Potential medicinal plants to combat viral infections: A way forward to environmental biotechnology

R Sharma, M Bhattu, A Tripathi, M Verma… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The viral diseases encouraged scientific community to evaluate the natural antiviral
bioactive components rather than protease inhibitors, harmful organic molecules or nucleic …

Biotechnology of camptothecin production in Nothapodytes nimmoniana, Ophiorrhiza sp. and Camptotheca acuminata

MK Swamy, S Nath, S Paul, NK Jha… - Applied Microbiology …, 2021 - Springer
Cancer is probably the deadliest human disease in recent years. In the past few years, rapid
clinical progress has been made in the field of anticancer drug development. Plant …

OpNAC1 transcription factor regulates the biosynthesis of the anticancer drug camptothecin by targeting loganic acid O‐methyltransferase in Ophiorrhiza pumila

X Hao, C Wang, W Zhou, Q Ruan, C Xie… - Journal of Integrative …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Camptothecin (CPT) is an anticancer pentacyclic quinoline alkaloid widely used to treat
cancer patients worldwide. However, the biosynthetic pathway and transcriptional regulation …

Ophiorrhiza mungos-Mediated Silver Nanoparticles as Effective and Reusable Adsorbents for the Removal of Methylene Blue from Water

AA Akhi, A Hasan, N Saha, S Howlader… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using a plant extract has attracted
significant attention in recent years. It is found as an alternative for other physicochemical …

Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Biological Activities of Alocasia Species: A Systematic Review

D Arbain, LMR Sinaga, M Taher, D Susanti… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The genus Alocasia (Schott) G. Don consists of 113 species distributed across Asia,
Southeast Asia, and Australia. Alocasia plants grow in tropical and subtropical forests with …

Genus Pterocarpus: A review of ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, biological activities, and clinical evidence

D Аrbаin, GA Saputri, GS Syahputra… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance The genus Pterocarpus (Fabaceae) has about 46
species that are distributed over Asia, especially Indonesia, Africa, and several countries in …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical and Biological Investigation on the Potential Ornamental Plant Ophiorrhiza chinensis

Q Bu, ZY Ge, LF Liang - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
An investigation of the potential ornamental plant Ophiorrhiza chinensis HS Lo (Rubiaceae)
was conducted, which resulted in the discovery of eight structurally diverse compounds …

Biotechnology for micropropagation and camptothecin production in Ophiorrhiza sp.

DK Pandey, M Konjengbam, M Ghorai… - Applied Microbiology …, 2022 - Springer
Camptothecin (CPT) is a monoterpenoid-alkaloid, an anticancer compound from plant. Ever
since its discovery in 1996 from the bark of Camptotheca acuminata, various researches …

Recent studies on chemical constituents of Ophiorrhiza plants

M Kitajima - Journal of Natural Medicines, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Ophiorrhiza plants (Family Rubiaceae) are known to produce diverse
monoterpenoid indole alkaloids including camptothecin with potent antitumor activity. This …

Antioxidant, antibacterial, and phytochemical screening of ethanolic crude extracts of Libyan Peganum harmala seeds

IA Ahmed, A Abdul-Aziz… - Journal of …, 2021 - research.manuscritpub.com
Peganum harmala is one of the most famous medicinal plants and natural products
commonly used in traditional medicine and extensively spread in Middle and East Asia and …