Natural products: A lead for drug discovery and development

B Chopra, AK Dhingra - Phytotherapy Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Natural products are used since ancient times in folklore for the treatment of various
ailments. Plant‐derived products have been recognized for many years as a source of …

[HTML][HTML] Current trends on seaweeds: Looking at chemical composition, phytopharmacology, and cosmetic applications

B Salehi, J Sharifi-Rad, AML Seca, DCGA Pinto… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Seaweeds have received huge interest in recent years given their promising potentialities.
Their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, hypolipemic, and anticoagulant effects are …

Effect of microplastics exposure on the photosynthesis system of freshwater algae

Y Wu, P Guo, X Zhang, Y Zhang, S Xie… - Journal of hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microplastics are widely distributed in freshwater environments. At present, most of the
studies on the toxicity of microplastics are concentrated on aquatic feeding animals, but …

Hunting the eagle killer: A cyanobacterial neurotoxin causes vacuolar myelinopathy

S Breinlinger, TJ Phillips, BN Haram, J Mareš… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Vacuolar myelinopathy (VM) is a neurological disease characterized by
widespread vacuolization in the white matter of the brain. First diagnosed in 1994 in bald …

[HTML][HTML] A historical overview of natural products in drug discovery

DA Dias, S Urban, U Roessner - Metabolites, 2012 - mdpi.com
Historically, natural products have been used since ancient times and in folklore for the
treatment of many diseases and illnesses. Classical natural product chemistry …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of the nutraceutical and therapeutic applications of red seaweeds (Rhodophyta)

J Cotas, A Leandro, D Pacheco, AMM Gonçalves… - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
The red seaweed group (Rhodophyta) is one of the phyla of macroalgae, among the groups
Phaeophyceae and Chlorophyta, brown and green seaweeds, respectively. Nowadays, all …

[HTML][HTML] Marine sponge derived natural products between 2001 and 2010: trends and opportunities for discovery of bioactives

MF Mehbub, J Lei, C Franco, W Zhang - Marine drugs, 2014 - mdpi.com
Marine sponges belonging to the phylum Porifera (Metazoa), evolutionarily the oldest
animals are the single best source of marine natural products. The present review presents …

Bioactive compounds in seaweed: functional food applications and legislation

SL Holdt, S Kraan - Journal of applied phycology, 2011 - Springer
Seaweed is more than the wrap that keeps rice together in sushi. Seaweed biomass is
already used for a wide range of other products in food, including stabilising agents …

[HTML][HTML] From marine origin to therapeutics: The antitumor potential of marine algae-derived compounds

C Alves, J Silva, S Pinteus, H Gaspar… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Marine environment has demonstrated to be an interesting source of compounds with
uncommon and unique chemical features on which the molecular modeling and chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Raging the war against inflammation with natural products

A Attiq, J Jalil, K Husain, W Ahmad - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Over the last few decade Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are the drugs of
choice for treating numerous inflammatory diseases including rheumatoid arthritis. The …