Guggulsterone - a potent bioactive phytosteroid: synthesis, structural modification, and its improved bioactivities.

Guggulsterone is a phytosteroid derived from the oleo-gum resin of the critically endangered plant . This molecule has attracted increasing attention due to its excellent biochemistry potential and the compound has consequently been evaluated in clinical trials. With a low concentration in natural resources but wide medicinal and therapeutic value, chemists have developed several synthetic routes for guggulsterone starting from various steroid precursors.

Correction: Bakuchiol - a natural meroterpenoid: structure, isolation, synthesis and functionalization approaches.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1039/D1RA08771A.].

Bakuchiol - a natural meroterpenoid: structure, isolation, synthesis and functionalization approaches.

Bakuchiol is an emblematic meroterpene class of natural product extracted from . It has been reported to possess a broad range of biological and pharmacological properties and is considered as a leading biomolecule. It is highly desirable to devise an efficient approach to access bakuchiol and its chemical biology applications.

Unveiling the induced lipid production in Chlorella vulgaris under pulsed magnetic field treatment.

The pulsed magnetic field (PMF) was adopted for the enhancement of lipid in Chlorella vulgaris. The average biomass and lipid content in outdoor conditions were found to be 0.315 g.

An evidence of C16 fatty acid methyl esters extracted from microalga for effective antimicrobial and antioxidant property.

Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) derived from lipids of microalgae is known to have wide bio-functional materials including antimicrobials. FAME is an ideal super-curator and superior anti-pathogenic. The present study evaluated the efficiency of FAME extracted from microalgae Scenedesmus intermedius as an antimicrobial agent against Gram positive (Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus mutans, and Bacillus cereus) Gram negative (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) bacteria and Fungi (Aspergillus parasiticus and Candida albicans).