Natural dietary and medicinal plants with anti-obesity therapeutics activities for treatment and prevention of obesity during lock down and in post-COVID-19 era

W Sun, MH Shahrajabian, Q Cheng - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Overweight and obesity have become global epidemics, especially during the lockdown due
to the COVID-19 pandemic. The potential of medicinal plants as a better and safe option in …

Exploring plant-based alpha-glucosidase inhibitors: promising contenders for combatting type-2 diabetes

S Kumari, R Saini, A Bhatnagar… - Archives of Physiology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective This systematic review aimed to provide comprehensive details on the α-G
inhibitory potential of various bioactive compounds derived from natural sources. Methods A …

Antioxidant, antibacterial, and cytotoxic activities of Cedrus atlantica organic extracts and essential oil

N Belkacem, B Khettal, M Hudaib, Y Bustanji… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Cedrus atlantica is an endemic pine tree species well known for its wood oil. Its
traditional medicinal usages are mainly anti-inflammatory and antibacterial. The current …

Phytochemistry and biological activities of essential oils from six aromatic medicinal plants with cosmetic properties

A Ailli, N Handaq, H Touijer, AA Gourich, A Drioiche… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this work, the chemical composition and antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the
essential oils (EOs) of six species—Laurus nobilis, Chamaemelum nobile, Citrus aurantium …

Evaluation of antibacterial and toxicological activities of essential oil of Ocimum gratissimum L. and its major constituent eugenol

JC Silva, RLS Pereira, TS de Freitas, JE Rocha… - Food Bioscience, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study aimed to comparatively analyze the antibacterial activity, combined with
antibiotics, and toxicological activity of the essential oil of O. gratissimum L. and its major …

Determination of the chemical composition and antioxidant, anticancer, and antibacterial properties of essential oil of Pulicaria crispa from Saudi Arabia

SM AlMotwaa, WA Al-Otaibi - Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Essential oils obtained from plants play critical roles in food and medicine. In this study, the
phytochemical composition of Pulicaria crispa essential oil, and its antibacterial, antioxidant …

Qualitative, Quantitative, Cytotoxic, Free Radical Scavenging, and Antimicrobial Characteristics of Hypericum lanuginosum from Palestine

N Jaradat - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hypericum lanuginosum is one of the traditional medicinal plants that grows in the arid area
of the Al-Naqab desert in Palestine and is used by Bedouins to heal various communicable …

An Ethnobotanical, Phytochemical Analysis, Antimicrobial and Biological Studies of Pulicaria crispa as a Graze Promising Shrub

MN AlZain, FM Albarakaty, RMA El-Desoukey - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to the global issue of antimicrobial resistance, one of the most significant challenges in
microbiological research is to develop a replacement antibiotic with minimal adverse effects …

Veronica rosea biomolecule profiling, antioxidant potential, dermoprotective effect, anti-inflammatory and hemostatic activities and enzyme inhibitory action

S Chaira, MTB Moussa, M Hanfer, R Ouache… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Veronica rosea (Plantaginacea) has been previously studied from a
phytochemical perspective. The present research intends to perform an in-depth …

Phytochemical profiles and antioxidant, anticholinergic, and antidiabetic activities of Odontites serotina (Lam.) dum

Z Zhang, L Dai, H Wang, X Chang, S Ren, H Lai… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Odontites serotina is a medicinal plant primarily distributed in northern China.
To the best of our knowledge, no previous study has investigated the bioactivities of this …