Alkaloids used as medicines: Structural phytochemistry meets biodiversity—An update and forward look

M Heinrich, J Mah, V Amirkia - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Selecting candidates for drug developments using computational design and empirical rules
has resulted in a broad discussion about their success. In a previous study, we had shown …

Alkaloids for cancer prevention and therapy: Current progress and future perspectives

A Mondal, A Gandhi, C Fimognari, AG Atanasov… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Alkaloids are important chemical compounds that serve as a rich source for drug discovery.
Numerous alkaloids screened from medicinal plants and herbs showed antiproliferative and …

Analysis of alkaloids (indole alkaloids, isoquinoline alkaloids, tropane alkaloids)

P Dey, A Kundu, A Kumar, M Gupta, BM Lee… - Recent advances in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Alkaloids are a large cluster of molecules found in Mother Nature all over the world. They
are all secondary compounds and collection of miscellaneous elements and biomolecules …

Indole-containing natural products 2019–2022: isolations, reappraisals, syntheses, and biological activities

SM Umer, M Solangi, KM Khan, RSZ Saleem - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Indole alkaloids represent a large subset of natural products, with more than 4100 known
compounds. The majority of these alkaloids are biologically active, with some exhibiting …

Alkaloids from plants with antimalarial activity: a review of recent studies

PF Uzor - Evidence‐Based Complementary and Alternative …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Malaria is one of the major health problems in developing countries. The disease kills a
large number of people every year and also affects financial status of many countries …

Functional foods and nutraceuticals as dietary intervention in chronic diseases; novel perspectives for health promotion and disease prevention

SA Adefegha - Journal of dietary supplements, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Functional foods describe the importance of foods in promoting health and preventing
diseases aside their primary role of providing the body with the required amount of essential …

Plant-derivatives small molecules with antibacterial activity

S Alibi, D Crespo, J Navas - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The vegetal world constitutes the main factory of chemical products, in particular secondary
metabolites like phenols, phenolic acids, terpenoids, and alkaloids. Many of these …

[HTML][HTML] Role of plant derived alkaloids and their mechanism in neurodegenerative disorders

G Hussain, A Rasul, H Anwar, N Aziz… - … journal of biological …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Neurodegenerative diseases are conventionally demarcated as disorders with selective loss
of neurons. Conventional as well as newer molecules have been tested but they offer just …

Functional and nutraceutical properties of pumpkin–a review

S Kaur, A Panghal, MK Garg, S Mann… - Nutrition & Food …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the nutritional and food value of pumpkin
Cucurbita, along with different health benefits. Cucurbita (pumpkin) is an herbaceous vine …

Plant alkaloids: Structures and bioactive properties

EP Gutiérrez-Grijalva, LX López-Martínez… - Plant-derived bioactives …, 2020 - Springer
Alkaloids are nitrogen-containing natural products found in bacteria, fungi, animals, and
plants with complex and diverse structures. The widespread distribution of alkaloids along …