Multifunctional roles and pharmacological potential of β-sitosterol: Emerging evidence toward clinical applications

Z Khan, N Nath, A Rauf, TB Emran, S Mitra… - Chemico-Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, available therapeutic medications are both costly as well as not entirely promising
in terms of potency. So, new candidates from natural resources are of research interest to …

[HTML][HTML] β-Sitosterol as a promising anticancer agent for chemoprevention and chemotherapy: mechanisms of action and future prospects

H Wang, Z Wang, Z Zhang, J Liu, L Hong - Advances in Nutrition, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer is one of the primary causes of death worldwide, and its incidence continues to
increase yearly. Despite significant advances in research, the search for effective and …

Ursolic acid and its derivatives as bioactive agents

S Mlala, AO Oyedeji, M Gondwe, OO Oyedeji - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory and
cardiovascular diseases continue to be threatening and deadly to human kind. Resistance …

Critical analysis on characterization, systemic effect, and therapeutic potential of beta-sitosterol: a plant-derived orphan phytosterol

MS Bin Sayeed, SMR Karim, T Sharmin, MM Morshed - Medicines, 2016 - mdpi.com
Beta-sitosterol (BS) is a phytosterol, widely distributed throughout the plant kingdom and
known to be involved in the stabilization of cell membranes. To compile the sources …

Antioxidant and Wound Healing Potential of Vitis vinifera Seeds Supported by Phytochemical Characterization and Docking Studies

T Al-Warhi, EM Zahran, S Selim, MM Al-Sanea… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study explored the in vivo wound healing potential of Vitis vinifera seed extract using an
excision wound model with focus on wound healing molecular targets including TGFBR1 …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review on phytochemistry, bioactivities, toxicity studies, and clinical studies on Ficus carica Linn. leaves

Z Li, Y Yang, M Liu, C Zhang, J Shao, X Hou… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The leaves of Ficus carica Linn.(FC) have been widely used for medicine purposes since
ancient times, and its decoction is consumed as tea. Many scientific papers have been …

β-Sitosterol inhibits rheumatoid synovial angiogenesis through suppressing VEGF signaling pathway

K Qian, XX Zheng, C Wang, WG Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic disabling inflammatory disease that
causes synovial angiogenesis in an invasive manner and leads to joint destruction …

Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Linn—A critical ethnopharmacological review

J Agrawal, A Pal - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2013 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis (Oleaceae) is a
mythological plant; has high medicinal values in Ayurveda. The popular medicinal use of …

Chemical and Pharmacological Profiling of Wrightia coccinea (Roxb. Ex Hornem.) Sims Focusing Antioxidant, Cytotoxic, Antidiarrheal, Hypoglycemic, and Analgesic …

T Jannat, MJ Hossain, AM El-Shehawi, MR Kuddus… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of the study was to conduct phytochemical and pharmacological investigations of
Wrightia coccinea (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Sims via several in vitro, in vivo, and in silico models …

Variation in terpenoids in leaves of Artemisia annua grown under different LED spectra resulting in diverse antimalarial activities against Plasmodium falciparum

D Sankhuan, G Niramolyanun, N Kangwanrangsan… - BMC Plant …, 2022 - Springer
Background Productivities of bioactive compounds in high-value herbs and medicinal plants
are often compromised by uncontrollable environmental parameters. Recent advances in …