Phytochemicals of Natural Products: Analysis and Biological Activities

Structures and Biological Activities of Some Toxic Natural Products

Concerning the relation of chemical structures and physiological activities, there are cases in which similar physiological actions are observed among compounds of similar structures, whilst, in contrast, some cases are known in which slight changes of the structure of compounds result in the remarkable alteration or complete loss of their physiological activities. A typical example of the latt...

Biological activities and phytochemicals of Swietenia macrophylla King.

Swietenia macrophylla King (Meliaceae) is an endangered and medicinally important plant indigenous to tropical and subtropical regions of the World. S. macrophylla has been widely used in folk medicine to treat various diseases. The review reveals that limonoids and its derivatives are the major constituents of S. macrophylla. There are several data in the literature indicating a great variety ...

Phytochemicals From Genus Diospyros (L.) and their Biological Activities

Phytochemicals from Mangifera pajang Kosterm and their biological activities

BACKGROUND Mangifera pajang Kosterm is a plant species from the mango family (Anacardiaceae). The fruits are edible and have been reported to have high antioxidant content. However, the detailed phytochemical studies of the plant have not been reported previously. This study investigates the phytochemicals and biological activities of different parts of Mangifera pajang. METHODS The plant sam...

Resources and Biological Activities of Natural Polyphenols

The oxidative stress imposed by reactive oxygen species (ROS) plays an important role in many chronic and degenerative diseases. As an important category of phytochemicals, phenolic compounds universally exist in plants, and have been considered to have high antioxidant ability and free radical scavenging capacity, with the mechanism of inhibiting the enzymes responsible for ROS production and ...