Natural products against Alzheimer's disease: Pharmaco-therapeutics and biotechnological interventions

A Dey, R Bhattacharya, A Mukherjee… - Biotechnology advances, 2017 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a severe, chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disease
associated with memory and cognition impairment ultimately leading to death. It is the …

Bringing medicinal plants into cultivation: opportunities and challenges for biotechnology

PH Canter, H Thomas, E Ernst - TRENDS in Biotechnology, 2005 - cell.com
Consumption of herbal medicines is widespread and increasing. Harvesting from the wild,
the main source of raw material, is causing loss of genetic diversity and habitat destruction …

Chemical analysis of Ginkgo biloba leaves and extracts

TA van Beek - Journal of Chromatography a, 2002 - Elsevier
The chemical analysis and quality control of Ginkgo leaves and extracts is reviewed.
Important constituents present in the medicinally used leaves are the terpene trilactones, ie …

[HTML][HTML] Rethinking Ginkgo biloba L.: Medicinal uses and conservation

T Isah - Pharmacognosy reviews, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ginkgo biloba (G. biloba) is an ancient medicinal tree species that has been in existence for
millennia without undergoing modifications due to its resistance to environmental stresses …

Ginkgolides and bilobalide: their physical, chromatographic and spectroscopic properties

TA van Beek - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2005 - Elsevier
Ginkgolides A, B, C, J, K, L and M and bilobalide are rare terpene trilactones that have been
isolated from leaves and root bark of the Chinese tree Ginkgo biloba. The structures of the …

Production of asiaticoside and madecassoside in Centella asiatica in vitro and in vivo

ZA Aziz, MR Davey, JB Power, P Anthony, RM Smith… - Biologia plantarum, 2007 - Springer
The localization was determined of the triterpenoids, asiaticoside and madecassoside, in
different organs of glasshouse-grown plants and cultured material, including transformed …

Biotechnological approaches to enhance the biosynthesis of ginkgolides and bilobalide in Ginkgo biloba

AB Sabater-Jara, S Souliman-Youssef… - Phytochemistry …, 2013 - Springer
Ginkgo biloba is one of the oldest living tree species and its extracts or powdered leaves are
one of the best selling herbal preparations. The main bioactive constituents are flavonoids …

Root formation from transgenic calli of Ginkgo biloba

R Ayadi, J Trémouillaux-Guiller - Tree physiology, 2003 - academic.oup.com
The objective of this study was to produce Ginkgo biloba L. hairy roots for future
investigations into the feasibility of producing terpenoids in differentiated cell cultures …

In vitro antiplasmodial activity of callus culture extracts and fractions from fresh apical stems of Phyllanthus niruri L.(Euphorbiaceae): part 2

RK Cimanga, L Tona, N Luyindula, K Mesia… - Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
The ethanolic extracts from fresh apical stems of Phyllanthus niruri L.(Euphorbiaceae)
cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with IBA/BAP/Coco nucifera …

Effect of chitosan and light conditions on the production of callus biomass, total flavonoids and total phenolics in Ginkgo biloba L.

AA Elateeq, Z Saad, M Eissa… - Al-Azhar Journal of …, 2021 - ajar.journals.ekb.eg
Ginkgo biloba L. is a well-known tree for its high medicinal value owing to the presence of
terpene trilactones, unique active metabolites, and other phytochemicals, including …