The genus , which belongs to the Asteraceae family, is a flowering genus with 12 species found in Africa, North and South. Among the species present in Algeria, L. is distributed in the eastern regions of Algeria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe anticholinesterase and antioxidant activities with chemical composition and molecular docking of essential oil and nonpolar extracts of were evaluated using enzymatic and chemical methods. Molecular docking tools were used to explain the interaction of the major chemical constituents with the enzymes. GC/MS analyses revealed that the main compounds in essential oil were l-menthone (43.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis work aimed to investigate, for the first time, the chemical composition, antioxidant, antiparasitic, cytotoxicity, and antimicrobial activities of the aromatic plant Limonium oleifolium Mill. essential oil (EO) and organic extracts. L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProtozoan pathogens that cause neglected tropical diseases are a major public health concern in tropical and developing countries. In the course of our ongoing search for new lead compounds as potential antiprotozoal agents, this study aims to perform a bio-guided fractionation of Pituranthos battandieri, using an in vitro assay against Leishmania amazonensis and Trypanosoma cruzi. Two known polyacetylenes, (-)-panaxydiol (1) and (-)-falcarindiol (2) were identified from the ethanolic extract of the aerial parts of P.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study was performed on the derived fractions [chloroform (FT-C), ethyl acetate (FT-E) and -butanol (FT-B)] of the 70% ethanol extract prepared from , endemic to North Africa. The fractions showed high total phenolic and flavonoid contents particularly FT-E. These results agreed with their antioxidant effects.
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