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Molecules, Volume 21, Issue 6

June 2016 - 141 articles

Cover Story: Natural products have always been exploited to promote health and have served as a valuable source for the discovery of new drugs. Besides others, they provide great potential for the treatment or prevention of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, which are global health problems with rising prevalence. Certain natural compounds, such as dietary constituents, are known to bring relevant health benefits. Moreover, many plants are used in traditional medicine, and for some natural products, efficacy and safety have already been proven by clinical trials. Furthermore, statins and biguanides are prominent representatives of natural products (or their derivatives) in the fight against metabolic disease. View the paper
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Articles (141)

  • Review
  • Open Access
65 Citations
20,863 Views
37 Pages

Polyketides are structurally and functionally diverse secondary metabolites that are biosynthesized by polyketide synthases (PKSs) using acyl-CoA precursors. Recent studies in the engineering and structural characterization of PKSs have facilitated t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,832 Views
15 Pages

Natural product lingenol, a purified diterpenoid compound derived from the root of Euphorbia kansui, exerts serious hepatotoxicity; however, the molecular mechanisms remain to be defined. In the present study, cell counting Kit-8 (CCK-8), inverted ph...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,558 Views
13 Pages

Anthraquinone-2-carboxlic acid (9,10-dihydro-9,10-dioxo-2-anthracenecarboxylic acid, AQCA) was identified as one of the major anthraquinones in Brazilian taheebo. Since there was no report explaining its immunopharmacological actions, in this study,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,818 Views
13 Pages

“Starkrimson” is a traditional apple cultivar that was developed a long time ago and was widely cultivated in the arid region of the northern Wei River of China. However, little information regarding the quality characteristics of “Starkrimson” fruit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
8,665 Views
10 Pages

Essential Oil Variation from Twenty Two Genotypes of Citrus in Brazil—Chemometric Approach and Repellency Against Diaphorina citri Kuwayama

  • Moacir Dos Santos Andrade,
  • Leandro Do Prado Ribeiro,
  • Paulo Cesar Borgoni,
  • Maria Fátima das Graças Fernandes da Silva,
  • Moacir Rossi Forim,
  • João Batista Fernandes,
  • Paulo Cezar Vieira,
  • José Djair Vendramin and
  • Marcos Antônio Machado

The chemical composition of volatile oils from 22 genotypes of Citrus and related genera was poorly differentiated, but chemometric techniques have clarified the relationships between the 22 genotypes, and allowed us to understand their resistance to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,717 Views
16 Pages

Ultrahigh Pressure Processing Produces Alterations in the Metabolite Profiles of Panax ginseng

  • Mee Youn Lee,
  • Digar Singh,
  • Sung Han Kim,
  • Sang Jun Lee and
  • Choong Hwan Lee

Ultrahigh pressure (UHP) treatments are non-thermal processing methods that have customarily been employed to enhance the quality and productivity of plant consumables. We aimed to evaluate the effects of UHP treatments on ginseng samples (white gins...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
8,156 Views
13 Pages

Synthesis and Evaluation of 99mTc-Labeled Dimeric Folic Acid for FR-Targeting

  • Zhide Guo,
  • Mengna Gao,
  • Manli Song,
  • Changrong Shi,
  • Pu Zhang,
  • Duo Xu,
  • Linyi You,
  • Rongqiang Zhuang,
  • Xinhui Su and
  • Ting Liu
  • + 2 authors

The folate receptor (FR) is overexpressed in a wide variety of human tumors. In our study, the multimeric concept was used to synthesize a dimeric folate derivative via a click reaction. The novel folate derivative (HYNIC-D1-FA2) was radiolabeled wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,585 Views
15 Pages

Melandrii Herba (MH) is a traditional Asian medicinal herb used to treat breast cancer, anuria, and diseases of lactation. However, its biological properties and molecular mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. The purpose of this study was to in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
12,737 Views
11 Pages

Aza-Michael reactions between primary aliphatic and aromatic amines and various Michael acceptors have been performed under environmentally-friendly solventless conditions using acidic alumina as a heterogeneous catalyst to selectively obtain the cor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,508 Views
11 Pages

Uprolides N, O and P from the Panamanian Octocoral Eunicea succinea

  • Daniel Torres-Mendoza,
  • Yisett González,
  • José Félix Gómez-Reyes,
  • Héctor M. Guzmán,
  • José Luis López-Perez,
  • William H. Gerwick,
  • Patricia L. Fernandez and
  • Marcelino Gutiérrez

Three new diterpenes, uprolide N (1), uprolide O (2), uprolide P (3) and a known one, dolabellane (4), were isolated from the CH2Cl2-MeOH extract of the gorgonian octocoral Eunicea succinea, collected from Bocas del Toro, on the Caribbean coast of Pa...

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