Rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic autoimmune disorder affecting millions worldwide each year, poses a significant threat due to its potential for progressive joint damage and debilitating pain if left untreated. Topical anti-inflammatory and analgesic treatments offer localized relief with reduced systemic side effects compared to conventional oral therapies, making them a promising option for managing rheumatoid arthritis. Therefore, the current study endeavored to formulate a microemulsion gel formulation loaded with diclofenac and curcumin for topical administration in the management of rheumatoid arthritis, utilizing Tea tree oil.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith growing environmental concerns, the removal of toxic industrial dyes from wastewater has become a critical global issue. In this study, TiO-CuSe composites were synthesized using a cost-effective and simple chemical method to determine the optimal concentration of CuSe for the efficient degradation of methylene blue (MB) under visible light. The TiO samples exhibited a mix of rutile and anatase phases, while CuSe formed in a hexagonal phase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: SGLT2 inhibitors are class of drugs that are used in adults with type 2 diabetes through a novel mechanism of action by reducing renal tubular glucose reabsorption, leading to a reduction in blood glucose without stimulating insulin release. In this systematic review, we report the effects of treatment with SGLT2 inhibitors on urinary tract infection (UTI) and genitourinary infection (GUI).
Method: The study integrated data from landmark trials of SGLT2 inhibitors (CANVAS, CREDENCE, DECLARE-TIMI 58, and EMPA-REG) to interpret the association of SGLT2 inhibitors with genital infection (GI) and UTI.
Context: Traditionally, Hook. f. (Asteraceae) has been reported to be effective in cancer treatment which motivated the authors to explore the plant for novel anticancer compounds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFColorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of death in men and the fourth in women worldwide and is characterized by deranged cellular energetics. Thymoquinone, an active component from Nigella sativa, has been extensively studied against cancer, however, its role in affecting deregulated cancer metabolism is largely unknown. Further, the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway is one of the most activated pathways in cancer and its activation is central to most deregulated metabolic pathways for supporting the anabolic needs of growing cancer cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is among the most frequently reported comorbidities in patients tainted with the pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). With a high pervasiveness of diabetes mellitus, there is an urgency to understand the special aspects of COVID-19 in hyperglycemic patients. Diabetic patients are at higher risk than the general population of viral or bacterial infections, thus require special attention since diabetes is linked with severe, critical, and lethal modes of COVID-19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFParthenolide, a strong cytotoxic compound found in different parts of which motivated the authors to develop an optimized microwave-assisted extraction (MEA) method using Box-Behnken design (BBD) for efficient extraction of parthenolide from the stem of and its validation by high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) and cytotoxic analysis. The optimized parameters for microwave extraction were determined as: 51.5 °C extraction temperature, 50.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Oleanolic acid, a pentacyclic triterpenic acid, is widely distributed in medicinal plants and is the most commonly studied triterpene for various biological activities, including anti-allergic, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory.
Methods: The present study was carried out to synthesize arylidene derivatives of oleanolic acid at the C-2 position by Claisen Schmidt condensation to develop more effective anti-inflammatory agents. The derivatives were screened for anti-inflammatory activity by scrutinizing NO production inhibition in RAW 264.
Expert Opin Drug Discov
July 2020
Introduction: A novel anticancer therapy is the need of the hour due to growing incidences of resistance to first line cancer chemotherapy. Synthetic lethality (SL) is one of the new age treatment methods being explored for combating the resistance to anticancer agents. In this method, cell mutations are exploited for the development of new therapeutic agents, where, if there is loss of function of one gene, the cell mutations can still be fixed by alternative machinery but if two genes involved in DNA repair undergo loss of function, it causes lethality to the cell.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNanoparticles form the fundamental building blocks for many exciting applications in various scientific disciplines due to its unique features such as large surface to mass ratio, targeting potential, ability to adsorbed and carry other compound which makes them suitable for biomedical applications. However, the problem of the large-scale synthesis of nanoparticles remains challenging due to physical instability associated with nanoparticles which lead to generation of aggregates particles with high polydispersity index (PDI) indicating low particle homogeneity and eventually loss of their special nanoscale properties. The stabilisation concept can be generated by repulsive electrostatic force, which nanoparticles experience, when they are surrounded by a double layer of electric charges.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis an important genus of the Loranthaceae family, and it is a semiparasitic plant grown in Saudi Arabia, traditionally used as a cure for diabetes and cancer in human and for increasing lactation in cattle. A flavonoid quercetin (), (-)-catechin (), and a flavane gallate 2S,3R-3,3',4',5,7-pentahydroxyflavane-5-O-gallate () were isolated from the methanol extract of the aerial parts of (PCME). The PCME and the isolated compounds were subjected to pharmacological assays to estimate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors PPAR and PPAR agonistic, anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic, and antimicrobial activities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the present study, authors want to encourage the research exertions through structureactivity relationship for the identification of effective molecules for the treatment of Human immunodeficiency virus because nowadays AIDS is considered as one of the main causes of death in human beings. A diversity of biological resources has been searched and developed for the treatment of HIV but unfortunately, until now, no medicine is found to be fully effective and safe for the cure of patients. Human immunodeficiency virus is a type of lentivirus which causes the infection of HIV and once it enters the human body, it stays for a longer period of time triggering immunodeficiency syndrome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis paper reports comparative extraction efficiencies and enhancement methods for natural herbicidal (growth inhibitors) compounds, momilactone A and B, respectively from the dried husks of using different extraction techniques and different solvent systems. Four different extraction techniques . percolation, agitation with heat, sonication and soxhlet using five solvent systems as ethyl acetate, acetone, acetonitrile, methanol and methanol:water (8:2) were evaluated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBergenin and menisdaurin are biologically active components which are found in plant (Phyllanthaceae). Bergenin has pharmacological actions such as chemopreventive and antihepatotoxic while menisdaurin has an anti-viral activity which needs its evaluation by an analytical method (UPLC-PDA method) that can be applied to the quality control of pharmaceutical preparations. The developed UPLC-PDA method was applied for identification and quantification of standards bergenin and menisdaurin in the methanol extract of (FVME).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvid Based Complement Alternat Med
September 2018
(Lamiaceae) is a well-known medicinal plant that grows in Saudi Arabia. This plant is used in Saudi and Yemeni folk medicine as an anti-inflammatory, carminative, and antirheumatic agent. In order to prove its use in folk medicine, four different extracts from the aerial parts of the plant: petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, and -butanol extracts were subjected to biological assays to screen PPAR and PPAR agnostic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and cytotoxic activities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSolanaceae is one of the highly diverse plant families of which is the largest genera (1700 species) containing several pharmacological properties like anticancer and antimicrobial. This motivated us to explore the anticancer (against HepG2, HEK-293, and MCF-7 cells) and antimicrobial (against and ) properties of , , , , and along with rutin estimation by UPLC-PDA method. Of the studied extracts, exhibited significant cytotoxic property against HepG2 (IC: 20.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFive new flavonoids namely, 5-hydroxy-6-isoprenyl-7,4'-dimethoxyflavonol-3---d-arabinofuranoside (), 5,7-dihydroxy-4'-methoxyflavone-7---d-arabinopyranosyl-2''--decan-1'''-oate (), 3-butanoyl-5,6,8-trihydroxy-7,4'-dimethoxyflavonol--5---d-glucopyranoside (), 7, 4'-dimethoxy-5-hydroxyflavone-5---d-arabinopyranosyl-(2'' → 1''')---d-arabinopyranoside (), and 5,6-dihydroxy-7, 4'-dimethoxyflavone-5---d-glucopyranoside (), together with two known compounds, were isolated from the methanol extract of leaves and straw. Their structures of new compounds were elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR spectral methods, viz: COSY, HMBC and HSQC aided by mass techniques and IR spectroscopy. The cytotoxicity of these compounds (- were assessed by using (RAW 264.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe standardized ethanol extract (EE) of aerial parts of four species [ (ASEE), (ALEE), (AHEE), and (ATEE)] were examined in order to compare their cytotoxic and antimicrobial activities. All the extracts were standardized by UPLC- PDA method using rutin as standard compound. The extracts ALEE, AHEE and ATEE were found to contain rutin along with several other phytoconstituents while rutin was absent in ASEE.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStatins in combination with fibrates show beneficial effects on the lipoprotein profile of patients because they have positive complimentary effects on lipid profile. A new green ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector method for simultaneous analysis of simvastatin (SMV) and fenofibrate (FNF) in standard form, marketed formulations, and self-emulsifying drug delivery system formulations was developed and validated in the present investigation. The method utilized C as stationary phase and a combination of methanol:water (8:2) as an eluent.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFC. A. Meyer (Araliaceae), is a well-known herb and used in the old established system of Oriental remedy, especially in Japan, China and Korea.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Extensive research on Rhus (Anacardiaceae) shows their antioxidant potential, which warrants further evaluation of its other species.
Objective: To perform a comparative antioxidant assay on extracts of R. retinorrhoea and R.
Biomarker rutin was analyzed in methanol extracts of leaves of five different species of genus Ficus (Ficus carica, Ficus nitida, Ficus ingens, Ficus palmata and Ficus vasta) by NP-HPTLC (Method I) and RP- HPTLC methods (Method II). The development and validation for method I was carried out with silica gel 60F254 plates using EA: GAA: FA: H2O (10:1:1:2.5, v/v/v/v) as developing system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiomarker β-amyrin was analyzed in the leaves of four different Acacia species (A. salicina, A. loreta, A.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new bioactive oxygenated homoditerpenic compound along with one known compound from the antimicrobial active ethanol extract of leaves of an endemic plant Centaurothamnus maximus was isolated. The n -hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and ethanol fractions of C. maximus leaves were evaluated for their antimicrobial potential by using standard agar well diffusion method against various microorganisms viz.
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