Plant-based bioinsecticides for mosquito control: Impact on insecticide resistance and disease transmission

MŞ Şengül Demirak, E Canpolat - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mosquito-borne diseases cause millions of deaths each year. There has
been an increase in the use of insecticides to combat disease transmission caused by …

Utilisation of Mangifera indica plant extracts and parts in antimicrobial formulations and as a pharmaceutical excipient: a review

MA Alaiya, MA Odeniyi - Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Background Antimicrobial resistance and the environmental threat posed by some synthetic
antimicrobial agents necessitate more research into development of novel pharmaceutical …

Solanum fruits: phytochemicals, bioaccessibility and bioavailability, and their relationship with their health-promoting effects

CA Elizalde-Romero, LA Montoya-Inzunza… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Solanum genus is the largest in the Solanaceae family containing around 2,000
species. There is a great number of edibles obtained from this genus, and globally, the most …

Alkaloids as natural NRF2 inhibitors: Chemoprevention and cytotoxic action in Cancer

D Gjorgieva Ackova, V Maksimova, K Smilkov… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Being a controller of cytoprotective actions, inflammation, and mitochondrial function through
participating in the regulation of multiple genes in response to stress-inducing endogenous …

Hidden in plants—A review of the anticancer potential of the Solanaceae family in in vitro and in vivo studies

T Kowalczyk, A Merecz-Sadowska, P Rijo, M Mori… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Solanaceae family is one of the most important arable and economic
families in the world. In addition, it includes a wide range of valuable active secondary …

Recent advances in biocatalysis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles

J Feng, WC Geng, H Jiang, B Wu - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Nitrogen-containing heterocycles (N-heterocycles) are ubiquitous in both organisms and
pharmaceutical products. Biocatalysts are providing green approaches for synthesizing …

Stress, senescence, and specialized metabolites in bryophytes

S Kulshrestha, R Jibran, JW Van Klink… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Life on land exposes plants to varied abiotic and biotic environmental stresses. These
environmental drivers contributed to a large expansion of metabolic capabilities during land …

Development of phytochemical delivery systems by nano-suspension and nano-emulsion techniques

G Zuccari, S Alfei - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The awareness of the existence of plant bioactive compounds, namely, phytochemicals
(PHYs), with health properties is progressively expanding. Therefore, their massive …

Potentiating Biosynthesis of Alkaloids and Polyphenolic Substances in Catharanthus roseus Plant Using ĸ-Carrageenan

HS El-Beltagi, SM El-Sayed, AN Abdelhamid… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Catharanthus roseus is a medicinal plant that produces indole alkaloids, which are utilized
in anticancer therapy. Vinblastine and vincristine, two commercially important antineoplastic …

Senolytic and senomorphic secondary metabolites as therapeutic agents in Drosophila melanogaster models of Parkinson's disease

SJ Miller, RY Darji, S Walaieh, JA Lewis… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Drosophila melanogaster is a valuable model organism for a wide range of biological
exploration. The well-known advantages of D. melanogaster include its relatively simple …