Alkaloids as Potential Phytochemicals against SARS‐CoV‐2: Approaches to the Associated Pivotal Mechanisms

MB Majnooni, S Fakhri, G Bahrami… - Evidence‐Based …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Since its inception, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has infected
millions of people around the world. Therefore, it is necessary to find effective treatments …

Quinolizidine-type alkaloids: chemodiversity, occurrence, and bioactivity

W Cely-Veloza, MJ Kato, E Coy-Barrera - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Quinolizidine alkaloids (QAs) are nitrogen-containing compounds produced naturally as
specialized metabolites distributed in plants and animals (eg, frogs, sponges). The present …

[HTML][HTML] Cytisine and cytisine derivatives. More than smoking cessation aids

C Gotti, F Clementi - Pharmacological research, 2021 - Elsevier
Cytisine, a natural bioactive compound that is mainly isolated from plants of the
Leguminosae family (especially the seeds of Laburnum anagyroides), has been marketed in …

Amino acid–derived defense metabolites from plants: A potential source to facilitate novel antimicrobial development

A Parthasarathy, EJ Borrego, MA Savka… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
For millennia, humanity has relied on plants for its medicines, and modern pharmacology
continues to reexamine and mine plant metabolites for novel compounds and to guide …

Recent advances in [4+ 4] annulation of conjugated heterodienes with 1, 4-dipolar species for the synthesis of eight-membered heterocycles

Y Wang, Z Jin, L Zhou, X Lv - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Numerous eight-membered heterocycles are of significance in biological chemistry, the
pharmaceutical industry, agrochemistry, and materials science. However, the assembly of …

Ferulic acid derivatives block coronaviruses HCoV-229E and SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro

S Pasquereau, M Galais, M Bellefroid… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
A novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, emerged in China at the end of 2019 causing a large
global outbreak. As treatments are of the utmost importance, drugs with broad anti …

Cisplatin resistance in testicular germ cell tumors: current challenges from various perspectives

J Lobo, C Jerónimo, R Henrique - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Testicular germ cell tumors share a marked sensitivity to cisplatin, contributing to their
overall good prognosis. However, a subset of patients develop resistance to platinum-based …

Synthesis and antiviral evaluation of cytisine derivatives against dengue virus types 1 and 2

IP Tsypysheva, HC Lai, YT Kiu, AV Koval'skaya… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dengue virus (DENV) causes about 50–100 million cases per year worldwide. However,
there is still a big challenge in developing antiviral drugs against DENV infection. Some …

Cytisine attenuates bone loss of ovariectomy mouse by preventing RANKL‐induced osteoclastogenesis

Z Qian, Z Zhong, S Ni, D Li, F Zhang… - Journal of Cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Postmenopausal Osteoporosis (PMOP) is oestrogen withdrawal characterized of much
production and activation by osteoclast in the elderly female. Cytisine is a quinolizidine …

Structural characterization and SARS-CoV-2 inhibitory effects of alkaloids from the roots of Asarum heterotropoides var. mandshuricum (Aristolochiaceae)

TT Le, TQ Cao, MT Ha, KH Han, YB Kim, JA Kim… - Phytochemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Asarum heterotropoides var. mandshuricum F. Maekawa (Aristolochiaceae), well-known as
“Marchurian Wildginger”, shows many bioactivities that contribute to its therapeutic effects …