Obesity has been implicated as a risk factor for insulin resistance and cardiovascular
diseases (CVDs). Although the association between obesity and CVD is a well-established …

The genus Tithonia is an important source of diverse natural products, particularly
sesquiterpene lactones, diterpenes, and flavonoids. The collected information in this review …

Plant-based whole foods provide thousands of bioactive metabolites to the human diet that
reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases. β-Caryophyllene (CAR) is a common …

Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) are potential therapeutic targets for major diseases such as cancers.
However, isotype-specific inhibitors remain to be developed. We report that adenanthin, a …

OBJECTIVE: The antibacterial activity of Casbane Diterpene (CD) was evaluated in vitro
against Streptococcus oralis, S. mutans, S. salivarius, S. sobrinus, S. mitis and S. sanguinis …

Plants have always been an exemplary source of drugs and many of the currently available
medicines have been directly or indirectly derived from them. For this reason, the research …

Hypertension is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, kidney disease, and stroke.
Interest in medicinal or nutraceutical plant bioactives to reduce hypertension has increased …

An architecturally complex spiroketal diterpenoid, leonuketal (1), was isolated from the aerial
parts of the plant Leonurus japonicus. This compound possessed an unprecedented …

Dipteryx odorata and Dipteryx punctata are species native to the Amazonian, traded by
extractivists to obtain coumarin. We aimed to analyze the presence of coumarin in the …

The plant kingdom has formed the basis of folk medicine for thousands of years and
nowadays continues to provide an important source to discover new biologically active …