Pharmacokinetics and Biological Activity of Cucurbitacins

• Main Authors: Eugenia Elisa Delgado-Tiburcio (Author), Jorge Cadena-Iñiguez (Author), Edelmiro Santiago-Osorio (Author), Lucero del Mar Ruiz-Posadas (Author), Israel Castillo-Juárez (Author), Itzen Aguiñiga-Sánchez (Author), Marcos Soto-Hernández (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cucurbitacins are a class of secondary metabolites initially isolated from the Cucurbitaceae family. They are important for their analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiviral, and anticancer biological actions. This review addresses pharmacokinetic parameters recently reported, including a...