Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYPs) are enzymes that play critical roles in the structural diversification of triterpenoids. To perform site-specific oxidations triterpene scaffold, CYPs require electrons transferred by NADPH-cytochrome reductase (CPR), which is classified into two main classes, class I and II, based on their difference. Lotus japonicus a triterpenoids-producing model legume ...

Frankincense is an aromatic terpenoid oleo-gum resin produced by trees in the genus Boswellia. It has been used for medicinal and religious purposes millennia, today important component perfume aromatherapy. The of Boswellia frereana especially prized, found to contain a high proportion monoterpenes. However, previous studies have relied on commercial samples; this study, we characterize compos...

Raphionacme vignei E. A. Bruce (Apocynaceae) is a plant of the traditional African pharmacopoeia, whose parts are used in treatment various pathologies. Water-soaked R. tubers edible. The objective this study was to isolate triterpenoids from acetonic extract tubers, evaluate analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities each molecule. isolated compounds, characterized by NMR mass spectrometry, co...

Phaseolus vulgaris is one of the most widely used traditional remedies for diabetes mellitus. Over a thousand medicinal plants have been found to contain anti-diabetic chemicals, bulk which long in medicine. The pharmacological significance eating diabetics has intensively explored order identify several bioactive components responsible their diabetes-controlling benefits. Researchers previousl...

BACKGROUND Bursera copallifera (Burseraceae) releases a resin known as "copal ancho" which has been used, since pre-Colombian times, as ceremonially burned incense and to treat tooth ache, tumors, arthritis, cold, cough, and various inflammatory conditions; however, its anti-inflammatory potential is poorly studied. The aim of the present study was to isolate, quantify, and to investigate the a...