They can be used as cholinesterase (ChE) inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and treating Parkinson’s disease (Anand et al. 2012; Sandhu et al. 2014). This is what makes coumarins so attractive for screening as a new therapeutic agent (Lacy and O’Kennedy 2004; Rohini ...
Natural products and their structural analogues have historically made a major contribution to pharmacotherapy, especially for cancer and infectious diseases. Nevertheless, natural products also present challenges for drug discovery, such as technical ba
PLANT-fungus relationshipsFIRE antsASPARTATE aminotransferasePLANT metabolitesISOQUINOLINE alkaloidsAs alternatives to chemical insecticides, entomopathogenic fungi or wild plants and their secondary metabolites are being used. These biocontrol agents are significant because of their biodegrad...
A patent was led for the use in treatment of gastric ulcers.24 In 2003 Ondeyka et al. of Merck Laboratories25 described another interesting biological activity of 22. They isolated the struc- turally related exophillic acid from Exophiala pisciphila and described that both compounds inhibited...
Track 01. Medicinal Plants: Medicinal plants, also called Medicinal herbs, have been designed and used in traditional health practices since ancient times. Herbs synthesise hundreds of chemical compounds for functions including arms against bees, fungus, infections, and vegetarian beast. Numerous chemical...
Bindra RL, Singh AK, Shawl AS, Kumar S. Anti-fungal herbal formulation for treatment of human nails fungus and process thereof. U.S. Patent No. 6,296,838. 2 Oct. 2001. Céspedes CL, Avila JG, Garcıa AM, et al. Antifungal and antibacterial activities ofAraucaria araucana(Mol.) K...
mosselii 923 on rice seedlings and adult plants. Leaves inoculated with the deletion mutant ΔpsdA exhibited lesion lengths and the GUS activity equivalent to the MOCK treatment (Fig. 1c, d). Meanwhile, we tested the effects of mutant ΔpsdA, WT P. mosselii 923 and pseudoiodinine on ...
Seeking solutions from nature for solving one and all problems is the age-old practice for mankind, and natural products are proved to be the most effective one for keeping up the balance of development as well as the “healthy, wealthy, and well”...
For me, getting a bacterial or viral infection doesn't really bother me or scare me as much as becoming infected with a fungus. Any fungal problem will be difficult to cure because, IMHO, fungus is the cleverest pathogenic organism out there and there are still no competent or consistently ...
Natural remedies from plants are becoming far more acceptable due to a long history of use. For these reasons, several plants have been investigated for treatment of skin diseases ranging from itching to skin cancer, and some these remedies below are perfect examples of how you can get rid of...