Muhammad Torequl Islam, Eunüs S. Ali, Shaikh Jamal Uddin, Subrata Shaw et al.
Phytol (PYT) is a diterpene member of the long-chain unsaturated acyclic alcohols. PYT and some of its derivatives, including phytanic acid (PA), exert a wide range of biological effects. PYT is a valuable essential oil (EO) used as a fragrance and a potential candidate for a broad range of applicat...
Mahmud Tareq Hassan Khan, Arjumand Ather, Kenneth D. Thompson, Roberto Gambari
Herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1 and -2) are important pathogens for humans, especially in the case of highly susceptible adults. Moreover, HSV-2 has been reported to be a high risk factor for HIV infection. Therefore, the discovery of novel anti-HSV drugs deserves great efforts. In this paper, we revi...
Mohammad Shoeb
Cancer is a major public health burden in both developed and developing countries. Plant derived agents are being used for the treatment of cancer. Several anticancer agents including taxol, vinblastine, vincristine, the camptothecin derivatives, topotecan and irinotecan, and etoposide derived from ...
Md. Rezaul Islam, Shopnil Akash, Md. Mominur Rahman, Feana Tasmim Nowrin et al.
Colon cancer affects both men and women and is the world's second most significant cause of cancer-related mortality. Colon cancer death rates have risen worldwide due to the current food habit and lifestyle, which include a lot of meat, alcohol, and not enough physical exercise. As a result, novel,...
Sarmistha Mitra, Raju Dash
Among all types of cancer, breast cancer is one of the most challenging diseases, which is responsible for a large number of cancer related deaths. Hormonal therapy, surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy have been used as treatment of breast cancer, for a very long time. Due to severe side effects...
Hitesh Chopra, Protity Shuvra Dey, Debashrita Das, Tanima Bhattacharya et al.
is curcumin and has gained importance in various treatments of various disorders such as antibacterial, antiprotozoal, cancer, obesity, diabetics and wound healing applications. Several techniques had been exploited as reported by researchers for increasing the therapeutic potential and its pharmaco...
Zidan Khan, Nikhil Nath, Abdur Rauf, Talha Bin Emran et al.
Currently, available therapeutic medications are both costly as well as not entirely promising in terms of potency. So, new candidates from natural resources are of research interest to find new alternative therapeutics. A well-known combination is a β-sitosterol, a plant-derived nutrient with antic...
Prabhakar Semwal, Sakshi Painuli, Tareq Abu‐Izneid, Abdur Rauf et al.
contain a lot of diosgenin, a steroidal sapogenin. This bioactive phytochemical has shown high potential and interest in the treatment of various disorders such as cancer, diabetes, arthritis, asthma, and cardiovascular disease, in addition to being an important starting material for the preparation...
Naznin Ara Khatune, Md. Ekramul Islam, Mohammad Rashedul Haque, Proma Khondkar et al.
Psoralidin, bakuchicin, psoralin and angelicin, isolated from the seeds of Psoralea corylifolia, showed significant antibacterial activities against a number of Gram (+) and Gram (-) bacteria.
Md. Adnan, Md. Nazim Uddin Chy, A.T.M. Mostafa Kamal, Md Obyedul Kalam Azad et al.
Ophiorrhiza rugosa var. prostrata is one of the most frequently used ethnomedicinal plants by the indigenous communities of Bangladesh. This study was designed to investigate the antidiarrheal, anti-inflammatory, anthelmintic and antibacterial activities of the ethanol extract of O. rugosa leaves (E...
Firoj Ahmed, Mohsen Sami Selim, Asish Kumar Das, M. S. K. Choudhuri
The methanolic extract of leaves of Lippia nodiflora Linn. was tested for its anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive activities. The extract showed a significant (P < 0.001) anti-inflammatory activity comparable to phenylbutazone against carrageenin-induced paw edema in rats and a significant (P < 0....
Md Asiful Islam, Fahmida Alam, Md. Solayman, Md. Ibrahim Khalil et al.
Cumulatively, degenerative disease is one of the most fatal groups of diseases, and it contributes to the mortality and poor quality of life in the world while increasing the economic burden of the sufferers. Oxidative stress and inflammation are the major pathogenic causes of degenerative diseases ...
Muhammad Torequl Islam, Marcus Vinícius Oliveira Barros de Alencar, Kátia da Conceição Machado, Keylla da Conceição Machado et al.
This study aims to review phytol (PYT), through published articles, periodicals, magazines and patents, which were retrieved from the PM, SD, WS, SP; DII, WIPO, CIPO, USPTO and INPI databases. Among the 149 articles and 62 patents, 27.52% articles and 87.09% patients were found on the searched topic...
Abdur Rauf, Mohammad Ali Shariati, Muhammad Imran, Kashif Bashir et al.
Though the incidence of several cancers in Western societies is regulated wisely, some cancers such as breast, lung, and colorectal cancer are currently rising in many low- and middle-income countries due to increased risk factors triggered by societal and development problems. Surgery, chemotherapy...
Shaikh Jamal Uddin, I. Darren Grice, Evelin Tiralongo
CONTEXT: Acrostichum aureumL. (Pteridaceae), a mangrove fern, has been used as a Bangladeshi traditional medicine for a variety of diseases including peptic ulcer. OBJECTIVE: Isolation and structural elucidation of cytotoxic secondary metabolites from the methanol extract of the aerial parts of A. a...