Inventories of tropical forests have listed Annonaceae as one of the most diverse plant
families. For centuries, it is employed in traditional medicines to cure various pathological …

The treatment of most cancers is still inadequate, despite tremendous steady progress in
drug discovery and effective prevention. Nature is an attractive source of new therapeutics …

Dialkyl phthalates have been used as plasticizers in polymers for decades. As mobile, small
weight molecules, phthalates have entered the environment, where they have become …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Numerous Alphonsea species including
Alphonsea elliptica (mempisang) leaves and fruits are indigenously used in inflammatory …

Direct sulfamidation of 1, 4-naphthoquinones using N-methoxy sulfonamides under metal-
free conditions in water was developed. Base-mediated nucleophilic addition of N-methoxy …

Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco is traditionally known to potentiate hair growth promotion.
However, there has been no report on its main active ingredient responsible for the hair …

Liriodenine, an oxoaporphine-type alkaloid, widely exists in various forest plants as a non-
food bioactive natural product. It showed a great diversity of biological effects, such as …

Sesquiterpenes are C15-terpenoids built from three isoprene units. They are found
particularly in higher plants and in many other living systems such as marine organisms and …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Stephania rotunda Lour.(Menispermaceae) is an
important traditional medicinal plant that is grown in Southeast Asia. The stems, leaves, and …

Many plants have been known to be contaminated and accumulate plasticizers from the
environment, including water sources, soil, and atmosphere. Plasticizers are used to confer …