Natural products: an evolving role in future drug discovery

BB Mishra, VK Tiwari - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
The therapeutic areas of infectious diseases and oncology have benefited from abundant
scaffold diversity in natural products, able to interact with many specific targets within the cell …

Research advances for the extraction, analysis and uses of anthraquinones: A review

J Duval, V Pecher, M Poujol, E Lesellier - Industrial Crops and Products, 2016 - Elsevier
A current economic trend is to highlight natural resources, and many plant species are rich
sources of anthraquinones. The latter are natural compounds that have various biological …

Chemistry, biosynthesis, physicochemical and biological properties of rubiadin: A promising natural anthraquinone for new drug discovery and development

MN Watroly, M Sekar, S Fuloria, SH Gan… - Drug design …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Anthraquinones (AQs) are found in a variety of consumer products, including foods,
nutritional supplements, drugs, and traditional medicines, and have a wide range of …

Bael (Aegle marmelos L. Corrêa), a Medicinal Tree with Immense Economic Potentials

CK Pathirana, T Madhujith… - Advances in Agriculture, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bael (Aegle marmelos L. Corrêa) is an economically valuable tree species in South Asia.
The ripen bael fruits are popular among people because of the delicious fruit pulp, which is …

Phytochemical profile and pharmacological activity of Aegle marmelos Linn.

B Manandhar, KR Paudel, B Sharma, R Karki - Journal of integrative …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Aegle marmelos Linn.(Rutaceae), commonly known as “bael” in Nepal and India, is
a valuable medicinal plant and is considered sacred by the Hindus. It is used to cure several …

Plant anthraquinones: classification, distribution, biosynthesis, and regulation

P Wang, J Wei, X Hua, G Dong… - Journal of Cellular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anthraquinones are polycyclic compounds with an unsaturated diketone structure (quinoid
moiety). As important secondary metabolites of plants, anthraquinones play an important …

Silver-catalyzed synthesis of nitrogen heterocycles: recent advancements

PS Devi, M Neetha, G Anilkumar - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterocyclic chemistry is an ever-expanding field without boundaries. Heterocycles play a
significant role in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, the agricultural industry and …

Antimalarial activities of medicinal plants traditionally used in the villages of Dharmapuri regions of South India

C Kamaraj, NK Kaushik, AA Rahuman… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: An ethnopharmacological investigation of
medicinal plants traditionally used to treat diseases associated with fevers in Dharmapuri …

Activity of Anthracenediones and Flavoring Phenols in Hydromethanolic Extracts of Rubia tinctorum against Grapevine Phytopathogenic Fungi

N Langa-Lomba, E Sánchez-Hernández… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this work, the chemical composition of Rubia tinctorum root hydromethanolic extract was
analyzed by GC–MS, and over 50 constituents were identified. The main phytochemicals …

Exploring anthraquinones as antibacterial and antifungal agents

D Raghuveer, VV Pai, TS Murali, R Nayak - ChemistrySelect, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anthraquinones having an anthracene core structure with two carbonyl groups are essential
compounds in therapeutic applications. One of the growing concerns within the medical …