Glycyrrhizin: An alternative drug for the treatment of COVID-19 infection and the associated respiratory syndrome?

C Bailly, G Vergoten - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Safe and efficient drugs to combat the current COVID-19 pandemic are urgently needed. In
this context, we have analyzed the anti-coronavirus potential of the natural product …

Glycyrrhiza Genus: Enlightening Phytochemical Components for Pharmacological and Health‐Promoting Abilities

J Sharifi-Rad, C Quispe, J Herrera-Bravo… - Oxidative medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Glycyrrhiza genus, generally well‐known as licorice, is broadly used for food and
medicinal purposes around the globe. The genus encompasses a rich pool of bioactive …

Surface activity and foaming properties of saponin-rich plants extracts

I Góral, K Wojciechowski - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2020 - Elsevier
Saponins are amphiphilic glycosidic secondary metabolites produced by numerous plants.
So far only few of them have been thoroughly analyzed and even less have found industrial …

A review on phytochemicals, pharmacological activities, drug interactions, and associated toxicities of licorice (Glycyrrhiza sp.)

I Husain, K Bala, IA Khan, SI Khan - Food Frontiers, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Since the beginning, human beings have consistently been using plants and their
components for the prevention and treatment of various ailments. However, in the last few …

Saponin toxicity as key player in plant defense against pathogens

M Zaynab, Y Sharif, S Abbas, MZ Afzal, M Qasim… - Toxicon, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial pathogens attack every plant tissue, including leaves, roots, shoots, and flowers
during all growth stages. Thus, they cause several diseases resulting in a plant's failure or …

Inhibiting angiogenesis by anti-cancer saponins: from phytochemistry to cellular signaling pathways

MB Majnooni, S Fakhri, SM Ghanadian, G Bahrami… - Metabolites, 2023 - mdpi.com
Saponins are one of the broadest classes of high-molecular-weight natural compounds,
consisting mainly of a non-polar moiety with 27 to 30 carbons and a polar moiety containing …

Natural product triterpenoids and their semi-synthetic derivatives with potential anticancer activity

Y Ren, AD Kinghorn - Planta Medica, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Triterpenoids are distributed widely in higher plants and are of interest because of their
structural diversity and broad range of bioactivities. In particular, there is a very large …

[HTML][HTML] Review of Constituents and Biological Activities of Triterpene Saponins from Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma and Its Solubilization Characteristics

F Li, B Liu, T Li, Q Wu, Z Xu, Y Gu, W Li, P Wang, T Ma… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma is regarded as one of the most popular and commonly used
herbal medicines and has been used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescriptions …

A comprehensive review of licorice: the preparation, chemical composition, bioactivities and its applications

X Ji, N Liu, S Huang, C Zhang - The American Journal of Chinese …, 2024 - World Scientific
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza) is a medicinal and food homologue of perennial plants derived from
the dried roots and rhizomes of the genus Glycyrrhiza in the legume family. In recent years …

An outlook on the versatility of plant saponins: a review

A Jolly, Y Hour, YC Lee - Fitoterapia, 2024 - Elsevier
The abundance of saponin-rich plants across different ecosystems indicates their great
potential as a replacement for harmful synthetic surfactants in modern commercial products …