The quassinoids bruceines A-M: pharmacology, mechanism of action, synthetic advance, and pharmacokinetics-a review.

Bruceines A-L are among the quassinoid representatives found in the medicinal plant Brucea javanica (L.). An overview of their pharmacological activities is still unknown.

Essential Oils of Five Species Growing Wild in Vietnam: Chemical Compositions and Antimicrobial and Mosquito Larvicidal Potentials.

The essential oils of five Vietnamese species (, , , , and ) were first hydro-distilled and analyzed using GC-FID/MS (gas chromatography-flame ionization detection/mass spectrometry). Monoterpene hydrocarbons, sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, and oxygenated sesquiterpenoids were the main chemical classes in these oils. All these essential oils showed good-excellent antimicrobial activities against Gram-positive bacteria , , and , and the yeast leaf essential oil, rich in bicyclogermacrene (25.

The genus Cratoxylum: traditional use, phytochemistry and pharmacology.

Objectives: The genus Cratoxylum contained medicinal herbs, which are widely distributed in South-East Asia and China. Plants of this genus were consumed as a vegetable side dish, a spice, an ingredient in soup, or a substitute for tea, as well as they are traditionally appropriate for various diseases such as fever, cough, flu, diarrhoea, etc. The most aims of the current review are to highlight the ultimate information about the traditional use, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Cratoxylum medicinal plants.

Oxymatrine: A current overview of its health benefits.

Oxymatrine (OMT), was identified as a quinolizidine alkaloid, which was one of the major matrine-type alkaloids extracted from Sophora medicinal plants. Growing studies revealed that OMT has a wide range of beneficial pharmacological values, consisting of anticancer, antidiabetic, antivirus, and antiinflammtion, as well as the protective activities to the brain, liver, heart, lung, vascular, gastrointestinal, bone, kidney, and skin organs. Various in vitro and in vivo models of pharmacological actions were recorded in regard to the usage of alkaloidal OMT.

: A Review on its Phytochemistry and Pharmacology.

Background: (the family Thymelaeaceae) consists of medicinal plants which established great value in traditional medicines for many years. For instance, W. indica is always recommended for treatments of syphilis, arthritis, whooping cough, and cancer.

Genus : An Extensive Review on Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology.

Background: (the Myristicaceae family) is a large genus of small-medium trees found in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Australia. Historical records dealt with the uses of species as medicinal plants against various diseases, especially cancer remedies, or their application as tonic agents in Asian communities Objective: The aim of this review is to provide the most current knowledge on the traditional uses, chemical profiles, as well as pharmacological values of plants.

Methods: Through electronic search, the literature materials on plants were acquired from scholarly journals, books, and internationally recognized scientific databases, such as PubMed, ScienceDirect, Sci-Finder, Web of Science, and Google Scholar.

Wedelolactone: A molecule of interests.

Background: The search for bioactive molecules from medicinal plants of the family Asteraceae has been one of the targets in various phytochemical and pharmacological investigations for many years. According to these studies, wedelolactone, a coumestan of the secondary metabolite type, is a key compound found in several Eclipta and Wedelia herbal plants. To date, numerous experimental studies with intention of highlighting its role in drug development programs were carried out, but an extensive review is not sufficient.

Botanical Description, Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of the Genus Artabotrys: A Review.

Artabotrys is a genus of small trees in the family Annonaceae. This genus contained over 100 perennial medicinal plants available in the old world tropics. Artabotrys plants have a lengthy history of use in medicine for malaria, diarrhea, backache, and scrofula treatments, as well as some of which were used as tea-like beverages.

The Medicinal Plant Ledeb.: Botanical Description, Traditional use, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology.

Background: Hairy agrimony (Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb.) is a traditional medicinal plant widely used in Eastern Europe and Eastern Asia. The plant is harvested as it comes into flower and could be dried for later usage.

A comprehensive review on phytochemistry and pharmacology of genus : monoterpene alkaloids - major secondary metabolites.

belongs to the family Apocynaceae, which was originally classified as a genus in 1823. consists of medicinal plants that can be traditionally used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, and dropsy. More than one hundred and twenty-five publications have been documented relating to the phytochemical and pharmacological results, but a systematic review is not available.