Novel natural products are the perfect assassination tools

Novel delivery system for natural products: Nano-curcumin formulations

Objective: Curcumin is extracted from Curcuma longa and regulates the intracellular signal pathways which control the growth of cancerous cell, inflammation, invasion and apoptosis. Curcumin molecules have special intrinsic features that can target the intracellular enzymes, genome (DNA) and messengers (RNA). A wide range of studies have been conducted on the physicochemical traits and pharmaco...

Are Biosimilars Identical to the Reference Products?

Are Biosimilars Identical to the Reference Products?

Amorfrutins are potent antidiabetic dietary natural products.

Given worldwide increases in the incidence of obesity and type 2 diabetes, new strategies for preventing and treating metabolic diseases are needed. The nuclear receptor PPARγ (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma) plays a central role in lipid and glucose metabolism; however, current PPARγ-targeting drugs are characterized by undesirable side effects. Natural products from edible b...

The ‘birth-and-assassination’ Process

A new variant of a branching process is introduced, with sufficient conditions for it to persist and to die out. The model is applied to discuss the asymptotic stability of a new type of queuing process.