Use of botanical pesticides in agriculture as an alternative to synthetic pesticides

PM Ngegba, G Cui, MZ Khalid, G Zhong - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pest management is being confronted with immense economic and environmental issues
worldwide because of massive utilization and over-reliance on pesticides. The non-target …

Multifunctional roles and pharmacological potential of β-sitosterol: Emerging evidence toward clinical applications

Z Khan, N Nath, A Rauf, TB Emran, S Mitra… - Chemico-Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, available therapeutic medications are both costly as well as not entirely promising
in terms of potency. So, new candidates from natural resources are of research interest to …

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 …

Plant secondary metabolites: An opportunity for circular economy

I Chiocchio, M Mandrone, P Tomasi, L Marincich, F Poli - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Moving toward a more sustainable development, a pivotal role is played by circular
economy and a smarter waste management. Industrial wastes from plants offer a wide …

Specialized metabolites: Physiological and biochemical role in stress resistance, strategies to improve their accumulation, and new applications in crop breeding and …

D Marone, AM Mastrangelo, GM Borrelli… - Plant Physiology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Specialized plant metabolites (SPMs), traditionally referred to as 'secondary metabolites',
are chemical compounds involved in a broad range of biological functions, including plant …

[HTML][HTML] Reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cancer pathogenesis and therapy: An update on the role of ROS in anticancer action of benzophenanthridine alkaloids

AQ Khan, K Rashid, AA AlAmodi, MV Agha… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Reactive oxygen species play crucial role in biological homeostasis and pathogenesis of
human diseases including cancer. In this line, now it has become evident that ROS …

Root metabolic plasticity underlies functional diversity in mycorrhiza‐enhanced stress tolerance in tomato

J Rivero, D Álvarez, V Flors, C Azcón‐Aguilar… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses can improve plant tolerance to multiple stresses. We
compared three AM fungi (AMF) from different genera, one of them isolated from a dry and …

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Solanum mammosum L. (Solanaceae) fruit extract and their larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera …

F Pilaquinga, B Morejón, D Ganchala, J Morey, N Piña… - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The family of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) contains several species of major public
health relevance due to their role as vectors of human disease. One of these species, Aedes …

Hairy root culture: a potent method for improved secondary metabolite production of Solanaceous plants

D Biswas, A Chakraborty, S Mukherjee… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Secondary metabolites synthesized by the Solanaceous plants are of major therapeutic and
pharmaceutical importance, many of which are commonly obtained from the roots of these …

Unravelling plant responses to stress—The importance of targeted and untargeted metabolomics

JW Allwood, A Williams, H Uthe, NM van Dam, LAJ Mur… - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change and an increasing population, present a massive global challenge with
respect to environmentally sustainable nutritious food production. Crop yield enhancements …