy

T Wu, Z Li, Y Wu, X Yang, L Li, S Chen, B Qi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The active substances derived from plants have received increasing attention owing to their
wide range of pharmacological applications, including anti-tumor, anti-allergic, anti-viral …

Potential of natural flavonols and flavanones in the treatment of ulcerative colitis

C Li, Y Tang, Y Ye, M Zuo, Q Lu - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease generally characterized by chronic,
persistent, recurrent, and non-specific ulcers of the intestine. Its main clinical manifestations …

Research progress of traditional Chinese medicine in improving hepatic fibrosis based on inhibiting pathological angiogenesis

Z Li, J Zhu, H Ouyang - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Hepatic fibrosis is the formation of scar tissue in the liver. This scar tissue replaces healthy
liver tissue and can lead to liver dysfunction and failure if left untreated. It is usually caused …

Natural products in precision oncology: Plant-based small molecule inhibitors of protein kinases for cancer chemoprevention

HJ Thompson, T Lutsiv - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Striking progress is being made in cancer treatment by using small molecule inhibitors of
specific protein kinases that are products of genes recognized as drivers for a specific type …