The cosmetic application of cyanobacterial secondary metabolites

B Nowruzi, G Sarvari, S Blanco - Algal Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Human skin is one of the most complex body organs that functions as a physical barrier
against water loss and environmental stressors that include UV radiation, reactive oxygen …

Nostoc cyanobacteria species: a new and rich source of novel bioactive compounds with pharmaceutical potential

B Nowruzi, S Haghighat, H Fahimi… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The cyanobacteria and predominantly the genus Nostoc are known as producers of dozens
pharmacologically active compounds, composed of abnormal amino acids, which have …

Asymmetric 1, 2-oxidative alkylation of conjugated dienes via aliphatic C–H bond activation

LF Fan, R Liu, XY Ruan, PS Wang, LZ Gong - Nature Synthesis, 2022 - nature.com
The merging of transition-metal catalysis with radical chemistry offers a versatile platform for
three-component difunctionalization of alkenes, allowing the construction of molecular …

Plant-cyanobacteria interactions: Beneficial and harmful effects of cyanobacterial bioactive compounds on soil-plant systems and subsequent risk to animal and …

B Nowruzi, N Bouaïcha, JS Metcalf, SJ Porzani… - Phytochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Plant-cyanobacteria interactions occur in different ways and at many different levels, both
beneficial and harmful. Plant-cyanobacteria interactions, as a beneficial symbiosis, have …

Metal removal capability of two cyanobacterial species in autotrophic and mixotrophic mode of nutrition

E Ghorbani, B Nowruzi, M Nezhadali, A Hekmat - BMC microbiology, 2022 - Springer
Background Cyanobacteria are ecologically significant prokaryotes that can be found in
heavy metals contaminated environments. As their photosynthetic machinery imposes high …

Toxic compounds produced by cyanobacteria belonging to several species of the order Nostocales: A review

B Nowruzi, SJ Porzani - Journal of Applied Toxicology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cyanobacteria are well recognised as producers of a wide range of natural compounds that
are in turn recognised as toxins that have potential and useful applications in the future as …

Algal toxic compounds and their aeroterrestrial, airborne and other extremophilic producers with attention to soil and plant contamination: A review

G Gӓrtner, M Stoyneva-Gӓrtner, B Uzunov - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
The review summarizes the available knowledge on toxins and their producers from rather
disparate algal assemblages of aeroterrestrial, airborne and other versatile extreme …

Anticancer potential of natural peptides from terrestrial and marine environments: A review

M Eghtedari, SJ Porzani, B Nowruzi - Phytochemistry Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Peptide-based therapies offer the potential opportunity for dangerous diseases such as
cancer. Anticancer peptide and their strategies to defend against cancer cell lines are found …

Applications of cyanobacteria in biomedicine

B Nowruzi, G Sarvari, S Blanco - … of algal science, technology and medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria, an abundant source of natural products as biomedical compounds have
emerged as a novel resource for the progression of synthetic analogs. Due to the rise of …

The chemistry and biology of guanidine natural products

RGS Berlinck, S Romminger - Natural Product Reports, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2012 to 2014. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 1382 The present
review discusses the isolation, structure determination, synthesis, biosynthesis and …