Human health-related properties of chromones: an overview.

Natural compounds occurring throughout the world are scientifically and practically valuable because of their unique and beneficial properties to control a wide range of disorders in the human body. Chromones are attracting increasing attention as novel therapeutic agents due to their effective bioactivities for human health. Accordingly, the present overview article was designed to scan the biological and pharmacological performance of chromones, including their anti-inflammatory, anticancer, anti-oxidant, and anti-microbial activities.

Rewiring cellular metabolism for heterologous biosynthesis of Taxol.

Taxol is one of the anticancer drugs synthesized naturally in the evergreen forest tree belonging to the yew family () growing on the Pacific. There are reportedly evidence for treating ovarian, breast and lung cancers through this drug given its unique structural and functional features. Extraction of this drug from yew trees bark is one of the most common ways of producing this drug, but 3000 trees are needed to obtain a kilogram of Taxol.

Toxic mineral elements in from Sicilian coasts (Southern Italy).

We assessed the relationship between V, Cr, Mn, Hg, As, Cd, Sn, Sb and Pb concentrations in samples from the coasts of Sicily and the expression of . Toxic mineral elements assessment was carried out by A.A.

Effects of (Lam.) Benth. fruits extract on the development and maturation of the reproductive system in immature male rats.

In the present study, we investigated the effects of (Lam.) Benth. fruits ethanolic extract in prepubertal male rats, to evaluate the influence of the extract on the reproductive system and on pubertal development.