Consumer concern over the quality and safety of conventional food has intensified in recent
years, and primarily drives the increasing demand for organically grown food, which is …

Cancer chemopreventive agents are typically natural products or their synthetic analogs that
inhibit the transformation of normal cells to premalignant cells or the progression of …

Inhibition of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I by rotenone had been found to induce
cell death in a variety of cells. However, the mechanism is still elusive. Because reactive …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the coupled oxidative stress have been associated with
tumor formation. Several studies suggested that ROS can act as secondary messengers and …

Natural chemicals have considerable potential for vector management because these
chemicals are safer than conventional insecticides on account of their rapid environmental …

The etiologic basis of Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common age-related
neurodegenerative disorder, is unknown. Recent epidemiological and experimental studies …

Objective. Because mesenchymal stem cells can differentiate into chondrocyte-like cells, we
ask the question, can mesenchymal stem cells commit to the nucleus pulposus phenotype …

Zerumbone (ZER), a sesquiterpene from the edible plant Zingiber zerumbet Smith, has
recently been found to suppress tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate …

Chronic infusion of rotenone (Rot) to Lewis rats reproduces many features of Parkinson
disease. Rot (3 mg/kg/day) was infused subcutaneously to male Lewis rats for 6 days using …

Rotenone a widely used pesticide that inhibits mitochondrial complex I has been used to
investigate the pathobiology of PD both in vitro and in vivo. Studies have shown that the …