Chemodiversity in Selaginella: a reference system for parallel and convergent metabolic evolution in terrestrial plants

JK Weng, JP Noel - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Early plants began colonizing the terrestrial earth approximately 450 million years ago. Their
success on land has been partially attributed to the evolution of specialized metabolic …

Keampferol-3-O-rhamnoside abrogates amyloid beta toxicity by modulating monomers and remodeling oligomers and fibrils to non-toxic aggregates

MG Sharoar, A Thapa, M Shahnawaz… - Journal of biomedical …, 2012 - Springer
Background Aggregation of soluble, monomeric β-amyloid (Aβ) to oligomeric and then
insoluble fibrillar Aβ is a key pathogenic feature in development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Natural phenolic compounds as therapeutic and preventive agents for cerebral amyloidosis

M Yamada, K Ono, T Hamaguchi… - Natural compounds as …, 2015 - Springer
Epidemiological studies have suggested that diets rich in phenolic compounds may have
preventive effects on the development of dementia or Alzheimer's disease (AD). We …

Decreasing oxidative stress and neuroinflammation with a multifunctional peptide rescues memory deficits in mice with Alzheimer disease

W Zhou, S Lu, Y Su, D Xue, X Yu, S Wang… - Free Radical Biology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by extracellular senile plaques, intracellular
neurofibrillary tangles, and memory loss. Aggregated amyloid-β (Aβ), oxidative stress, and …

Hinokiflavone and related C–O–C-type biflavonoids as anti-cancer compounds: properties and mechanism of action

JF Goossens, L Goossens, C Bailly - Natural Products and Bioprospecting, 2021 - Springer
Biflavonoids are divided in two classes: C–C type compounds represented by the dimeric
compound amentoflavone and C–O–C-type compounds typified by hinokiflavone (HNK) with …

Ferulic acid inhibits the transition of amyloid-β 42 monomers to oligomers but accelerates the transition from oligomers to fibrils

L Cui, Y Zhang, H Cao, Y Wang, T Teng… - Journal of …, 2013 - content.iospress.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is neurodegenerative disease that occurs among the aging
population and is associated with impaired cognitive function. Amyloid-ß (Aß) oligomers …

Eight new biflavonoids with lavandulyl units from the roots of Sophora flavescens and their inhibitory effect on PTP1B

HW Yan, H Zhu, X Yuan, YN Yang, ZM Feng… - Bioorganic …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the course of studying the components from the roots of Sophora flavescens, eight new
unusual biflavonoids consisting of a flavanone fused with a dihydrochalcone skeleton were …

A safe, blood-brain barrier permeable triphenylmethane dye inhibits amyloid-β neurotoxicity by generating nontoxic aggregates

HE Wong, W Qi, HM Choi, EJ Fernandez… - ACS chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Growing evidence suggests that on-pathway amyloid-β (Aβ) oligomers are primary
neurotoxic species and have a direct correlation with the onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Phytoestrogen agathisflavone ameliorates neuroinflammation-induced by LPS and IL-1β and protects neurons in cocultures of glia/neurons

MMA de Almeida, CS Souza, NS Dourado, AB da Silva… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Inflammation and oxidative stress are common aspects of most neurodegenerative diseases
in the central nervous system. In this context, microglia and astrocytes are central to …

Amentoflavone promotes cellular uptake and degradation of amyloid-beta in neuronal cells

BH Han, B Cofell, E Everhart, C Humpal… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Deposition of fibrillar forms of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) is commonly found in patients with
Alzheimer's disease (AD) associated with cognitive decline. Impaired clearance of Aβ …