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  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,638 Views
13 Pages

In Vitro Antiviral Activity of Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid against SARS-CoV-2

  • Erendira Villalobos-Sánchez,
  • Daniel García-Ruiz,
  • Tanya A. Camacho-Villegas,
  • Alejandro A. Canales-Aguirre,
  • Abel Gutiérrez-Ortega,
  • José E. Muñoz-Medina and
  • Darwin E. Elizondo-Quiroga

11 May 2023

The coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and has been spreading rapidly worldwide, creating a pandemic. This article describes the evaluation of the antiviral act...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,212 Views
20 Pages

Impact of Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid on Proliferation, Energy Metabolism, and Chemosensitization in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Cell Lines

  • Carina Chipón,
  • Paula Riffo,
  • Loreto Ojeda,
  • Mónica Salas,
  • Rafael A. Burgos,
  • Pamela Ehrenfeld,
  • Rodrigo López-Muñoz and
  • Angara Zambrano

29 October 2024

Lung cancer (LC) is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. LC can be classified into small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with the last subtype accounting for approximately 85% of all diagnosed lung cancer cases...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,821 Views
15 Pages

The Polyphenols α-Mangostin and Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid Induce Oxidative Stress, Cell Cycle Arrest, and Apoptosis in a Cellular Model of Medulloblastoma

  • Alberto Rojas-Ochoa,
  • Emilio J. Córdova,
  • Adela Carrillo-García,
  • Marcela Lizano,
  • José Pedraza-Chaverri,
  • Nelly Patiño,
  • Alfredo Cruz-Gregorio and
  • Norma Osnaya

29 November 2021

Medulloblastoma is a common malignant brain tumor in the pediatric age. The current therapeutics present serious collateral effects. Polyphenols α-mangostin and nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) exert potent antitumoral activity in different can...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,607 Views
16 Pages

Canopy Spraying of Abscisic Acid to Improve Fruit Quality of Different Sweet Cherry Cultivars

  • Alson Time,
  • Claudio Ponce,
  • Nathalie Kuhn,
  • Macarena Arellano,
  • Boris Sagredo,
  • José Manuel Donoso and
  • Lee A. Meisel

28 September 2021

Abscisic acid (ABA) plays a major role in promoting ripening in sweet cherry, a non-climacteric fruit. Exogenous application of ABA has been performed to study fruit ripening and cracking, but this growth regulator is not used for commercial producti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,509 Views
13 Pages

Nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) is a major lignan metabolite found in Larrea spp., which are widely used in South America to treat various diseases. In breast tissue, estradiol is metabolized to the catechol estrogens such as 4-hydroxyestradiol (4-O...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,265 Views
14 Pages

Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) hydrolyzes triglycerides in lipoprotein to supply fatty acids, and its deficiency leads to hypertriglyceridemia, thereby inducing metabolic syndrome (MetSyn). Nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) has been recently reported to inh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,277 Views
15 Pages

Assessing Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid Therapeutic Effect for Glioblastoma Multiforme

  • Felicia S. Manciu,
  • Jose Guerrero,
  • Kevin E. Bennet,
  • Su-Youne Chang,
  • Masum Rahman,
  • Lizbeth V. Martinez Lopez,
  • Siobhan Chantigian,
  • Mariana Castellanos and
  • Marian Manciu

30 March 2022

In this study, we demonstrate that Raman microscopy combined with computational analysis is a useful approach to discriminating accurately between brain tumor bio-specimens and to identifying structural changes in glioblastoma (GBM) bio-signatures af...

  • Article
  • Open Access
156 Views
21 Pages

Mammalian arachidonic acid lipoxygenases (ALOXs) are lipid-peroxidizing enzymes, which have been implicated in inflammatory, hyperproliferative and neurodegenerative diseases. Nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) is a naturally occurring antioxidant and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,736 Views
13 Pages

Chain-Breaking Antioxidant and Peroxyl Radical Trapping Activity of Phenol-Coated Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

  • Stefano Scurti,
  • Daniele Caretti,
  • Fabio Mollica,
  • Erika Di Antonio and
  • Riccardo Amorati

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) are important materials for biomedical applications, and phenol capping is a common procedure to passivate their surface. As phenol capped SPION have been reported to behave as antioxidants, herein,...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,077 Views
12 Pages

New Substituted 5-Benzylideno-2-Adamantylthiazol[3,2-b][1,2,4]Triazol-6(5H)ones as Possible Anti-Inflammatory Agents

  • Christophe Tratrat,
  • Michelyne Haroun,
  • Aliki Paparisva,
  • Charalmpos Kamoutsis,
  • Anthi Petrou,
  • Antonis Gavalas,
  • Phaedra Eleftheriou,
  • Athina Geronikaki,
  • Katharigatta N. Venugopala and
  • Anroop B. Nair
  • + 1 author

27 January 2021

Background: Inflammation is a complex response to noxious stimuli promoted by the release of chemical mediators from the damaged cells. Metabolic products of arachidonic acid, produced by the action of cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase, play important...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,156 Views
16 Pages

Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), a shrub distributed across approximately 19 Mha of arid North American regions, has traditional applications in folk medicine due to the presence of bioactive molecules such as nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) and e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,836 Views
20 Pages

Inflammation is a protective stress response triggered by external stimuli, with 5-lipoxygenase (5LOX) playing a pivotal role as a potent mediator of the leukotriene (Lts) inflammatory pathway. Nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) functions as a natural...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,435 Views
17 Pages

Lipid Nanoparticles Containing Mixtures of Antioxidants to Improve Skin Care and Cancer Prevention

  • Catarina Gonçalves,
  • Maria João Ramalho,
  • Renata Silva,
  • Vera Silva,
  • Rita Marques-Oliveira,
  • Ana Catarina Silva,
  • Maria Carmo Pereira and
  • Joana A. Loureiro

Oxidative stress, triggered by UV radiation, is one of the major causes of free radical-associated disorders, such as skin cancer. The application of natural compounds (NCs) with antioxidant effects can attenuate free radicals’ accumulation and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
5,444 Views
15 Pages

Exogenous Melatonin and Abscisic Acid Expedite the Flavonoids Biosynthesis in Grape Berry of Vitis vinifera cv. Kyoho

  • Mingyi Yang,
  • Lei Wang,
  • Tarun Belwal,
  • Xiaocheng Zhang,
  • Hongyan Lu,
  • Cunkun Chen and
  • Li Li

18 December 2019

Grape polyphenols contributing to more than half of the global polyphenol market were well studied; however, how melatonin (MLT), a potential plant hormone, and abscisic acid (ABA) affects polyphenols profile is still poorly understood. To explore wh...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,797 Views
7 Pages

Phenolic Profile and Antioxidant Activity of Ethanolic Extract of Larrea cuneifolia Cav. Leaves

  • Maria Emilia Lorenzo,
  • Patricia Elizabeth Gómez,
  • Eugenia Sabatino,
  • Adrián Federico Segovia,
  • Lara Carolina Figueroa and
  • María Verónica Baroni

9 November 2020

The genus of the Zygophyllaceae family includes evergreen shrub species. Background highlights the antioxidant and anti-tumor activity of Larrea divaricate and nordihydroguayaretic acid (NDGA) due to their potential as a dietary supplement and food p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,066 Views
22 Pages

Human 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) are potential targets for suppressing pruritic skin inflammation in atopic dermatitis (AD). In addition, Staphylococcus aureus colonization and oxidative stress worsen AD skin conditions. We a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,298 Views
14 Pages

Virtual Screening for Potential Allosteric Inhibitors of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 from Traditional Chinese Medicine

  • Fang Lu,
  • Ganggang Luo,
  • Liansheng Qiao,
  • Ludi Jiang,
  • Gongyu Li and
  • Yanling Zhang

21 September 2016

Cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2), a member of Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), plays an important role in cell division and DNA replication. It is regarded as a desired target to treat cancer and tumor by interrupting aberrant cell proliferation. Com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,454 Views
15 Pages

Biological Activities and Chemical Composition of Santolina africana Jord. et Fourr. Aerial Part Essential Oil from Algeria: Occurrence of Polyacetylene Derivatives

  • Charaf Eddine Watheq Malti,
  • Clémentine Baccati,
  • Magali Mariani,
  • Faiçal Hassani,
  • Brahim Babali,
  • Fewzia Atik-Bekkara,
  • Mathieu Paoli,
  • Jacques Maury,
  • Félix Tomi and
  • Chahrazed Bekhechi

8 January 2019

The chemical composition of 18 oil samples of Santolina africana isolated from aerial parts at full flowering, collected in three locations in eastern Algeria was determined by GC(RI), GC/MS and 13C-NMR analysis. The major components were: germacrene...

  • Review
  • Open Access
61 Citations
9,968 Views
25 Pages

Targeting Mammalian 5-Lipoxygenase by Dietary Phenolics as an Anti-Inflammatory Mechanism: A Systematic Review

  • Juan Antonio Giménez-Bastida,
  • Antonio González-Sarrías,
  • José Moisés Laparra-Llopis,
  • Claus Schneider and
  • Juan Carlos Espín

5-Lipoxygenase (5-LOX) plays a key role in inflammation through the biosynthesis of leukotrienes and other lipid mediators. Current evidence suggests that dietary (poly)phenols exert a beneficial impact on human health through anti-inflammatory activ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,627 Views
14 Pages

Active Compounds in Zingiber officinale as Possible Redox Inhibitors of 5-Lipoxygenase Using an In Silico Approach

  • Jaqueline Stephanie Ley-Martínez,
  • Jose Erick Ortega-Valencia,
  • Oscar García-Barradas,
  • Maribel Jiménez-Fernández,
  • Esmeralda Uribe-Lam,
  • Carlos Iván Vencedor-Meraz and
  • Jacqueline Oliva-Ramírez

5-Lipoxygenase (5-LOX) converts arachidonic acid to lipidic inflammatory mediators such as leukotrienes (LTs). In diseases such as asthma, LTs contribute to a physiopathology that could be reverted by blocking 5-LOX. Natural products with anti-inflam...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,820 Views
32 Pages

Novel Multi-Target Agents Based on the Privileged Structure of 4-Hydroxy-2-quinolinone

  • Ioanna Kostopoulou,
  • Andromachi Tzani,
  • Konstantina Chronaki,
  • Kyriakos C. Prousis,
  • Eleni Pontiki,
  • Dimitra Hadjiplavlou-Litina and
  • Anastasia Detsi

28 December 2023

In this work, the privileged scaffold of 4-hydroxy-2quinolinone is investigated through the synthesis of carboxamides and hybrid derivatives, as well as through their bioactivity evaluation, focusing on the ability of the molecules to inhibit the soy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,228 Views
14 Pages

Ethylene Signaling Pathway Genes in Strawberry and Their Expression Patterns during Fruit Ripening

  • Yunting Zhang,
  • Meiyi Deng,
  • Xianjie Gu,
  • Chenhui Guo,
  • Yan Chen,
  • Yuanxiu Lin,
  • Qing Chen,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Yong Zhang and
  • Haoru Tang
  • + 2 authors

21 July 2023

Ethylene at least partly regulates some aspects during non-climacteric ripening in strawberry. However, the ethylene signaling pathway genes in the strawberry fruit have not been comprehensively and systematically analyzed. In the present study, 15 F...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,368 Views
18 Pages

9 October 2022

Fish by-product oil and lemon oil have potential applications as active ingredients in many industries, including cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food. However, the physicochemical properties, especially the poor stability, compromised the usage. Gene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
7,411 Views
11 Pages

Antioxidant Activity of Flaxseed Extracts in Lipid Systems

  • Adriana Slavova-Kazakova,
  • Magdalena Karamać,
  • Vessela Kancheva and
  • Ryszard Amarowicz

23 December 2015

The aim of this work was to compare the antioxidant activity of the extract of flaxseed and its alkaline hydrolysate in two model systems: lipid autoxidation of triacylglycerols of sunflower oil (TGSO)—in a homogeneous lipid media and during β-carote...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,849 Views
17 Pages

Chemical Variability and In Vitro Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Leaf Essential Oil from Ivorian Isolona dewevrei (De Wild. & T. Durand) Engl. & Diels

  • Didjour Albert Kambiré,
  • Jean Brice Boti,
  • Ahmont Claude Landry Kablan,
  • Daouda Ballo,
  • Mathieu Paoli,
  • Virginie Brunini and
  • Félix Tomi

15 October 2021

The chemical variability and the in vitro anti-inflammatory activity of the leaf essential oil from Ivorian Isolona dewevrei were investigated for the first time. Forty-seven oil samples were analyzed using a combination of CC, GC(RI), GC-MS and 13C-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,636 Views
21 Pages

An Effective, Green Synthesis Procedure for Obtaining Coumarin–Hydroxybenzohydrazide Derivatives and Assessment of Their Antioxidant Activity and Redox Status

  • Edina H. Avdović,
  • Žiko Milanović,
  • Dušica Simijonović,
  • Marko Antonijević,
  • Milena Milutinović,
  • Danijela Nikodijević,
  • Nenad Filipović,
  • Zoran Marković and
  • Radiša Vojinović

1 December 2023

In this study, green synthesis of two derivatives of coumarin–hydroxybenzohydrazide, (E)-2,4-dioxo-3-(1-(2-(2,3,4-trihydroxybenzoyl)hydrazyl)ethylidene)-chroman-7-yl acetate (C–HB1), and (E)-2,4-dioxo-3-(1-(2-(3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl)hydr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,373 Views
13 Pages

Synthesis and Antioxidant Properties of Novel 1,2,3-Triazole-Containing Nitrones

  • Dimitra Hadjipavlou-Litina,
  • Iwona E. Głowacka,
  • José Marco-Contelles and
  • Dorota G. Piotrowska

24 December 2022

Herein, we report the synthesis and antioxidant capacity of twelve novel 1,2,3-triazole-containing nitrones such as N-(2-(4-aryl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)ethylidene)methanamine oxides 8af and N-(2-(4-aryl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)ethylidene)-2-meth...