Steroids are important biodynamic agents. Their affinities for various nuclear receptors have
been an interesting feature to utilize them for drug development particularly for receptor …

Diosgenin, a steroidal sapogenin, obtained from Trigonella foenum-graecum, Dioscorea,
and Rhizoma polgonati, has shown high potential and interest in the treatment of various …

Abstract (25R)-spirost-5-en-3β-ol, also known as diosgenin (DSG), exerts antiproliferative
activity on diverse cell lines, induces apoptosis, and acts as a chemopreventative agent …

Hymexazol (HYM) is irreplaceable for treating soil-borne diseases due to its high efficiency
and low cost, as a broad-spectrum fungicide. However, when HYM is absorbed by plants, it …

Despite the several uses of drugs from natural compounds in the pharmaceutical industry,
new molecules have been discovered and associated with pharmacological activities over …

Diosgenin has been modified to furostane derivatives after opening the F-spiroacetal ring.
The aldehyde group at C26 in derivative 8 was unexpectedly transformed to the ketone 9 …

Aberrant expression of oncogenes and/or tumor suppressors play a fundamental effect on
the pathogenesis and tumorigenicity of cervical cancer (CC). B-cell CLL/lymphoma 3 (BCL3) …

Plants are rich in steroidal and triterpenoid saponins. Diosgenin is an important sapogenin
obtained from various steroidal saponins and specially from dioscin. It possesses diverse …

Chitin is a valuable and renewable carbohydrate. It is the second abundant but
underexploited carbohydrate polymer. Its monomers, glucosamine (GlcN) and N-acetyl …

Saponins are a structurally diverse class of natural glycosides that possess a broad
spectrum of biological activities. They are composed of hydrophilic carbohydrate moiety and …