Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), also called senile dementia, is the most common
neurological disorder. Around 50 million people, mostly of advanced age, are suffering from …

This study describes some characteristics of the Rubiaceae family pertaining to the
occurrence and distribution of secondary metabolites in the main genera of this family. It …

The Uncaria genus is an important source of medicinal natural products, particularly
alkaloids and triterpenes. The collected information is an attempt to cover the more recent …

Background: Constant exposure to various stressors, such as immune pressure, rapidly
increasing population, deleterious changes in the ecosystem, climate change, infection with …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance The genus Uncaria belongs to the family
Rubiaceae, which mainly distributed in tropical regions, such as Southeast Asia, Africa and …

Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee and hip is a debilitating disease affecting more women than
men and the risk of develo** OA increases precipitously with aging. Rheumatoid arthritis …

Decoctions prepared from the bark of Uncaria tomentosa (cat's claw) are widely used in the
traditional Peruvian medicine for the treatment of several diseases, in particular as a potent …

The tubers of Lepidium meyenii contain the benzylated derivative of 1, 2-dihydro-N-
hydroxypyridine, named macaridine, together with the benzylated alkamides (macamides) …

Recent exceptional growth in human exposure to natural products known to originate from
traditional medicine has lead to a resurgence of scientific interest in their biological effects …

The implementation of both the directly and the inversely detected 15N NMR techniques at
the natural abundance level of the 15N isotope is demonstrated for a diverse array of …