Immunomodulators are agents able to affect the immune system, by boosting the immune
defences to improve the body reaction against infectious or exogenous injuries, or …

Antimicrobial resistance has been posing an alarming threat to the treatment of infectious
diseases over the recent years. Ineffectiveness of the currently available synthetic and …

Background Following antigen stimulation, naive CD4+ T cells differentiate into different T
helper (Th) subsets characterized by lineage-specific transcriptional factors and cytokines …

Context The emergence of zoonotic viruses in the last decades culminating with COVID-19
and challenges posed by the resistance of RNA viruses to antiviral drugs requires the …

Abstract Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz (Acanthaceae) is known as traditional medicine for
the treatment of fungal and herpes virus infections. A new naphthoquinone racemate …

Vitex, the genus of the family Lamiaceae, comprises of about 230 species mostly distributed
in the warm regions of Europe and temperate regions of Asia. Several Vitex species have …

Plants of the genus Vitex (Verbenaceae) are mainly distributed throughout tropical and
temperate regions, and many Vitex plants have been traditionally used in folk medicine …

Thirty-three reported compounds were obtained for the first time from Rosa odorata Sweet
var. gigantea (Coll. et Hemsl.) Rehd. et Wils and were all identified as triterpenoids. The …

Five undescribed cycloartane-type triterpenoids, which were isolated for the first time from
the genus, and a flavonoid glycoside together with 11 known compounds were isolated from …

Abstract Callicarpae Formosanae Folium (CFF), derived from the leaves of Callicarpa
formosana Rolfe, is a common Chinese medicinal herb used for the treatment of …