Natural products: a continuing source of novel drug leads

GM Cragg, DJ Newman - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Nature has been a source of medicinal products for millennia, with many
useful drugs developed from plant sources. Following discovery of the penicillins, drug …

Asian medicinal plants' production and utilization potentials: A review

S Astutik, J Pretzsch, J Ndzifon Kimengsi - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Medicinal plants research in Asia continues to receive significant national and international
attention, particularly concerning its multiple roles in poverty alleviation and health care …

An ethnobotanical survey of indigenous medicinal plants in Hafizabad district, Punjab-Pakistan

M Umair, M Altaf, AM Abbasi - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Present paper offers considerable information on traditional uses of medicinal plants by the
inhabitants of Hafizabad district, Punjab-Pakistan. This is the first quantitative ethnobotanical …

Medicinal plants and bioactive natural compounds for cancer treatment: Important advances for drug discovery

F Majolo, LKOB Delwing, DJ Marmitt… - Phytochemistry …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer is one of the largest causes of morbimortality in the world and due to its prevalence
the discovery of novel anticancer drugs in of great importance. The past century brought …

Bioactive Constituents of Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Licorice): Discovery of the Effective Components of a Traditional Herbal Medicine

S Ji, Z Li, W Song, Y Wang, W Liang, K Li… - Journal of Natural …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Traditional herbal medicines have been reported to possess significant bioactivities. In this
investigation, a combined strategy using both phytochemical and biological approaches was …

Herbalists and wild medicinal plants in M'Sila (North Algeria): An ethnopharmacology survey

A Boudjelal, C Henchiri, M Sari, D Sarri… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The main aim of this study was to identify,
catalogue and document the large number of wild medicinal plants used in the M'Sila region …

[HTML][HTML] Natural products chemistry: The emerging trends and prospective goals

RA Khan - Saudi pharmaceutical journal, 2018 - Elsevier
The role and contributions of natural products chemistry in advancements of the physical
and biological sciences, its interdisciplinary domains, and emerging of new avenues by …

Quality related safety issue-evidence-based validation of herbal medicine farm to pharma

PK Mukherjee, S Bahadur, SK Chaudhary, A Kar… - … -based validation of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Because of their unique effects and relatively low side effects, herbal medicine has been
gaining popularity all over the world. Quality control is a challenge to ensure safety, efficacy …

Extraction, Chemical Composition, and Anticancer Potential of Origanum onites L. Essential Oil

K Spyridopoulou, E Fitsiou, E Bouloukosta… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Origanum species are plants rich in volatile oils that are mainly used for culinary purposes.
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the biological activities of their essential …

Alkaloids in contemporary drug discovery to meet global disease needs

S Daley, GA Cordell - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
An overview is presented of the well-established role of alkaloids in drug discovery, the
application of more sustainable chemicals, and biological approaches, and the …