Plant-based natural products and extracts: Potential source to develop new antiviral drug candidates

E Thomas, LE Stewart, BA Darley, AM Pham, I Esteban… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Viral infections are among the most complex medical problems and have been a major
threat to the economy and global health. Several epidemics and pandemics have occurred …

Triterpenoids

RA Hill, JD Connolly - Natural Product Reports, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2013. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2015, 29, 1028–1065 This review covers
the isolation and structure determination of triterpenoids reported during 2013 including …

Telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of bitter melon (Momordica charantia L. var. abbreviata Ser.) reveals fruit development, composition and ripening genetic …

A Fu, Y Zheng, J Guo, D Grierson, X Zhao… - Horticulture …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Momordica charantia L. var. abbreviata Ser.(Mca), known as bitter gourd or bitter melon, is a
Momordica variety with medicinal value and belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family. In view of …

Apoptosis, autophagy and unfolded protein response pathways in Arbovirus replication and pathogenesis

M Iranpour, AR Moghadam, M Yazdi… - Expert reviews in …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Arboviruses are pathogens that widely affect the health of people in different communities
around the world. Recently, a few successful approaches toward production of effective …

Evaluation of in vitro antiviral activity of essential oil compounds against dengue virus

MC Flechas, RE Ocazionez, EE Stashenko - Pharmacognosy Journal, 2018 - phcogj.com
Introduction: There are not effective drugs available for treatment of dengue fever despite
intensive research on synthetic inhibitors. The search for active phytochemicals could serve …

Triterpenes from antler-shaped fruiting body of Ganoderma lucidum and their hepatoprotective activities

H Shao, Y Li, C Wu, R Chen, J Kang - Phytochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Seven previously undescribed triterpenes (1–7), as well as one triterpene (8)
previously described as a synthetic product, were isolated from the antler-shaped fruiting …

Synthesis and evaluation of anti-yellow fever virus activity of new 6-aryl-3-R-amino-1, 2, 4-triazin-5 (4H)-ones

Y Novodvorskyi, R Lesyk, I Komarov, D Lega… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•A series of novel 1, 2, 4-triazines was evaluated for Yellow fever virus
inhibition.•Several compounds displayed inhibition activities at micromolar …

Natural DENV-2 NS2B/NS3 protease inhibitors from Myristica cinnamomea King

Y Sivasothy, SY Liew, MA Othman… - Tropical …, 2021 - research.monash.edu
Abstract The NS2B/NS3 protease is crucial for the pathogenesis of the DENV. Therefore, the
inhibition of this protease is considered to be the key strategy for the development of new …

Viral inhibitory potential of hyoscyamine in Japanese encephalitis virus–infected embryonated chicken eggs involving multiple signaling pathways

A Bhattacharjee, R Naga, M Saha, S Karmakar, A Pal… - Archives of …, 2023 - Springer
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is the leading cause of viral encephalitis worldwide. The
emergence of new genotypes of the virus and a high rate of mutation make it necessary to …

Drug activity screening based on microsomes-hydrogel system in predicting metabolism induced antitumor effect of oroxylin A

H Yang, J Li, Y Zheng, L Zhou, S Tong, B Zhao… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
A novel microsomes-hydrogel added cell culture system (MHCCS) was employed in the
antitumor activity screening of natural compounds, aiming to achieve drug screening with …