Current understanding of modes of action of multicomponent bioactive phytochemicals: Potential for nutraceuticals and antimicrobials

M Wink - Annual Review of Food Science and Technology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Plants produce a diversity of plant secondary metabolites (PSMs), which function as defense
chemicals against herbivores and microorganisms but also as signal compounds. An …

Modes of action of herbal medicines and plant secondary metabolites

M Wink - Medicines, 2015 - mdpi.com
Plants produce a wide diversity of secondary metabolites (SM) which serve them as defense
compounds against herbivores, and other plants and microbes, but also as signal …

A Review of Bioinsecticidal Activity of Solanaceae Alkaloids

S Chowański, Z Adamski, P Marciniak, G Rosiński… - Toxins, 2016 - mdpi.com
Only a small percentage of insect species are pests. However, pest species cause
significant losses in agricultural and forest crops, and many are vectors of diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Herbal extracts and phytochemicals: plant secondary metabolites and the enhancement of human brain function

DO Kennedy, EL Wightman - Advances in Nutrition, 2011 - Elsevier
Humans consume a wide range of foods, drugs, and dietary supplements that are derived
from plants and which modify the functioning of the central nervous sytem (CNS). The …

Plant secondary metabolites modulate insect behavior-steps toward addiction?

M Wink - Frontiers in physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Plants produce a diversity of secondary metabolites (PSMs) that serve as defense
compounds against herbivores and microorganisms. In addition, some PSMs attract animals …

Mechanism of action of insecticidal secondary metabolites of plant origin

RS Rattan - Crop protection, 2010 - Elsevier
Insect pest management is facing the economic and ecological challenge worldwide due to
the human and environmental hazards caused by majority of the synthetic pesticide …

Medicinal plants, human health and biodiversity: a broad review

T Sen, SK Samanta - Biotechnological applications of biodiversity, 2015 - Springer
<? xm-replace_text {Heading}?> Abstract Biodiversity contributes significantly towards
human livelihood and development and thus plays a predominant role in the well being of …

Potential antiviral action of alkaloids

FL Abookleesh, BS Al-Anzi, A Ullah - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Viral infections and outbreaks have become a major concern and are one of the main
causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The development of successful antiviral …

Evolution of secondary metabolites from an ecological and molecular phylogenetic perspective

M Wink - Phytochemistry, 2003 - Elsevier
Secondary metabolites, at least the major ones present in a plant, apparently function as
defence (against herbivores, microbes, viruses or competing plants) and signal compounds …

[HTML][HTML] Medicinal plants: a source of anti-parasitic secondary metabolites

M Wink - Molecules, 2012 - mdpi.com
This review summarizes human infections caused by endoparasites, including protozoa,
nematodes, trematodes, and cestodes, which affect more than 30% of the human …