The naphthoquinone shikonin is the main active principle of Zicao, a traditional Chinese
herbal medicine made from the dried root of Lithospermum erythrorhizon. Studies carried …

Inflammation is a most complex pathological process that gives birth to different diseases.
Different inflammatory mediators are released during an inflammation responsible for acute …

Quinones represent a class of toxicological intermediates, which can create a variety of
hazardous effects in vivo including, acute cytotoxicity, immunotoxicity, and carcinogenesis …

Skin tissue engineering is an advanced method to repair and regenerate skin injuries.
Recent research is focused on the development of scaffolds that are safe, bioactive, and …

Embelin is a naturally-occurring benzoquinone compound that has been shown to possess
many biological properties relevant to human cancer prevention and treatment, and …

Abstract Embelin (2, 5-dihydroxy-3-undecyl-1, 4-benzoquinone) possesses anti-
inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic properties in vivo, and these features have been related …

Shikonin is a naphthoquinone compound, generally extracted from the roots of the Oriental
medicinal herb Lithospermum erythrorhizon or the Indian medicinal herb Arnebia euchroma …

Introduction: Embelia ribes or Embelia tsjeriam-cottam, more commonly known as vidanga,
is a type of ayurvedic medicine that has been used to treat various diseases for a number of …

Lithospermum officinale was used traditionally as a remedy in diseases of the urogenital
tract and as a spasmolytic, antidiarrhoeal, diuretic and lithotriptic, anti-gout, antitoxic …

Arnebia, a sub cosmopolitan and important genus of the Boraginaceae family, comprises 25
species distributed among the world. Based on the studies of Persian medicine texts, there …