A survey of chemical compositions and biological activities of Yemeni aromatic medicinal plants

BK Chhetri, NA Awadh Ali, WN Setzer - Medicines, 2015 - mdpi.com
Yemen is a small country located in the southwestern part of the Arabian Peninsula.
Yemen's coastal lowlands, eastern plateau, and deserts give it a diverse topography, which …

Anticarcinogenic Effect of Chitosan Nanoparticles Containing Syzygium aromaticum Essential Oil or Eugenol Toward Breast and Skin Cancer Cell Lines

A Valizadeh, AA Khaleghi, H Alipanah, E Zarenezhad… - BioNanoScience, 2021 - Springer
The development of new green drugs is crucial because of the side effects and resistance to
chemotropic drugs. Essential oils with a broad range of bioactivities such as antioxidant and …

Chemotherapeutic and chemopreventive potentials of ρ-coumaric acid–Squid chitosan nanogel loaded with Syzygium aromaticum essential oil

I Kamal, AIM Khedr, MY Alfaifi, SEI Elbehairi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the most important trends in chemotherapy is the development of green chemotropic
drugs with maximal activity and minimal side effects. The nanoencapsulation of …

Nanoformulating Cinnamomum zeylanicum essential oil with an extreme effect on Leishmania tropica and Leishmania major

A Ghanbariasad, A Valizadeh, SN Ghadimi… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Major causatives for cutaneous leishmaniasis, the most common form of leishmaniasis, in
the old world are Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica. Investigating the leishmanicidal …

Biotechnological potential and initial characterization of two novel sesquiterpene synthases from Basidiomycota Coniophora puteana for heterologous production of δ …

M Ringel, N Dimos, S Himpich, M Haack, C Huber… - Microbial Cell …, 2022 - Springer
Background Terpene synthases are versatile catalysts in all domains of life, catalyzing the
formation of an enormous variety of different terpenoid secondary metabolites. Due to their …

Eudesmol isomers induce caspase‐mediated apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma H ep G 2 Cells

DS Bomfim, RPC Ferraz, NC Carvalho… - Basic & Clinical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Eudesmols are naturally occurring sesquiterpenoid alcohols that present cytotoxic effect to
cancer cells. Herein, all eudesmol isomers displayed cytotoxicity to different tumour cell …

Heterologous expression of cytotoxic sesquiterpenoids from the medicinal mushroom Lignosus rhinocerotis in yeast

HYY Yap, MJ Muria-Gonzalez, BH Kong… - Microbial Cell …, 2017 - Springer
Background Genome mining facilitated by heterologous systems is an emerging approach
to access the chemical diversity encoded in basidiomycete genomes. In this study, three …

[HTML][HTML] A detailed study on chemical characterization of essential oil components of two Plectranthus species grown in Saudi Arabia

M Khan, MSM Al-Saleem, HZ Alkhathlan - Journal of Saudi Chemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
The chemical composition of the essential oils of Plectranthus cylindraceus and Plectranthus
arabicus grown in Saudi Arabia were analyzed using gas chromatography techniques (GC …

Role of cannabinoid receptors in hepatic fibrosis and apoptosis associated with bile duct ligation in rats

MF Mahmoud, S El Swefy, RA Hasan… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
This study assessed the effect of stimulation of CB 2 receptors or CB 1 blockade on fibrosis
and apoptosis in rats subjected to bile duct ligation (BDL). It was performed in sham and …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical Characterization and Chemotaxonomic Significance of Essential Oil Constituents of Matricaria aurea Grown in Two Different Agro-Climatic …

M Khan, M Khan, E Alshareef, SI Alaqeel… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
A comprehensive study on chemical characterization of essential oil (EO) constituents of a
rarely explored plant species (Matricaria aurea) of the Asteraceae family grown in Saudi …