Applications of the pharmacophore concept in natural product inspired drug design

T Seidel, O Wieder, A Garon, T Langer - Molecular Informatics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Pharmacophore‐based techniques are nowadays an important part of many computer‐
aided drug design workflows and have been successfully applied for tasks such as virtual …

Natural products modulating the hERG channel: heartaches and hope

JM Kratz, U Grienke, O Scheel, SA Mann… - Natural product …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1996–December 2016 The human Ether-à-go-go Related Gene (hERG) channel
is a voltage-gated potassium channel playing an essential role in the normal electrical …

Anti-Influenza Triterpene Saponins from the Bark of Burkea africana

CE Mair, U Grienke, A Wilhelm, E Urban… - Journal of Natural …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In an in vitro cytopathic effect inhibition assay with the H3N2 influenza virus A/Hong Kong/68
(HK/68), the bark extract of Burkea africana was found to be a promising antiviral lead with …

A robust and miniaturized screening platform to study natural products affecting metabolism and survival in Caenorhabditis elegans

J Zwirchmayr, B Kirchweger, T Lehner, A Tahir… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
In this study a robust, whole organism screening based on Caenorhabditis elegans is
presented for the discovery of natural products (NP) with beneficial effects against obesity …

The potential role of in silico approaches to identify novel bioactive molecules from natural resources

A Olğaç, IE Orhan, E Banoglu - Future Medicinal Chemistry, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, integration of in silico approaches to natural product (NP) research
reawakened the declined interest in NP-based drug discovery efforts. In particular …

Allspice and clove as source of triterpene acids activating the G protein-coupled bile acid receptor TGR5

A Ladurner, M Zehl, U Grienke, C Hofstadler… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Worldwide, metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes have reached epidemic
proportions. A major regulator of metabolic processes that gained interest in recent years is …

A biochemometric approach for the identification of in vitro anti-inflammatory constituents in masterwort

J Zwirchmayr, U Grienke, S Hummelbrunner, J Seigner… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) Koch, commonly known as masterwort, has a longstanding
history as herbal remedy in the Alpine region of Austria, where the roots and rhizomes are …

[HTML][HTML] Biochemometry identifies suppressors of pro-inflammatory gene expression in Pterocarpus santalinus heartwood

J Zwirchmayr, D Schachner, U Grienke, I Rudžionytė… - Phytochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The heartwood extract of the Ayurvedic medicinal plant Pterocarpus santalinus L. f. has
previously been shown to significantly suppress the expression of CX3CL1 and other pro …

[HTML][HTML] Acute and developmental toxicity of embelin isolated from Embelia schimperi Vatke fruit: In vivo and in silico studies

Z Animaw, K Asres, A Abebe, S Taye, G Seyoum - Toxicology Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Embelin is a hydroxybenzoquinone constituent of the Embelia species that has
anti-disease properties. However, its toxicity, particularly the in silico, acute, and …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic potential of natural alkaloid emetine against emerging COVID-19 and future viral pandemics

B Dinda, S Dinda, M Dinda, IS Sarma… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic caused by the infection of SARS-CoV-2, has become a
global crisis, threatening public health and disrupting global economy. Until now, effective …