Lignans, with various biological activities, such as antitumor, antioxidant, antibacterial, and
antiviral activities, are widely distributed in nature and mainly exist in the xylem of plants. In …

Background Magnolia officinalis, a traditional herbal medicine widely used in clinical
practice, exerts antibacterial, anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-aging …

Several Magnolia species have exhibited potent biological activities such as anti-
inflammatory, anti-angiogenesis, anticonvulsant, anti-obesity, and antiviral activities …

Flos Magnoliae is one of the important medicinal plants in different traditional medicine,
including Chinese herbal medicine. Lignans and neolignans, including tetrahydrofurofuran …

Lignans are a group of phenolic compounds found in plant-based diets. The human body
can obtain lignans through diet, which are then metabolized into enterolignans. The …

Magterpenes A–C (1–3), three unprecedented meroterpenoids featuring a unique 6/6/6/6/6
polycyclic skeleton, were isolated from the ethanol extract of Magnolia officinalis Rehd. et …

ABSTRACT Houpolignols A–C (1–3), unprecedented oligomers of dearomatized obovatol
with tetracyclo [9.3. 1.0 2, 7. 0 9, 14] pentadecane (1 and 2) and 8, 18-dioxapentacyclo [13.3 …

Aim Small bowel obstruction is a common condition that requires emergency surgery. Slow
recovery of bowel function after surgery or the occurrence of one or more complications can …

Obesity is a complex disease characterized by excessive body fat. It is considered a risk
factor for chronic disorders and cardiovascular diseases, cancer, osteoarthritis, and …

My three-year Ph. D. course in International Chemical Sciences at the Department of
Chemical Sciences of the University of Catania started in November 2020 under the …