Clerodane diterpenes: sources, structures, and biological activities

R Li, SL Morris-Natschke, KH Lee - Natural product reports, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1990 to 2015 The clerodane diterpenoids are a widespread class of secondary
metabolites and have been found in several hundreds of plant species from various families …

Recent advances in natural products from plants for treatment of liver diseases

A Zhang, H Sun, X Wang - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Liver disease is any condition that may cause liver inflammation or tissue damage and
affects liver function. Natural products that are found in vegetables, fruits, plant extracts …

Influence of extraction methods of bay leaves (Syzygium polyanthum) on antioxidant and HMG-CoA Reductase inhibitory activity

L Hartanti, SMK Yonas, JJ Mustamu, S Wijaya… - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Objective Bay leaf, one of the plants in Indonesia that has been shown to have activities to
reduce cholesterol in the blood. HMG-CoA Reductase inhibition is one of many mechanisms …

Constructing Quaternary Stereogenic Centers Using Tertiary Organocuprates and Tertiary Radicals. Total Synthesis of trans-Clerodane Natural Products

DS Müller, NL Untiedt, AP Dieskau… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A new concise construction of trans-clerodane diterpenoids is reported in which oxacyclic
and trans-hydronaphthalene fragments are coupled, and the critical C9-quaternary carbon …

Two clerodane diterpenes isolated from Polyalthia longifolia leaves: comparative structural features, anti-histaminic and anti-Helicobacter pylori activities

MP Edmond, NM Mostafa, M El-Shazly… - Natural Product …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Phytochemical studies of methylene chloride soluble fraction from the 70% aqueous-
alcoholic extract of Polyalthia longifolia (leaves) resulted in the isolation of two known …

Induction of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in Leishmania donovani by orally active clerodane diterpene

M Kathuria, A Bhattacharjee… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
This study was performed to investigate the mechanistic aspects of cell death induced by a
clerodane diterpene (K-09) in Leishmania donovani promastigotes that was previously …

Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel pyrrole-hydroxybutenolide hybrids as promising antiplasmodial and anti-inflammatory agents

AR Pandey, SP Singh, P Joshi, KS Srivastav… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the pursuance of novel scaffolds with promising antiplasmodial and anti-inflammatory
activity, a series of twenty-one compounds embraced with most promising penta-substituted …

Bioactivity guided fractionation and hypolipidemic property of a novel HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor from Ficus virens Ait

D Iqbal, MS Khan, MS Khan, S Ahmad… - Lipids in health and …, 2015 - Springer
Background The current perspective for the search of 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme
A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor has been shifted towards a natural agent also having …

Phytochemicals from Polyalthia Species: Potential and Implication on Anti-Oxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-Cancer, and Chemoprevention Activities

YC Chen, YC Chia, BM Huang - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polyalthia belong to the Annonaceae family and are a type of evergreen tree distributed
across many tropical and subtropical regions. Polyalthia species have been used long term …

Bioactive plant molecules, sources and mechanism of action in the treatment of cardiovascular disease

AC Liwa, EN Barton, WC Cole, CR Nwokocha - Pharmacognosy, 2017 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a leading cause of global morbidity, mortality, and
health care spending. The current goal of the United Nations is a 25% reduction in deaths …