Natural products as anticancer agents: current status and future perspectives

A Naeem, P Hu, M Yang, J Zhang, Y Liu, W Zhu… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Natural products have been an invaluable and useful source of anticancer agents over the
years. Several compounds have been synthesized from natural products by modifying their …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review on celastrol, triptolide and triptonide: Insights on their pharmacological activity, toxicity, combination therapy, new dosage form and …

J Song, GN He, L Dai - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Celastrol, triptolide and triptonide are the most significant active ingredients of Tripterygium
wilfordii Hook F (TWHF). In 2007, the 'Cell'journal ranked celastrol, triptolide, artemisinin …

Quercetin as a potential treatment for COVID-19-induced acute kidney injury: Based on network pharmacology and molecular docking study

YY Gu, M Zhang, H Cen, YF Wu, Z Lu, F Lu, XS Liu… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Kidneys are one of the targets for SARS-CoV-2, it is reported that up to 36% of patients with
SARS-CoV-2 infection would develop into acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is associated with …

Matrine: a promising natural product with various pharmacological activities

H Zhang, L Chen, X Sun, Q Yang, L Wan… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Matrine is an alkaloid isolated from the traditional Chinese medicine Sophora flavescens
Aiton. At present, a large number of studies have proved that matrine has an anticancer …

Matrine: A review of its pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, toxicity, clinical application and preparation researches

X Li, Z Tang, L Wen, C Jiang, Q Feng - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance “Dogel ebs” was known as Sophora flavescens Ait., which
has been widely utilized in the clinical practice of traditional Chinese Mongolian herbal …

Natural products in preventing tumor drug resistance and related signaling pathways

C Yang, Z Mai, C Liu, S Yin, Y Cai, C **a - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Drug resistance is still an obstacle in cancer therapy, leading to the failure of tumor
treatment. The emergence of tumor drug resistance has always been a main concern of …

Repurposing of plant alkaloids for cancer therapy: Pharmacology and toxicology

T Efferth, F Oesch - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Drug repurposing (or repositioning) is an emerging concept to use old drugs for new
treatment indications. Phytochemicals isolated from medicinal plants have been largely …

Biological effects and mechanisms of matrine and other constituents of Sophora flavescens in colorectal cancer

MH Chen, YY Gu, AL Zhang, DM Sze, SL Mo… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The plant Sophora flavescens Ait. has been used in the clinical management of
colorectal cancer (CRC). Its constituent compounds, notably the alkaloids matrine …

[HTML][HTML] Antiproliferative activity of two copper (II) complexes on colorectal cancer cell models: Impact on ROS production, apoptosis induction and NF-κB inhibition

MC Ruiz, K Perelmulter, P Levín, AIB Romo… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The main goal of this work was to screen the antiproliferative activity and mechanism of
actions of two copper complexes:[Cu (dmp) 2 (CH 3 CN)] 2+(1) and [Cu (phen) 2 (CH 3 CN)] …

Anti-Tumor Activities of Bioactive Phytochemicals in Sophora flavescens for Breast Cancer

X Cao, Q He - Cancer management and research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Patients with breast cancer and breast cancer survivors are frequent users of botanicals and
their bioactive phytochemicals. In China, active ingredients in Sophora flavescens like …