Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC): a tool to study the thermal behavior of lipid bilayers and liposomal stability

C Demetzos - Journal of liposome research, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Thermodynamical techniques are applied for determining the thermal stress of medicinal
compounds of the excipients as well as their interactions during the formulation process. The …

A Review on Cistus sp.: Phytochemical and Antimicrobial Activities

I Zalegh, M Akssira, M Bourhia, F Mellouki, N Rhallabi… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Resistance to drugs is reaching alarming levels and is placing human health at risk. With the
lack of new antimicrobials drugs, infectious diseases are becoming harder to treat. Hence …

Genus Cistus: a model for exploring labdane-type diterpenes' biosynthesis and a natural source of high value products with biological, aromatic, and pharmacological …

D Papaefthimiou, A Papanikolaou, V Falara… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The family Cistaceae (Angiosperm, Malvales) consists of 8 genera and 180 species, with 5
genera native to the Mediterranean area (Cistus, Fumara, Halimium, Helianthemum, and …

Therapeutic potential of essential oils focusing on diterpenes

MT Islam, AMOF da Mata, RPS de Aguiar… - Phytotherapy …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Among all plant derivates, essential oils (EOs) have gained the attention of many scientists.
Diterpenes, a family of components present in some EO, are becoming a milestone in the …

A structure-activity study of antibacterial diterpenoids

A Urzúa, MC Rezende, C Mascayano, L Vásquez - Molecules, 2008 - mdpi.com
An analysis of the antibacterial activities of 15 terpenoids, eleven of which were previously
described by us and four were extracted from the literature, suggested two structural …

A DSC and Raman spectroscopy study on the effect of PAMAM dendrimer on DPPC model lipid membranes

K Gardikis, S Hatziantoniou, K Viras, M Wagner… - International journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
The interaction between PAMAM (polyamidoamine) dendrimer generation 4 (G4) and 3, 5
(G3, 5) with model lipid membranes composed of dipalmytoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) …

Antimicrobial activity of copaiba oil (Copaifera ssp.) on oral pathogens: Systematic review

AL Diefenbach, FWMG Muniz, HJR Oballe… - Phytotherapy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Copaifera ssp. produces an oil‐resin that presents antiinflammatory, antitumor, antiseptic,
germicidal, antifungal, and antibacterial activity. This systematic review aimed to analyze the …

A Copal-8-ol Diphosphate Synthase from the Angiosperm Cistus creticus subsp. creticus Is a Putative Key Enzyme for the Formation of Pharmacologically Active …

V Falara, E Pichersky, AK Kanellis - Plant physiology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The resin of Cistus creticus subsp. creticus, a plant native to Crete, is rich in labdane-type
diterpenes with significant antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities. The full-length cDNA of a …

Lipids and surfactants: the inside story of lipid-based drug delivery systems

V Pandey, S Kohli - Critical Reviews™ in Therapeutic Drug …, 2018 - dl.begellhouse.com
In the bioavailability enhancement of poorly aqueous soluble drugs, self-emulsifying/
microemulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDS/SMEDDS) are isotropic mixtures of oils …

Localization of annexin A6 in matrix vesicles during physiological mineralization

EA Veschi, M Bolean, A Strzelecka-Kiliszek… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Annexin A6 (AnxA6) is the largest member of the annexin family of proteins present in matrix
vesicles (MVs). MVs are a special class of extracellular vesicles that serve as a nucleation …