We describe here the main natural compounds used in cancer therapy and prevention, the historical aspects of their application and pharmacognosy. Two major applications of these compounds are described: as cancer therapeutics and as chemopreventive compounds. Both natural compounds, extracted from plants or animals or produced by microbes (antibiotics), and synthetic compounds, derived from nat...

Investigation of the dichloromethane extracts from herbal and root parts of Mercurialis perennis L. afforded a mixture of 11 homologous n-alkylresorcinols (ARs) with saturated odd-numbered alkyl side chains (C15:0-C27:0). In addition to three predominant ARs (C19:0, C21:0 and C23:0), a number of minor ARs were identified by use of LC-MS/MS and GC-MS techniques. Among the compounds detected, fou...

Author details Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Traditional Iranian Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Medicinal Plants Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharm...

Vitex agnus-castus L. (chaste-berry). Phytomedicine. 2004 Jan;11(1):18-23. Liu J, Burdette JE, Sun Y, Deng S, Schlecht SM, Zheng W, Nikolic D, Mahady G, van Breemen RB, Fong HH, Pezzuto JM, Bolton JL, Farnsworth NR. Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illi...

ZYED ROUIS, AMEUR ELAISSI, NABIL BEN SALEM ABID, MOHAMED ALI LASSOUED, PIER LUIGI CIONI, GUIDO FLAMINI, MAHJOUB AOUNI Laboratory of Transmissible Diseases and Biological active Substances, Faculty of Pharmacy, Avenue Avicenne, 5000, Monastir, University of Monastir, Tunisia Pharmacognosy Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, Avenue Avicenne, 5000, Monastir, University of Monastir, Tunisia Laboratory...

In the present review, we are highlighted various pharmacognostic and pharmacological aspects of different parts plant Ginkgo biloba. Leaves mainly potential source phytochemical constituents. The encompasses variety activities namely antioxidant, hypolipidemic, antibacterial, etc. profile is attributed to presence chemicals such as Ginkgolide A, B, C, Bilobalide, Ginkgotoxin, ginkgolides bilob...

O.A. Osiyemi, H.K. Adesokan, S.I.B. Cadmus, E.O. Ajaiyeoba, O.A. Itiola Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Department of Veterinary Public Health & Preventive Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria Department of Forest Conservation & Protection, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, P.M.B. 5054 Dugbe, Ibadan, Nigeria Department of Pharmaceutics & Indu...

Fatemeh Zare Shahneh*, Samira Valiyari , Abbas Azadmehr, Reza Hajiaghaee, Ali Bandehagh, Behzad Baradaran Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Department of Medical Biotechnology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran Department of Immunology, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutics, Department of Medicinal...

1 Center for Integrative Medicine, Referring Center for Phytotherapy, Tuscany Region, Careggi University Hospital, School of Medicine of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy 2 Centre for Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central University of Punjab Bathinda, Punjab 151001, India 3 Institute of Pharmacognosy, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs 7624, Hungary 4 Life and Earth Sciences Traini...