Medicinal plants of the family Lamiaceae in pain therapy: A review

CM Uritu, CT Mihai, GD Stanciu, G Dodi… - Pain Research and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, numerous side effects of synthetic drugs have lead to using medicinal plants as a
reliable source of new therapy. Pain is a global public health problem with a high impact on …

Antimicrobial activity of oleanolic and ursolic acids: an update

JA Jesus, JHG Lago, MD Laurenti… - Evidence‐Based …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Triterpenoids are the most representative group of phytochemicals, as they comprise more
than 20,000 recognized molecules. These compounds are biosynthesized in plants via …

Antibacterial and antioxidant activities of ursolic acid and derivatives

PGG Do Nascimento, TLG Lemos, AMC Bizerra… - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
Ursolic acid, an important bioactive compound, was isolated from ethanol extract of aerial
parts of Sambucus australis. In order to develop bioactive ursolic acid derivatives, two semi …

Leonurus cardiaca L. (Motherwort): A Review of its Phytochemistry and Pharmacology

K Wojtyniak, M Szymański… - Phytotherapy …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Leonurus cardiaca is a perennial plant indigenous to central Europe and Scandinavia, but it
is also found in the area spanning temperate Russia to central Asia. It has been introduced …

Evolution in medicinal chemistry of ursolic acid derivatives as anticancer agents

H Chen, Y Gao, A Wang, X Zhou, Y Zheng… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Currently, there is a renewed interest in common dietaries and plant-based traditional
medicines for the prevention and treatment of cancer. In the search for potential anticancer …

Ursolic acid attenuates oxidative stress in nigrostriatal tissue and improves neurobehavioral activity in MPTP-induced Parkinsonian mouse model

SN Rai, SK Yadav, D Singh, SP Singh - Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•MPTP causes oxidative stress and ultimately neurodegeneration.•Ursolic acid
(UA) improved behavioral impairments caused due to MPTP intoxicity.•UA has ability to …

Prodrugs of triterpenoids and their derivatives

M Zhou, RH Zhang, M Wang, GB Xu, SG Liao - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Triterpenoids are structurally diverse organic compounds that exist widely as natural
products. Triterpenoids and their derivatives possess a wide range of biological effects …

Phytochemistry and pharmacology of the genus Leonurus: The herb to benefit the mothers and more

RH Zhang, ZK Liu, DS Yang, XJ Zhang, HD Sun… - Phytochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Plants belonging to the genus Leonurus, also named motherwort, are traditionally used for
anti-gynecological disorder in East Asia, and for sedative in Europe. Chemical investigation …

Bioactive components, pharmacological effects, and drug development of traditional herbal medicine Rubus chingii Hu (Fu-Pen-Zi)

B He, L Dai, L Jin, Y Liu, X Li, M Luo, Z Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Rubus chingii Hu (Chinese Raspberry), known as Fu-Pen-Zi in Chinese, a woody perennial
plant of the genus Rubus in the Rosaceae family, has specific nutritional and medicinal …

Uncoupling and antioxidant effects of ursolic acid in isolated rat heart mitochondria

J Liobikas, D Majiene, S Trumbeckaite… - Journal of natural …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Ursolic acid (1), a pentacyclic triterpene acid, is one of the major components of certain
traditional medicinal plants and possesses a wide range of biological effects, such as anti …