Md Ashraful Alam, Nusrat Subhan, Mahbubur Rahman, Shaikh Jamal Uddin et al.
Flavonoids are important natural compounds with diverse biologic activities. Citrus flavonoids constitute an important series of flavonoids. Naringin and its aglycone naringenin belong to this series of flavonoids and were found to display strong anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. Several...
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...
Razina Rouf, Shaikh Jamal Uddin, Dipto Kumer Sarker, Muhammad Torequl Islam et al.
Background Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is a common herb consumed worldwide as functional food and traditional remedy for the prevention of infectious diseases since ancient time. Garlic and its active organosulfur compounds (OSCs) have been reported to alleviate a number of viral infections in pre-cl...
Rosália Maria Tôrres de Lima, Antonielly Campinho dos Reis, Ag‐Anne Pereira Melo de Menezes, José Victor de Oliveira Santos et al.
Natural dietary agents have attracted considerable attention due to their role in promoting health and reducing the risk of diseases including cancer. Ginger, one of the most ancient known spices, contains bioactive compounds with several health benefits. [6]-Gingerol constitutes the most pharmacolo...
Eunüs S. Ali, Shazid Md. Sharker, Muhammad Torequl Islam, Ishaq Khan et al.
Nanotechnology is reshaping health care strategies and is expected to exert a tremendous impact in the coming years offering better healthcare facilities. It has led to not only therapeutic drug delivery feasibility but also to diagnostics. Materials in the size of nano range (1-100 mm) used in the ...
Muhammad Torequl Islam, Chandan Kumar Sarkar, Dina M. El‐Kersh, Sarmin Jamaddar et al.
Several corona viral infections have created serious threats in the last couple of decades claiming the death of thousands of human beings. Recently, corona viral epidemic raised the issue of developing effective antiviral agents at the earliest to prevent further losses. Natural products have alway...
Muhammad Torequl Islam, Eunüs S. Ali, Shaikh Jamal Uddin, Md. Amirul Islam et al.
The diterpene lactone andrographolide, isolated from Andrographis paniculata, has been proven to possess several important protective biological activities, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, antiseptic, antimicrobial, cytotoxic, hypolipidemic, cardioprotective, hepatoprotec...
Shaikh Jamal Uddin, I. Darren Grice, Evelin Tiralongo
To investigate the cytotoxic effect of some Bangladeshi medicinal plant extracts, 16 Bangladeshi medicinal plants were successively extracted with n-hexane, dichloromethane, methanol and water. The methanolic and aqueous extracts were screened for cytotoxic activity against healthy mouse fibroblasts...
Md. Khirul Islam, Sanjib Saha, Imran Mahmud, Khalit Mohamad et al.
Ethnopharmacological relevance Madhupur forest area, Tangail is one of early human settlements in Bangladesh. Having abode in the vicinity of the forest, a strong ethnobotanical practice has prevailed in this area since ancient time. Due to the rapid deforestation during the last few decades, many p...
Keylla da Conceição Machado, Muhammad Torequl Islam, Eunüs S. Ali, Razina Rouf et al.
Beta (β)-caryophyllene (BCAR) is a major sesquiterpene of various plant essential oils reported for several important pharmacological activities, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, cardioprotective, hepatoprotective, gastroprotective, nephroprotective, antimicrobial, and immune-mo...
Shaikh Jamal Uddin, Kakoli Rani Mondal, Jamil A. Shilpi, M.T. Rahman
The methanol extract of Cyperus rotundus rhizome, given orally at the doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg b.w., showed significant antidiarrhoeal activity in castor oil induced diarrhoea in mice. Among the fractions, tested at 250 mg/kg, the petroleum ether fraction (PEF) and residual methanol fraction (RMF)...
José Williams Gomes de Oliveira Filho, Muhammad Torequl Islam, Eunüs S. Ali, Shaikh Jamal Uddin et al.
Citrinin (CIT) is a mycotoxin which causes contamination in the food and is associated with different toxic effects. A web search on CIT has been conducted covering the timespan since 1946. The accumulated data indicate that CIT is produced by several fungal strains belonging to Penicillium, Aspergi...
Muhammad Torequl Islam, Abul Bashar Ripon Khalipha, Rajat Bagchi, Milon Mondal et al.
This review aims to summarize the anticancer effects of the natural monoterpene phenol derivative of cymenethymol and its derivatives as well as further molecular docking study to correlate the interaction of thymol and biomacromolecules that involved in cancer cell growth. For this, an up-to-date (...
Shaikh Jamal Uddin, Lutfun Nahar, Jamil A. Shilpi, Mohammad Shoeb et al.
Abstract Xylocarpus granatum J. König (Meliaceae), commonly known as ‘dhundul’, is a Bangladeshi mangrove tree, and well distributed in a number of other countries of south‐east Asia, Australia and east Africa. Traditionally, X. granatum has been used as an astringent and febrifuge, and also for the...
Shaikh Jamal Uddin, Jamil A. Shilpi, Saidul Alam, M Alamgir et al.
The methanol (MeOH) extract of the barks of Xylocarpus moluccensis, and different fractions of this extract were studied for antidiarrhoeal activity using castor oil- and magnesium sulphate-induced diarrhoea models in mice. At the doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg, the MeOH extract showed significant antid...