New drug discovery and development from natural products: Advances and strategies

Y Wang, F Wang, W Liu, Y Geng, Y Shi, Y Tian… - Pharmacology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Natural products (NPs) have a long history as sources for drug discovery, more than half of
approved drugs are related to NPs, which also exhibit multifaceted advantages in the clinical …

Pyrrole: An Essential Framework in the Development of Therapeutic Agents and Insightful Analysis of Structure‐Active Relationships

B Sahu, R Sahu, B Gidwani, A Mishra - ChemistrySelect, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pyrrole is a heterocyclic structure with diverse pharmacophores, enabling the creation of an
extensive lead molecule library. Its broad range of pharmacological profiles has concerned …

Novel design of fractional cholesterol dynamics and drug concentrations model with analysis on machine predictive networks

MJAA Raja, SA Hassan, CY Chang, H Raza… - Computers in Biology …, 2025 - Elsevier
Within the intricate fabric of human physiology, cholesterol, a lipid present in cell
membranes exerts a discernible effect on the concentration of the drug in human body that …

Effect of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum and its derived D‐pinitol on HMG‐CoA reductase and tyloxapol‐induced hyperlipedemia

JH Choi, SE Park, S Kim - eFood, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Several previous research indicate that treating Mesembryanthemum crystallinum may aid
in reducing adipogenesis and triacylglycerol level and improving hyperglycemia and …

Anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory indole diterpenes from the marine-derived fungus Penicillium sp. ZYX-Z-143

LT Dai, L Yang, JC Guo, QY Ma, QY **e, L Jiang… - Bioorganic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Seven new indole-diterpenoids, penpaxilloids A–E (1–5), 7-methoxypaxilline-13-ene (6),
and 10-hydroxy-paspaline (7), along with 20 known ones (8–27), were isolated from the …

Design strategy and preliminary antiproliferative investigation of a modified lignan skeleton derived from aryne and statin

Y Lei, Y Wen, X Xu, Q Hu, M Chang… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The biological activities of natural products (NPs) provided precious resources for the
development of new drugs. Numerous studies have shown that statins exhibit cytotoxic …

Cinnamon for Metabolic Diseases and Their Cardiovascular and Hepatic Complications: A Mechanistic Review

J Wu, W Jia, D Min, G Yang - The American Journal of Chinese …, 2024 - World Scientific
Cinnamon is one of the world's oldest and most popular spices, and is derived from the inner
bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum. During the last two decades …

Structurally diverse sesquiterpenoids from Sarcandra glabra and their anti-inflammatory activities

A Huang, M Yu, H Jiang, D Zhang, Z Zan, J Luo, Y Li - Phytochemistry, 2025 - Elsevier
Fifteen sesquiterpenoids, including five previously undescribed monomers with oxidative
rearranged skeletons (sarglabenoids A–E, 1–5) and three previously unreported lindenane …

New bioactive secondary metabolites from fungi: 2023

Y Shi, M Ji, J Dong, D Shi, Y Wang, L Liu, S Feng, L Liu - Mycology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Fungi have been identified as a prolific source of structurally unique secondary metabolites,
many of which display promising biological and pharmacological properties. This review …

(±)-Hypernumqulins A–H: Eight pairs of unexpected [2+ 2] cycloaddition sesquiterpenoid alkaloid with 6/6/6/4/10 ring system from Hypericum monogynum L.

Z Dong, Q Pu, Y Qiu, R Zhang, Q Chen, Q Liu… - Bioorganic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract (±)-Hypernumqulins A–H (1–8), eight pairs of enantiomeric quinoline alkaloids
fused with an isopentenyl and a germacrane-type sesquiterpenoid, featuring an …