Carotenoids are well known for their potent antioxidant function in the cellular system.
However, in cancer cells with an innately high level of intracellular reactive oxygen species …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Liver disease is a major cause of illness and death
worldwide which accounts for approximately 2 million deaths per year worldwide, 1 million …

Over thousands of years, natural bioactive compounds derived from plants (bioactive
phytocompounds, BPCs) have been used worldwide to address human health issues …

An incidence and mortality of cancer are rapidly growing worldwide, especially due to
heterogeneous character of the disease that is associated with irreversible impairment of …

Carotenoids and apocarotenoids are diverse classes of compounds found in nature and are
important natural pigments, nutraceuticals and flavour/aroma molecules. Improving the …

Several signaling pathways and basic metabolites are responsible for the control of
metabolism in both normal and cancer cells. As emerging hallmarks of cancer metabolism …

Since long, medicinal plants or herbs are being used in different traditional treatment
systems as therapeutic agents to treat a variety of illnesses. Bixa orellana L., an medicinal …

Oxygen is indispensable for most organisms on the earth because of its role in respiration.
However, it is also associated with several unwanted effects which may sometimes prove …

Accumulating evidence has implicated the potential of natural compounds in treatment of
asthma. Bixin is a natural food coloring isolated from the seeds of Bixa Orellana, which …

Bixin, an natural carotenoid extracted from the seeds of the Bixa orellana has been shown to
possess numerous important pharmacological activities. The present study was aimed to …