Background: Cancer is one of the major problems affecting public health worldwide. As
other cultures, the populations of the Near East rely on medicinal herbs and their …

The subject of chemosystematics has provided insight to both botanical classification and
drug development. However, degrees of subjectivity in botanical classifications and limited …

Eight new and 10 known compounds were isolated from an organic extract of the bulbs of
Bellevalia eigii as part of a search for anticancer leads from native plants of Jordan. Of these …

Plant species have long been used as principal ingredients in traditional medicine. Different
surveys showed that ethnomedicinal plant species used by the inhabitants of Jordan for the …

Colchicum species, which are widely used as medication for many years, still remain
important in treatment. Some of them are cultivated to be used for pharmaceutical industry …

Abstract Cyclocarya paliurus (Batal.) leaves, which contain a range of bioactive compounds,
have been used as a traditional Chinese medicine homologous food since ancient times …

Colchicum species, which have been widely used as a medication for years, still remain
important in treatment of Familial Mediterranean Fever, gout and Behcet's Disease. In the …

Seven withanolides were isolated from the leaves of Withania obtusifolia. Of these, one was
new [obtusifonolide (1)], five were new to the species [sitoindoside IX (2), 6α-chloro-5β …

Thirteen compounds were isolated from the methanolic extract of the leaves of
Androcymbium palaestinum Baker (Colchicaceae). Of these, three were new, two were new …

Plants produce and store many organic compounds like amino acids, proteins,
carbohydrates, fats, and alkaloids, which are usually treated as secondary metabolites …