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January 2025
Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Life Sciences, Skromna Str. 8, Lublin, 20-704, Poland.
Polyphenolic plant compounds possess nutritional and pro-healthy potential, reducing the risk of auto-inflammatory and neoplastic diseases. However, their interference with the progression of thyroid gland dysfunctions has remained largely unaddressed. For this purpose, we combined the analyses of phenolic content and antioxidative activity with the thyroid peroxidase (TPO), lipoxygenase (LOX), xanthine oxidase (XO) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) activity assays, isobolographic approach and the estimation of thyroid cancer cells' proliferation and motility in vitro.
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November 2024
Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", 8 Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Despite significant efforts, cancer remains the second leading cause of mortality worldwide. The medicinal plant L. represents a valuable source of biologically active compounds with pharmacological activities including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antiviral.
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March 2025
UMR 152 PharmaDev, Université de Toulouse, IRD, UPS, France. Electronic address:
Hura crepitans (Euphorbiaceae), is widespread in the Amazon rainforest and on plantations in sub-Saharan Africa. This tree produces an irritating milky latex rich in secondary metabolites, notably daphnane-type diterpenes and cerebrosides. Previous studies have shown that huratoxin, the main daphnane in the latex, significantly and selectively inhibited the growth of colorectal cancer cells through a unique mechanism involving the activation of PKCζ.
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November 2024
Laboratory of Integrated Sciences, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, SP, CEP 09972-270, Brazil; Department of Environmental Sciences, Laboratory of Ecology and Nature Conservancy (LECON), Group of Landscape Ecology and Conservation Planning (LEPLAN), Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, CEP 09972-270, Brazil; Antimicrobial Resistance Institute of São Paulo (ARIES), São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address:
Anticancer Agents Med Chem
November 2024
Department of Pathological Anatomy, Saratov State Medical University n.a. V.I. Razumovsky, Saratov, Russia.
Introduction: Gratiola officinalis L. (hedge hyssop), a medicinal plant of the Scrophulariaceae family, has diuretic, purgative, and vermifuge properties. It is used as a herbal tea to treat chronic gastroenteritis, renal colic, jaundice, and intestinal worms.
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