Podophyllotoxin, along with its various derivatives and congeners are widely recognized as
broad-spectrum pharmacologically active compounds. Etoposide, for instance, is the …

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 …

Podophyllotoxin, a well-known naturally occurring aryltetralin lignan occurs in few plant
species that is used as a precursor for the chemical synthesis of the anticancer drugs like …

Medicinal plants are still the major source of therapies for several illnesses and only part of
the herbal products originates from cultivated biomass. Wild harvests represent the major …

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 …

Juniper representatives are natural sources of plenty of bioactive metabolites and have
been used since ancient times as folk remedies against tapeworms, warts, cancer, etc. The …

Podophyllotoxin is an aryltetralin lignan synthesized in several plant species, which is used
in chemotherapies for cancers and tumor treatment. More potent semisynthetic derivatives of …

The aryltetralin lactone podophyllotoxin, which exhibits pronounced antineoplastic activity, is
used as the precursor of the following three clinical anticancer drugs: Etoposide™ …

Linum flavum hairy root lines were established from hypocotyl pieces using Agrobacterium
rhizogenes strains LBA 9402 and ATCC 15834. Both strains were effective for …

Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising for creating
varieties needed to expand food production, and there are excellent prospects of generating …