Synergy and antagonism in natural product extracts: when 1+ 1 does not equal 2

LK Caesar, NB Cech - Natural product reports, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2000 to 2019 According to a 2012 survey from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, approximately 18% of the US population uses natural products (including …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in understanding the role of P-gp in doxorubicin resistance: Molecular pathways, therapeutic strategies, and prospects

S Mirzaei, MH Gholami, F Hashemi, A Zabolian… - Drug Discovery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is a drug efflux transporter that triggers doxorubicin (DOX)
resistance. In this review, we highlight the molecular avenues regulating P-gp, such as Nrf2 …

The birth of artemisinin

N Ma, Z Zhang, F Liao, T Jiang, Y Tu - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
As the first-line antimalarial drugs, artemisinins gained wide acceptance after the
emergence of resistance to chloroquine in the 1950s. Artemisinin-based drugs have saved …

Antimalarial drug discovery: Progress and approaches

JL Siqueira-Neto, KJ Wicht, K Chibale… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent antimalarial drug discovery has been a race to produce new medicines that
overcome emerging drug resistance, whilst considering safety and improving dosing …

Interactions between medical plant-derived bioactive compounds: focus on antimicrobial combination effects

N Vaou, E Stavropoulou, C Voidarou, Z Tsakris… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
It is accepted that the medicinal use of complex mixtures of plant-derived bioactive
compounds is more effective than purified bioactive compounds due to beneficial …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery and resupply of pharmacologically active plant-derived natural products: A review

AG Atanasov, B Waltenberger… - Biotechnology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Medicinal plants have historically proven their value as a source of molecules with
therapeutic potential, and nowadays still represent an important pool for the identification of …

Discovery of semi-and fully-synthetic carbohydrate vaccines against bacterial infections using a medicinal chemistry approach: focus review

PH Seeberger - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The glycocalyx, a thick layer of carbohydrates, surrounds the cell wall of most bacterial and
parasitic pathogens. Recognition of these unique glycans by the human immune system …

Antimalarial drug resistance: a threat to malaria elimination

D Menard, A Dondorp - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Increasing antimalarial drug resistance once again threatens effective antimalarial drug
treatment, malaria control, and elimination. Artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) are …

Artemisinin kills malaria parasites by damaging proteins and inhibiting the proteasome

JL Bridgford, SC Xie, SA Cobbold, CFA Pasaje… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Artemisinin and its derivatives (collectively referred to as ARTs) rapidly reduce the parasite
burden in Plasmodium falciparum infections, and antimalarial control is highly dependent on …

Semi-synthetic artemisinin: a model for the use of synthetic biology in pharmaceutical development

CJ Paddon, JD Keasling - Nature reviews microbiology, 2014 - nature.com
Recent developments in synthetic biology, combined with continued progress in systems
biology and metabolic engineering, have enabled the engineering of microorganisms to …