Inhibition of Aldose Reductase (AR) is very important in terms preventing many diabetic complications such as retinopathy, neuropathy, and cataract. In this study, inhibition effects some antiproliferative agents, which have been shown to biological activities besides their anticancer properties, on the AR enzyme, a diabetes-related were investigated. Biochanin A compound with an IC50 value 4.4...

Sanguinaria canadensis L. is reported by TAUBENHAUS and EZEKIEL (6) to be highly resistant to the Phymatotrichum root rot. It has long been of interest on account of its alkaloidal content. DANA (1) isolated the alkaloid, sanguinarine, from this species in 1827. Since that time chelerythrine, protopine, and jand y-homochelidonine have been isolated from the rhizome and roots (5). For these reas...