Bioactivity of Medicinal Plants and Extracts

• Other Authors: Les, Francisco (Editor), López, Víctor (Editor), Cásedas, Guillermo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Chemistry; anti-glucosidase; antioxidant; Brassicaceae; medicinal plants; enzyme inhibitor; polyphenols; stock flower; essential oil composition; insecticide; mosquitoes; mosquito-borne arboviruses diseases; repellent; sensory quality; antiparasitics; molluscicide; schistosomiasis; Africa; Asia; Brazil; astragalus; α-amylase; hyperoside; bioactive compounds; Haplophyllum tuberculatum; phytochemical analysis; HPLC analysis; antifungal property; tobacco mosaic virus; antiviral activity; Vernonia amygdalina; antifungal activity; Botrytis cinerea; phytochemical; tomato; gray mold disease; natural products; antitumor activity; new anticancer agents; apoptosis pathway; molecular docking; drug discovery; piperine; colon carcinogenesis; NF-κB/Nrf-2/Keap-1/HO-1 signalling pathways; ACF; MDF; Ganoderma lucidum; formaldehyde; liver; oxidative stress; inflammation; Aloe muth-muth; cell migration; HaCaT cells; in vitro cytotoxicity; scratch assay; wound healing; Mentha L. genus; aromatic herb; history; pharmacognosy; therapeutics; Carica papaya; diabetes; cancer; aging; periodontal disease; Alzheimer's disease; human epidermal keratinocytes; HaCaT; Curcuma amarissima; PI3K/AKT; RAS/ERK; proliferation; survival; 5α-reductase; androgenetic alopecia; rice bran; tocopherol; SRD5A2; molecular dynamics; RD69; Tubtim chumphae; propolis; antibacterial; antifungal; antiparasitic; antiviral; C. elegans; acetylcholinesterase; monoamine oxidase A; tyrosinase; herbal medicine; lifespan; cannabis flowers; neutral cannabinoids (sp. Sativa); supercritical extraction; supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2); SFE Nottingham unit; SFE Helix unit; Verbascum; traditional knowledge; validation; flavonoid; terpene; inflammatory; n/a; Foeniculum vulgare; chitinase; defensin; qRT-PCR; Vicia faba; plant disease; root rot; essential oil; plant promotion
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Medicinal plants and natural products have played a central role in therapeutics, being considered the origin of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. Plants are still a source in nature to obtain and isolate molecules with pharmacological applications (drug discovery), but can also be used as herbal medicinal...