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Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Paenibacillus polymyxa; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; antineoplastic activity; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; bioactive compounds; bioprocessing; biotechnology; chemical precipitation; cytotoxicity; flow cytometry; high performance liquid chromatography; nucleotide sequences; polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; polypeptides; sequence analysis; sodium; soil; thiazolyl blue
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... Epsilon-Poly-L-lysine (ε-PL) is a non-toxic cationic homopolypeptide with unique bioactive properties. In this study, two novel polylysine producers, Paenibacillus polymyxa HS6 and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia YS8 were isolated from different soil samples and identified by 16S rDNA sequence analysis. To obtain pure cationic polypeptide from these bacteria, chemical precipitation with sodium tetrap ...
Aya Gabriella Peña; Michael Russelle Alvarez; Kimberly Delica; Patrick Gabriel Moreno; Rowell Abogado; Sheryl Joyce Grijaldo; Edcyl Lee Salac; Froila Marie Deniega; Manolo Basingan; Cherry Mae Ravidas; Francisco Heralde; Gladys Cherisse Completo; Isagani Padolina; Ruel Nacario
... Several natural products are known to have anticancer activity, which helps prevent cancer. This study explores the potential use of different extracts of Annona muricata L. and Antidesma bunius L. leaves as an anticancer drug by testing its anti-oxidative and anticancer properties. Furthermore, metabolomics of these plant extracts was performed to characterize them. This project studied the bioac ...
... In this study, the ethanol/salt aqueous two-phase system was firstly used to extract Selaginella doederleinii polysaccharides (SDP). Through single factor and response surface analysis, the best extraction conditions were as follows: extraction time of 40 min, ultrasonic power of 280 W, ethanol concentration of 35%, inorganic salt concentration of 0.22 g/mL, and liquid/solid ratio of 25 mL/g with ...
Mahmoud Khalid; Mousa Amayreh; Saadi Sanduka; Zaidoun Salah; Fuad Al-Rimawi; Ghassab M. Al-Mazaideh; Abdulkareem A. Alanezi; Fadel Wedian; Fawaz Alasmari; Mohammed Helmy Faris Shalayel
... The most efficient and safe source of medications is the natural and traditional medications which are produced from plants and herbs. In this study, Sisymbrium officinale (S. officinale) was tested to explore its total phenolic and flavonoids contents. Antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anticancer activities were assessed as well. S. officinale was bought from a local Palestinian market, air-dried, ...
... Tribulus terrestris L. belongs to the family Zygophyllaceae and integral part of various ancient medicinal systems including Chinese, Indian, and European to combat various health ailments. The aim of the present study was to assess the phytochemical constituents, in vitro antioxidant activity using DPPH, FRAP, and H₂O₂ assays, in vitro anticancer activity using MTT assay, and in vitro and in vivo ...
... Betulinic acid, a naturally occurring pentacyclic triterpenoid is found in a variety of plants. A range of biological properties including anticancer activity has been reported for betulinic acid. Changes in glutathione and some glutathione-related enzymes and mitochondrial membrane potential have not been explored relating to the anticancer activity of betulinic acid against murine ascites Dalton ...
Inês PE Macário; Telma Veloso; Andreia PM Fernandes; Margarida Martins; Tânia R Dias; Helena Oliveira; Fernando JM Gonçalves; Sónia PM Ventura; Joana L Pereira
... BACKGROUND: Natural products are currently in the spotlight due to the increasing awareness of consumers. Among these products is phycocyanin (C‐PC), a blue colorant that can be extracted from cyanobacteria – a poorly explored feedstock – and applied in several fields, due to its argued health benefits. Arthropira (previously called Spirulina) is the major source of C‐PC nowadays, but within the s ...
... The biggest challenges are locating effective, reasonably priced, and eco-friendly compounds to treat diseases caused by insects and microbes. The aim of this study was to employ GC-MS to assess the biological potency and chemical composition of the aerial parts of Reichardia tingitana (L.) Roth. Using this technique, 17 components were interpreted from the extracted plant, accounting for around 1 ...
Amorphophallus; DNA fragmentation; antineoplastic activity; antioxidant activity; apoptosis; ascites; carcinoma; caspase-3; cell cycle checkpoints; cytotoxicity; dietary supplements; fractionation; functional foods; health services; hematologic tests; herbaceous plants; human cell lines; human nutrition; longevity; therapeutics; toxicity testing; India
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... Cancer and cancer-related diseases are a global health concern in the present scenario. Functional food and nutraceuticals are considered as a boon towards cancer management. Amorphophallus commutatus var. wayanadensis (ACW) is an herbaceous plant used by the local communities of Wayanad, India, for food and primary healthcare. Various radical scavenging and reducing power assays were undertaken t ...
Helleborus; antineoplastic activity; antioxidant activity; apoptosis; ascorbic acid; breast neoplasms; cancer therapy; cell lines; cytotoxicity; epicatechin; kaempferol; neoplasm cells; quercetin
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... In the field of oncology, the plant kingdom has an inexhaustible supply of bioactive compounds. Phytochemical compounds isolated from Helleborus species have been found to be useful in various chronic diseases. This has brought Helleborus to the attention of medical researchers. H. purpurascens is a plant characteristic of the Carpathian area, known since ancient times for its beneficial effects. ...
antineoplastic activity; antioxidant activity; apoptosis; autophagy; cell cycle checkpoints; cytotoxicity; drug delivery systems; environmental science; medicinal plants; reactive oxygen species
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... Cancer is one of the most fatal diseases causing deaths of millions of people worldwide. Since actual cancer treatments are rarely efficient and often toxic, there is a demand for innocuous and more effective anticancer drugs. For instance, metal/metal oxide nanoparticles allow controlled drug release and drug delivery to specific targets. In particular, medicinal plant-based metal nanoparticles a ...
... In recent years, polysaccharides-based nanocomposites have been used for biomedical applications. In the current study, a nanocomposite based on myco-synthesized copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) and starch was prepared. The prepared nanocomposite was fully characterized using UV–visible spectroscopy (UV–vis), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron mi ...
... The Cyclocarya paliurus polysaccharide (CP) was chemically modified to produce sulfated derivatives (S-CP) and carboxymethylated derivatives (CM-CP). Subsequently, the antioxidant activity, cytoprotective effect and antitumor activity of these derivatives were investigated to establish the relationship between their structure and functional activity. The results found that chemical modifications r ...
... The present study focussed on a novel phosphorylated corn straw xylans (XYCS‐P) that had excellent thermal stability, crystallinity and functional activity and could be potentially used as functional agents in food products. In this work, the phosphorylated derivative XYCS‐P was successfully prepared, and the chemical characterisation, spectral analysis, thermal analysis, morphology analysis, anti ...
... The genus Ficus is a very useful and significant group of trees with various therapeutic properties. Ficus racemosa linn. is a standard-sized tree in the Moraceae family, often known as the cluster fig tree. Ficus racemosa is also known as yajnayoga, udumbara, goolar, dumar, bodda, heibong, jantuphalam, dimri, yogga dumur, and many more names. Ficus racemosa may be found in various countries, incl ...
Zanthoxylum bungeanum; antibacterial properties; antineoplastic activity; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; antiviral properties; bioinformatics; byproducts; chemical precipitation; digestion; drugs; in vitro digestion; molecular weight; pH; peptides; temperature
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... Zanthoxylum bungeanum seed is the main by-product of Z. bungeanum processing, which is rich in protein. In this study, Z. bungeanum seed proteins were extracted by alkali-soluble acid precipitation method. The factors affecting the protein yield were ranked as follows: alkali dissolution temperature > extraction time > material–liquid ratio > pH. The optimal process conditions were as follows: ext ...
Ferula assa-foetida; antineoplastic activity; antineoplastic agents; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; apoptosis; beverages; breast neoplasms; cytotoxicity; drug delivery systems; essential oils; humans; mammary neoplasms (animal); mice; nanoemulsions; nutrition; traditional medicine; zeta potential
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... The Ferula assa-foetida (FA) is the healthy common-consumed anticancer beverage in Iranian folk medicine. In the current study, we aimed to produce a nanoemulsion-based drug delivery system containing FA essential oil (FAEO) and evaluate its antioxidant and anticancer activity on both MCF-7 cells and murine mammary cancer tissue. The FAEO-loaded nanoemulsion (FAEO-NE) was produced and characterize ...
Spatholobus; anemia; anti-inflammatory activity; antimicrobial properties; antineoplastic activity; antioxidant activity; drugs; flavonoids; health services; neuroprotective effect; pain; paralysis; structure-activity relationships; taxon descriptions; therapeutics; toxicity; traditional medicine
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... Edible medicinal plants are important sources for the development of health beneficial products and drugs. Several species of the genus Spatholobus are considered as medicinal and food homologous plants in various Asian countries for the treatment of menstrual pain, anemia, paralysis, arthralgia, etc. Regarding this genus, mounting investigations on different aspects have been conducted; however, ...
... This study presents the development of a sustainable production process of environmentally benign silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) from aqueous root extract of Rhodiola imbricata (RI) and Withania somnifera (WS) for mitigating environmental pollution and investigating their potential applications in agriculture and biomedical industry. RIWS-AgNPs were characterized using several analytical techniques ...
... Three sesquiterpene lactones has been isolated from Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H. Rob. by bioactivity guided assay and characterized by spectral methods as compounds 1, 2, and 3. The in vitro anticancer activity was tested against 786-O, MCF-7, and K562 cells by the MTT assay. Compound 1 showed IC₅₀ values of 12.5 and 10.4 μg/mL against 786-O cell line after 48 and 72 h, respectively, and matches ...