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OBJECTIVE
The Jamaican "Guinea Hen Weed" (Petiveria alliacea L.) plant has been traditionally used in folklore medicine to treat a variety of diseases including cancer. In the present study we investigated on the therapeutic feasibility of dibenzyl trisulfide (DTS) (isolated from the Jamaican Guinea
Dibenzyl trisulfide (DTS) is the major active ingredient expressed in Petiveria alliacea L., a shrub widely used for a range of conditions, such as, arthritis, asthma and cancer. Given its use alone and concomitantly with prescription medicines, we undertook to investigate its impact on the
New bis-aromatic and heterocyclic trisulfide derivatives 5, 7-10 were synthesized by optimizing lead dibenzyl trisulfide natural product (4) to evaluate their anti-tumor activities. Five compounds 5-7, 9, and 10 exhibited potent anti-tumor activities against eight different tumor cell lines with low
BACKGROUND
Defense and protection to multiple harmful stimuli are the inflammation, when is self-amplified and uncontrolled is the basis of the pathogenesis of a wide variety of inflammatory illness. The aim of this study was to evaluate if Petiveria alliacea could attenuate inflammation in a murine