Background: Cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth and
proliferation. It has become a major health problem in the past decades and is now the …

The Willows (genus Salix), with more than 330–500 species and 200 hybrids, are trees,
shrubs or prostrate plants that are widely distributed in Africa, North America, Europe, and …

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 …

Background Compounds having both anticancer and antimicrobial activity have promising
therapeutic potential due to their selective cytotoxicity and their potential to reduce the …

Many higher plants contain novel metabolites with antimicrobial, antifungal and antiviral
properties. However, in the developed world almost all clinically used chemotherapeutics …

Background. Apoptosis, a major form of programmed cell death, plays a vital role in
regulating tissue development and maintenance of homeostasis in eukaryotes. Apoptosis …

The total phenolic content, antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of hot ethanolic
extract of Salix alba bark were investigated. The antioxidant properties and the total phenolic …

Vernonia amygdalina, Del (Compositae) is an African medicinal plant well known for
producing the anticancer agents' vernodaline and vernolide. It grows wild under severe …

Natural products from plants are rich sources of chemical diversity and most of the
pharmacologically active principles currently used as drugs, including anticancer agents are …

Objective: To evaluate the in vitro cytotoxicity, antioxidant activities and structure-activity
relationship of secondary metabolites isolated from Pulicaria undulata. Methods: The …