Acacetin, a flavone with diverse therapeutic potential in cancer, inflammation, infections and other metabolic disorders

S Singh, P Gupta, A Meena, S Luqman - Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Acacetin is a di-hydroxy and mono-methoxy flavone present in various plants,
including black locust, Damiana, Silver birch. Literature information revealed that acacetin …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in leishmaniasis treatment

TS Tiuman, AO Santos, T Ueda-Nakamura… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
About 1.5 million new cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis and 500 000 new cases of visceral
leishmaniasis occur each year around the world. For over half a century, the clinical forms of …

Antimicrobial activity of oleanolic and ursolic acids: an update

JA Jesus, JHG Lago, MD Laurenti… - Evidence‐Based …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Triterpenoids are the most representative group of phytochemicals, as they comprise more
than 20,000 recognized molecules. These compounds are biosynthesized in plants via …

Propolis research and the chemistry of plant products

A Salatino, CC Fernandes-Silva, AA Righi… - Natural product …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1979 to 2010 Propolis is a honeybee product, composed mainly of wax and
resins. The latter have a plant origin and contain substances with biological activity. The …

Fruitful decade for antileishmanial compounds from 2002 to late 2011

H Hussain, A Al-Harrasi, A Al-Rawahi, IR Green… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Leishmaniasis, usually caused by the genus Leishmania, has not received the attention it
deserves and in recent times has developed into a major health problem worldwide. 1, 2 …

Influence of time, temperature and solvent on the extraction of bioactive compounds of Baccharis dracunculifolia: In vitro antioxidant activity, antimicrobial potential …

M Casagrande, J Zanela, AW Júnior, C Busso… - Industrial Crops and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The suitability of a protocol for the extraction of antioxidant compounds from plant biomass is
of extreme importance for the standardization of extraction of compounds of industrial …

Anti-inflammatory effects of ethanol extracts of Chinese propolis and buds from poplar (Populus× canadensis)

K Wang, J Zhang, S Ping, Q Ma, X Chen, H Xuan… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Propolis is used widely in a number of cultures as a folk
medicine and is gaining wider recognition for its potential therapeutic use, due to its wide …

Therapeutic potential of ursonic acid: comparison with ursolic acid

J Son, SY Lee - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plants have been used as drugs to treat human disease for centuries. Ursonic acid (UNA) is
a naturally occurring pentacyclic triterpenoid extracted from certain medicinal herbs such as …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical composition and antimicrobial activities of Iranian propolis

H Afrouzan, A Tahghighi, S Zakeri… - Iranian biomedical …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: With considering the importance of natural products for their remedial and
therapeutic value, this research was aimed to analyze the chemical compositions and …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro antileishmanial and antitrypanosomal activities of flavanones from Baccharis retusa DC.(Asteraceae)

SS Grecco, JQ Reimão, AG Tempone, P Sartorelli… - Experimental …, 2012 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis and Chagas' are parasitic protozoan diseases that affect the poorest
population in the world, causing a high mortality and morbidity. As a result of highly toxic and …