Secondary metabolites obtained from plants are among the most commonly encountered chemotherapeutics used in cancer treatment. Plants contain thousands of metabolites; therefore, it is important to reach the compound primarily responsible for activity by fractionating plant extracts through activity-guided isolation. The cytotoxic activities of C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe tendency toward natural herbal products has increased due to the antibiotic resistance developed by microorganisms and the severe side effects of antibiotics commonly used in infectious diseases worldwide. Although antimicrobial studies have been conducted with several species of the genus, this study is the first in the literature to be performed with L. subsp.
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