The intake of foods derived from plants has been proposed as an useful strategy in the
prevention of several chronic diseases. However, plants also possess a group of substances …

The consumption of healthy food, in order to strengthen the immune system, is now a major
focus of people worldwide and is essential to tackle the emerging pandemic concerns …

Mitophagy is an evolutionarily conserved cellular process which selectively eliminates
dysfunctional mitochondria by targeting them to the autophagosome for degradation …

Humans are constantly facing multiple health challenges from both communicable and non-
communicable diseases that significantly affect their health. Additionally, drug resistance or …

Plants evolve to synthesize various natural metabolites to protect themselves against
threats, such as insects, predators, microorganisms, and environmental conditions (such as …

Autophagy is an intracellular catabolic self-cannibalism that eliminates dysfunctional
cytoplasmic cargos by the fusion of cargo-containing autophagosomes with lysosomes to …

Plant lectins are non-immunoglobin in nature and bind to the carbohydrate moiety of the
glycoconjugates without altering any of the recognized glycosyl ligands. Plant lectins have …

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cancer is the second-highest cause of
mortality in the world, and it kills nearly 9.6 million people annually. Besides the fatality of the …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Abrus precatorius L.(AP) is a folk medicine with a long-
term medicinal history worldwide, which is extensively applied to various ailments, such as …

Cancer therapy is a growing field, and annually, a high number of research is performed to
develop novel antitumor drugs. Attempts to find new antitumor drugs continue, since cancer …