Recent advances in the identification of biosynthetic genes and gene clusters of the polyketide-derived pathways for anthraquinone biosynthesis and biotechnological …

NK Mund, E Čellárová - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural anthraquinones are represented by a large group of compounds. Some of them are
widespread across the kingdoms, especially in bacteria, fungi and plants, while the others …

Recent advances on Anthraquinone-based photoinitiators of polymerization

F Dumur - European Polymer Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The design of photoinitiating systems activable in the visible range and under low light
intensity is an active research field supported by the vast applications of …

A combinatorial delivery of survivin targeted siRNA using cancer selective nanoparticles for triple negative breast cancer therapy

P Kesharwani, A Sheikh, MAS Abourehab… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one major type of cancer for which there has been
no effective therapy to date. An important reason for it being the lack of expression of …

Anion binding studies with anthraimidazoledione-based positional isomers: A comprehensive analysis of different strategies for improved selectivity

RS Fernandes, N Dey - Talanta, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present work, we have reported the design of three different positional isomers of
anthraimidazoledione-based charge transfer probes and their anion-binding properties …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the computer-aided drug design and discovery based on anthraquinone scaffold for cancer treatment: A protocol for systematic review

HM Chua, S Moshawih, HP Goh, LC Ming, N Kifli - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
There is still unmet medical need in cancer treatment mainly due to drug resistance and
adverse drug events. Therefore, the search for better drugs is essential. Computer-aided …

Recent advances in therapeutic and biological activities of Aloe vera

S Kumar, S Kalita, IB Basumatary, S Kumar… - Biocatalysis and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aloe vera has been described as a “wand of heavens” and as a “plant of immortality”,
because of its profuse applications in traditional herbal medicines by ancient Egyptian, the …

Plant anthraquinones: classification, distribution, biosynthesis, and regulation

P Wang, J Wei, X Hua, G Dong… - Journal of Cellular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anthraquinones are polycyclic compounds with an unsaturated diketone structure (quinoid
moiety). As important secondary metabolites of plants, anthraquinones play an important …

[HTML][HTML] Structural Characterization and Anticancer Activity of a New Anthraquinone from Senna velutina (Fabaceae)

DTH Castro, DF Leite, D da Silva Baldivia… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, a novel compound was isolated, identified, and its chemical structure was
determined from the extract of the roots of Senna velutina. In addition, we sought to evaluate …

Exploring anthraquinones as antibacterial and antifungal agents

D Raghuveer, VV Pai, TS Murali, R Nayak - ChemistrySelect, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anthraquinones having an anthracene core structure with two carbonyl groups are essential
compounds in therapeutic applications. One of the growing concerns within the medical …

[HTML][HTML] The Interaction of Anthracycline Based Quinone-Chelators with Model Lipid Membranes: 1H NMR and MD Study

OY Selyutina, AV Mastova, NE Polyakov - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Anthracycline antibiotics, eg, doxorubicin, daunomycin, and other anthraquinones, are an
important family of antitumor agents widely used in chemotherapy, which is currently the …