Publications by authors named "Angelique N Messi"

Neuroinflammation is a common hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), with NLRP3 inflammasome proven to be activated in microglia of AD patients' brains. In this study, a newly isolated biflavonoid (7,7'-di-O-methylchamaejasmin/M8) and a crude extract of the plant Khaya grandifoliola (KG) were investigated for their inhibitory effect on inflammasome activation. In preliminary experiments, M8 and KG showed no cytotoxicity on human macrophage-like differentiated THP-1 cells and exhibited anti-inflammatory inhibition of nitric oxide produced following lipopolysaccharide stimulation.

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The aim of this study was to identify bioactive secondary metabolites from with potential inhibitory effects against HIV and phytochemical study of root barks resulted in the identification of three new biflavonoids (-), along with four known ones (-). Compound (Gerontoisoflavone A) was a single flavonoid present in the rootbark of the plant and was used as a reference. Compound (IC = 0.

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has been used in traditional medicine to treat pain, inflammation, and arthritis. It is a rich source of complex dimers of flavonoids with potential use as templates for the development of therapeutic drugs. Hence, the aim of this study was to study the phytochemical content and evaluate the in vitro cytotoxic, genotoxic, and anti-inflammatory activities of the aqueous extract of bark (OSE).

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Seven flavonoids, hemerocallone (1), 6,7-dimethoxy-3',4'-dimethoxyisoflavone (2), amentoflavone (4), agathisflavone (6), cupressuflavone (8), robustaflavone (9) and epicatechin (10), together with three other compounds, lithospermoside (3), β-D-fructofuranosyl-α-D-glucopyranoside (5) and 3β-O-D-glucopyranosyl-β-stigmasterol (7), were isolated from the ethyl acetate extract of the stem bark of Ochna schweinfurthiana F. Hoffm. All the compounds were characterised by spectroscopic and mass spectrometric methods, and by comparison with literature data.

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