Lignans and Neolignans: Plant secondary metabolites as a reservoir of biologically active substances

F Zálešák, DJYD Bon, J Pospíšil - Pharmacological Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Lignans and neolignans are plant secondary metabolites derived from the oxidative
coupling of phenylpropanoids. Biological activity of these phenolic compounds ranges from …

Plants of the Genus Terminalia: An Insight on Its Biological Potentials, Pre-Clinical and Clinical Studies

G Das, DY Kim, C Fan, EP Gutiérrez-Grijalva… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The evaluation and confirmation of healing properties of several plant species of genus
Terminalia based on their traditional uses and the clinical claims are of utmost importance …

The Genus Terminalia (Combretaceae): An Ethnopharmacological, Phytochemical and Pharmacological Review

XR Zhang, JS Kaunda, HT Zhu, D Wang… - Natural products and …, 2019 - Springer
Terminalia Linn, a genus of mostly medium or large trees in the family Combretaceae with
about 250 species in the world, is distributed mainly in southern Asia, Himalayas …

Metabolomics, a powerful tool for agricultural research

H Tian, SM Lam, G Shui - International journal of molecular sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
Metabolomics, which is based mainly on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), gas-
chromatography (GC) or liquid-chromatography (LC) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) …

Naturally occurring furofuran lignans: Structural diversity and biological activities

WH Xu, P Zhao, M Wang, Q Liang - Natural product research, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Furofuran lignans containing the 2, 6-diaryl-3, 7-dioxabicyclo [3.3. 0] octane
skeleton, represent one of the major subclasses of the lignan family of natural products …

Antifungal Phenols from Woodfordia uniflora Collected in Oman

JS Yu, M Park, C Pang, L Rashan… - Journal of Natural …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Woodfordia uniflora is a flowering shrub unique to the Dhofar region of Oman and is used
locally as a sedative and remedy for skin infection. However, no study to date has examined …

An Efficient Method for Determining the Relative Configuration of Furofuran Lignans by 1H NMR Spectroscopy

SY Shao, YN Yang, ZM Feng, JS Jiang… - Journal of natural …, 2018 - ACS Publications
An efficient 1H NMR spectroscopic approach for determining the relative configurations of
lignans with a 7, 9′: 7′, 9-diepoxy moiety has been established. Using the chemical shift …

Megastigmane Derivatives from the Cladodes of Opuntia humifusa and Their Nitric Oxide Inhibitory Activities in Macrophages

MS Jo, S Lee, JS Yu, SC Baek, YC Cho… - Journal of natural …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Opuntia humifusa, known as the eastern prickly pear cactus and locally called
“Cheonnyuncho” in Korea, is cultivated widely on Jeju Island, Korea. Phytochemical …

Chemical constituents of the root bark of Ulmus davidiana var. japonica and their potential biological activities

HM So, JS Yu, Z Khan, L Subedi, YJ Ko, IK Lee… - Bioorganic …, 2019 - Elsevier
The root bark of Ulmus davidiana var. japonica (Ulmaceae), commonly known as yugeunpi,
has been used as a traditional Korean medicine for the treatment of gastroenteric and …

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells Exhibit Differential Sensitivity to Cardenolides from Calotropis gigantea

PJ Pederson, S Cai, C Carver, DR Powell… - Journal of natural …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) are aggressive and heterogeneous cancers that lack
targeted therapies. We implemented a screening program to identify new leads for …