Recent advance on carbamate-based cholinesterase inhibitors as potential multifunctional agents against Alzheimer's disease

H Zhang, Y Wang, Y Wang, X Li, S Wang… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), as the fourth leading cause of death among the elderly
worldwide, has brought enormous challenge to the society. Due to its extremely complex …

Strategies to improve resveratrol systemic and topical bioavailability: An update

S Intagliata, MN Modica, LM Santagati, L Montenegro - Antioxidants, 2019 - mdpi.com
In recent years, a great deal of attention has been paid to natural compounds due to their
many biological effects. Polyphenols are a class of plant derivatives that have been widely …

Direct pharmacological targeting of a mitochondrial ion channel selectively kills tumor cells in vivo

L Leanza, M Romio, KA Becker, M Azzolini, L Trentin… - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
The potassium channel Kv1. 3 is highly expressed in the mitochondria of various cancerous
cells. Here we show that direct inhibition of Kv1. 3 using two mitochondria-targeted inhibitors …

Post-Stroke Depression Modulation and in Vivo Antioxidant Activity of Gallic Acid and Its Synthetic Derivatives in a Murine Model System

SF Nabavi, S Habtemariam, A Di Lorenzo, A Sureda… - Nutrients, 2016 - mdpi.com
Gallic acid (3, 4, 5-trihydroxybenzoic acid, GA) is a plant secondary metabolite, which shows
antioxidant activity and is commonly found in many plant-based foods and beverages …

Resveratrol derivatives as a pharmacological tool

L Biasutto, A Mattarei, M Azzolini… - Annals of the New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Prodrugs of resveratrol are under development. Among the long‐term goals, still largely
elusive, are (1) modulating physical properties (eg, water‐soluble derivatives bearing …

Immobilized lipase based on hollow mesoporous silicon spheres for efficient enzymatic synthesis of resveratrol ester derivatives

LJ Xu, T Yang, J Wang, FH Huang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Enzymatic esterification of resveratrol is crucial for its potential application in lipophilic foods
and drugs. However, the poor activity of the free enzyme hinders the reaction. In this work …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-reducing effect of the clinically used drug clofazimine in a SCID mouse model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

A Zaccagnino, A Managò, L Leanza, A Gontarewitz… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) represents the most common form of pancreatic
cancer with rising incidence in developing countries. Unfortunately, the overall 5-year …

Physicochemical investigation of a novel curcumin diethyl γ-aminobutyrate, a carbamate ester prodrug of curcumin with enhanced anti-neuroinflammatory activity

P Jithavech, P Suwattananuruk, Hasriadi… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Curcumin is a polyphenol compound that alleviates several neuroinflammation-related
diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy …

Dual strategy for improving the oral bioavailability of resveratrol: Enhancing water solubility and inhibiting glucuronidation

Y Li, R Zhang, Q Zhang, M Luo, F Lu, Z He… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Resveratrol (RES) suffers from poor water solubility and extensive metabolism, which lead to
low bioavailability. A phospholipid complex (PC) containing RES and a UDP …

New natural amino acid-bearing prodrugs boost pterostilbene's oral pharmacokinetic and distribution profile

M Azzolini, A Mattarei, M La Spina, M Fanin… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The biomedical effects of the natural phenol pterostilbene are of great interest but its
bioavailability is negatively affected by the phenolic group in position 4′ which is an ideal …