Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of systemic metabolic disorders with high rate morbidity and mortality worldwide. Due to the detrimental side effects current treatment, there great need develop more effective antidiabetic drugs fewer effects. Natural products are well-known source for discovery new scaffolds drug discovery, including drugs. The genus Helichrysum has been shown produce natural...

The present study was conducted to determine the antinociceptive potential of methanol extract of Muntingia calabura L. (MEMC) and to isolate and identify the bioactive compound(s) responsible for the observed antinociceptive activity. The MEMC and its partitions (petroleum ether (PEP), ethyl acetate (EAP), and aqueous (AQP) partitions), in the dose range of 100, 500, and 1000 mg/kg, were teste...

Accumulating data suggested that functional expression of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in tumor cells was involved in tumor progression. Our previous study demonstrated that TLR9 signaling could enhance the tumor progression of human lung cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. We further showed that miR-574-5p was the mostly up-regulated miRNA in human lung cancer cells under TLR9 signaling by miRNA ...

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic declared huge need humanity for new and effective antiviral drugs. reported antimicrobial activities Artemisia sublessingiana encouraged us to investigate ethanol extract its aerial parts which led isolation six flavonoids a sesquiterpenoid. structures isolated compounds were elucidated by EI-MS, 1D, 2D NMR spectroscopic methods be (1) eupatilin, (2) 3?,4?...

The dietary and environmental agent, 6-nitrochrysene (6-NC) is a powerful mammary carcinogen and mutagen in rats. It is known to be metabolized by ring-oxidation, nitro-reduction and a combination of the two pathways. In order to determine the ultimate mutagenic metabolites, we have compared the previously determined mutational profile of 6-NC in rat mammary gland [T. Boyiri, et al. (2004) Carc...

Cancer is one of the most eminent diseases of modern times and numerous natural products derived from medicinal plants have been identified as potential sources of antitumor drugs. A successful anticancer drug must target or inhibit tumor cells whilst causing minimal damage to healthy cells. The present study aimed to investigate the antitumor efficacy of ethyl acetate extract, and other isolat...

Two new xanthones, 6-hydroxy-3,7-dimethoxy-8-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-6',6'-dimethyl-5'-hydroxy-4',5'-dihydropyrano(2',3':1,2)xanthone (1) and 6-hydroxy-3,7-dimethoxy-8-(2-oxo-3-methylbut-3-enyl)-6',6'-dimethyl-5'-hydroxy-4',5'-dihydropyrano(2',3':1,2)xanthone (2), have been isolated from the stems of Cratoxylum cochinchinense (Lour.) Blume. Their structures were established on the basis of spectro...

Most primary breast cancers express estrogen receptor α and can be treated via endocrine therapy using anti-estrogens such as tamoxifen; however, acquired endocrine resistance is a critical issue. To identify tamoxifen response-related microRNAs (miRNAs) in breast cancer, MCF-7 cells infected with a lentiviral miRNA library were treated with 4-hydroxytamoxifen (OHT) or vehicle for 4 weeks, and ...

Neoplasm, tissue injury, infection, or inflammation are accompanied by a number of changes within the organism, representing an immediate set of inflammatory reactions counteracting these challenges, aiming at the isolation and neutralization of pathogens and the prevention of further pathogen entry. The resulting minimization of tissue damage and promotion of repair processes permits the homeo...