Natural products as anticancer agents: current status and future perspectives

A Naeem, P Hu, M Yang, J Zhang, Y Liu, W Zhu… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Natural products have been an invaluable and useful source of anticancer agents over the
years. Several compounds have been synthesized from natural products by modifying their …

Alkaloids for cancer prevention and therapy: Current progress and future perspectives

A Mondal, A Gandhi, C Fimognari, AG Atanasov… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Alkaloids are important chemical compounds that serve as a rich source for drug discovery.
Numerous alkaloids screened from medicinal plants and herbs showed antiproliferative and …

Recent advances in research on lignans and neolignans

RB Teponno, S Kusari, M Spiteller - Natural product reports, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2009 to 2015 Lignans and neolignans are a large group of natural products
derived from the oxidative coupling of two C6–C3 units. Owing to their biological activities …

Biologically active indolizidine alkaloids

J Zhang, SL Morris‐Natschke, D Ma… - Medicinal Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Indolizidine alkaloids are chemical constituents isolated from various marine and terrestrial
plants and animals, including but not limited to trees, fungi, ants, and frogs, with a myriad of …

[HTML][HTML] Updated review on Indian Ficus species

B Singh, RA Sharma - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
As per Ayurvedic system of medicine, Indian Ficus (Fam.–Moraceae) plants are used in the
treatment of various diseases. The plants are characterized by a specific class of closed …

[HTML][HTML] A spotlight on alkaloid nanoformulations for the treatment of lung cancer

SM Sindhoor, NR Naveen, GSNK Rao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Numerous naturally available phytochemicals have potential anti-cancer activities due to
their vast structural diversity. Alkaloids have been extensively used in cancer treatment …

Traditional uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacology of Ficus hispida Lf: A review

J Cheng, B Zhang, W Zhu, C Zhang, Y Qin… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Ficus hispida Lf (Moraceae) has long been used
as a traditional medicine in India, China, Sri Lanka, Australia, and Myanmar in the treatment …

A bis-benzopyrroloisoquinoline alkaloid incorporating a cyclobutane core and a chlorophenanthroindolizidine alkaloid with cytotoxic activity from Ficus fistulosa var …

AAQ Al-Khdhairawi, P Krishnan, CW Mai… - Journal of natural …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Tengerensine (1), isolated as a racemate and constituted from a pair of bis-
benzopyrroloisoquinoline enantiomers, and tengechlorenine (2), purified as a scalemic …

Possible pharmaceutical applications can be developed from naturally occurring phenanthroindolizidine and phenanthroquinolizidine alkaloids

X Jia, H Zhao, C Du, W Tang, X Wang - Phytochemistry Reviews, 2021 - Springer
Naturally occurring phenanthroindolizidine and phenanthroquinolizidine alkaloids (PIAs and
PQAs) are two small groups of herbal metabolites sharing a similar pentacyclic structure with …

Defence mechanisms of Ficus: pyramiding strategies to cope with pests and pathogens

C Villard, R Larbat, R Munakata, A Hehn - Planta, 2019 - Springer
Ficus species have adapted to diverse environments and pests by developing physical or
chemical protection strategies. Physical defences are based on the accumulation of …