Background Compounds having both anticancer and antimicrobial activity have promising
therapeutic potential due to their selective cytotoxicity and their potential to reduce the …

Using a variety of in vitro models, researchers have found that extracts of Centella asiatica
(Apiaceae) and its active ingredient, asiaticoside, exhibit wound healing properties. The …

Background Discovering and screening for potential anti-obesity, anti-diabetic, anticancer,
and antioxidant treatments from natural products still in recent times the main goal for many …

Applying bioactive ingredients in the formulation of foods instead of artificial preservatives is
problematic because bioactive ingredients are unstable and sensitive to environmental …

Background It has been observed that perturbations in the antioxidant defense systems, and
consequently redox imbalance, are present in many tissues of HIV-infected patients. Hence …

Numerous studies have been focused on natural anticarcinogenic agents. Many
antioxidants have been identified as anticarcinogens. Antimutagens have also been …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Arctotis arctotoides (Asteraceae) is part of the
genus Arctotis. Arctotis is an African genus of approximately 70 species that occur widely in …

Felicia muricata is a medicinal plant used for the management of different human and
livestock diseases in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The antioxidant potential of …

The antioxidant, phytochemical and nutritional properties of acetone, methanol and aqueous
extracts of the leaves of Ocimum gratissimum (Linn) were investigated to evaluate the …

Abstract Glycine max (L.) Merrill (soybean) is a major leguminous crop, cultivated globally as
well as in Iran. This study examines the chemical composition of soybean essential oil, and …