Glycoalkaloids as medicinal agents from callus and regenerated plants of Solanum nigrum var. judaicum

Anticancer agents from medicinal plants

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 epipodophyllotoxin are in clinical use all over the world. A number of promising agents such as f...

Medicinal Plants as Immunosuppressive Agents in Traditional Iranian Medicine

Medicinal Plants as Anti-Ulcer Agents

Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is considered as one of the common diseases in the world. Treatment of peptic ulcer with synthetic drugs such as proton pump inhibitors, H2 receptor antagonists and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs has shown adverse effects, relapses, drug interactions. Medicinal plants containing active chemical constituents are useful in prevention and treatment of variou...

Medicinal Plants as Hypocholes-terolemic Agents

Steroidal glycoalkaloids in Solanum chacoense.

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), a domesticated species that is the fourth most important world agricultural commodity, requires significant management to minimize the effects of herbivore and pathogen damage on crop yield. A wild relative, Solanum chacoense Bitt., has been of interest to plant breeders because it produces an abundance of novel steroidal glycoalkaloid compounds, leptines and lept...