Ethnobotany and the role of plant natural products in antibiotic drug discovery

G Porras, F Chassagne, JT Lyles, L Marquez… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The crisis of antibiotic resistance necessitates creative and innovative approaches, from
chemical identification and analysis to the assessment of bioactivity. Plant natural products …

Antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxic properties of Chenopodium glaucum L.

SU Khan, F Ullah, S Mehmood, S Fahad… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
We evaluated phytochemical composition, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-oxidant and
cytotoxic properties of aqueous (water) and organic extracts (methanol, ethyl acetate and n …

Bacterial Endophytes as a Promising Approach to Enhance the Growth and Accumulation of Bioactive Metabolites of Three Species of Chenopodium Sprouts

MS Almuhayawi, M Abdel-Mawgoud, SK Al Jaouni… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sprouts are regarded as an untapped source of bioactive components that display various
biological properties. Endophytic bacterium inoculation can enhance plant chemical …

Chemical composition, antimicrobial, modulator and antioxidant activity of essential oil of Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants

JWA Bezerra, AR Costa, MA de Freitas… - … and infectious diseases, 2019 - Elsevier
The oil presented the α-Terpinene as the major compound with 54.09% presence.
Antibacterial activity demonstrated significant MIC against Staphylococcus aureus (256 …

Mexican traditional plant-foods: Polyphenols bioavailability, gut microbiota metabolism and impact human health

G Mercado-Mercado… - Current …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Functional foods have been used worldwide since ancient times, particularly, the
prehispanic civilizations used several plants as medicinal foods. Nowadays, many Mexicans …

A study on nutritional and functional study properties of Mayan plant foods as a new proposal for type 2 diabetes prevention

JJ Uuh-Narváez, MA González-Tamayo… - Food Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Mayan communities cultivate a great variety of plant foods that could be of interest due to
their nutritional and functional potential. The aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional …

Green synthesis of anethole-loaded zinc oxide nanoparticles enhances antibacterial strategies against pathogenic bacteria

MW Mazhar, M Ishtiaq, M Maqbool, A Arshad… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The threat of antibiotic resistance is escalating, diminishing the effectiveness of numerous
antibiotics due to the rapid development of resistant bacteria. In response, the use of green …

Antioxidant and immunostimulant potentials of Chenopodium ambrosioides L. in Pacific red snapper (Lutjanus peru)

M Maldonado-Garcia, C Angulo, J Vazquez-Martinez… - Aquaculture, 2019 - Elsevier
Medicinal plants are alternative supplements to increase antioxidant and immune capacity
of farmed fish. In this study, the composition (polyphenols and flavonoids) and antioxidant …

Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Protein Kinase Inhibition Profiling of C. ambrosioides Seed Extracts along with RP‐HPLC

S Bano, MW Baig, MK Okla, SS Zahra… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The validation of underexplored traditional plant remedies represents a reservoir of novel
leads for drug discovery. In line with this, in vitro total phenolics and flavonoids content …

In vitro bioactivity of methanolic extracts from Amphipterygium adstringens (Schltdl.) Schiede ex Standl., Chenopodium ambrosioides L., Cirsium mexicanum DC …

P Knauth, GJ Acevedo-Hernández… - Evidence‐Based …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Seven out of eight methanolic extracts from five plants native to Mexico were inactive against
ten bacterial strains of clinical interest. The fruit extract of Chenopodium ambrosioides …