Several podophyllotoxin derivatives modified in the A, B, C, D and E rings were prepared
from podophyllotoxin and methyl isoxazopodophyllic acid and evaluated for their cytotoxicity …

Lignans are found in a wide variety of plant species. The lignan podophyllotoxin is of special
interest, since its derivatives like eg etopophos® are used in anticancer therapy. As …

The quality of traditional Chinese herbal medicine, which plays a very important role in the
health system of China, is determined by the active substances produced by the plants. The …

The food security of world population depends on our limited agricultural land and the
reproductive capacity of field crops. Hence, plant scientist are putting their efforts to increase …

Simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers were used to evaluate the genetic stability of the
acclimatized micropropagated and regenerated plants of a high cannabidiol (H-CBD) and a …

Podophyllum species are sources of (−)-podophyllotoxin, an aryltetralin lignan used for semi-
synthesis of various powerful and extensively employed cancer-treating drugs. Its …

Molecular phylogeographic studies have recently begun to elucidate how plant species from
the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) and adjacent regions responded to the Quaternary …

Angelica glauca (Apiaceae), endemic to the Himalayas, is an endangered medicinal plant
for which ex situ cultivation has been recommended as a conservation strategy. However …

The influence of pre-sowing treatments using hydropriming, osmopriming and halopriming
in laboratory and/or nursery tests on seedling emergence, seedling weight and plant growth …

The natural lignan podophyllotoxin, a dimerized product of two phenylpropanoid moieties
which occurs in a few plant species, is a pharmacologically important compound for its …