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BACKGROUND
Parinari curatellifolia and Combretum zeyheri are medicinal plants used in Zimbabwe and other Southern African countries for stomach ailments, fever, body aches, wound healing, cancer and tuberculosis. Glutathione transferases (GSTs) are mammalian enzymes that play a significant role in
Two structurally novel cytotoxic ent-kaurene diterpenoids, 13-methoxy-15-oxozoapatlin and 13-hydroxy-15-oxozoapatlin, were isolated from the root bark of Parinari curatellifolia, together with the known compound, 15-oxozoapatlin, on the basis of bioactivity-guided chromatographic fractionation and
Twenty-three kaurane-type diterpenes 1 - 23, including twenty new natural products 1 - 20, have been isolated from the leaves of Parinari sprucei and their structures elucidated by spectroscopic and chemical analysis. The isolated compounds were tested for their cytotoxic activity towards a panel of
BACKGROUND
Parinari curatellifolia is a prominent plant in folk medicine in Sub-Saharan Africa. The plant decoctions are used to treat various ailments, including the treatment of cancer, pneumonia, fever, microbial infections and anti-inflammation. The aims of the study were to investigate the
BACKGROUND
Parinari kerstingii Engl. extract is traditionally used for the treatment of inflammation, bronchopneumonia, feverish pains, and breast cancer. However, there have not been any scientific reports regarding the medicinal properties of this plant, and no experiments have been done to
The activation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (VEGFR-1, also known as Flt-1) is crucial in many physiological and pathological conditions, like angiogenesis, cancer, inflammation, hematopoiesis, bone marrow precursors/stem cells recruitment in tumor angiogenesis, and metastasis
Checkpoints activated in response to DNA damage cause arrest in the G(1) and G(2) phases of the cell cycle. Inhibitors of the G(2) checkpoint may be used as tools to study this response and also to increase the effectiveness of DNA-damaging therapies against cancers lacking p53 function. Using a