Natural Product Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
This
review
highlights
six
privileged
classes
of
natural
products
–
coumarins,
polyphenols,
labdane
diterpenoids,
sesquiterpene
lactones,
isoquinoline
and
indole
alkaloids—for
potential
anti-inflammatory
drug
development.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
72(11), P. 5983 - 5992
Published: March 8, 2024
Structural
modification
of
natural
products
is
an
effective
approach
for
improving
antifungal
activity
and
has,
therefore,
been
used
extensively
in
the
development
new
agrochemical
products.
In
this
work,
a
series
novel
coumarin
derivatives
containing
oxime
ether
structures
were
designed,
synthesized,
evaluated
activity.
Some
designed
compounds
exhibited
promising
activities
against
tested
fungi,
4a,
4c,
5a,
6b
had
EC50
values
equivalent
to
those
commercial
fungicides.
Compound
was
most
candidate
fungicide
Rhizoctonia
solani
(EC50
=
0.46
μg/mL).
vivo
bioassays
suggested
that
5a
could
serve
as
agricultural
antifungals.
Furthermore,
microscopy
demonstrated
compound
induced
sprawling
growth
hyphae,
distorted
outline
cell
walls,
reduced
mitochondrial
numbers.
Additionally,
effects
substituent
steric,
electrostatic,
hydrophobic,
hydrogen-bond
fields
elucidated
using
accurate
reliable
three-dimensional
quantitative
structure–activity
relationship
(3D-QSAR)
model.
The
results
presented
here
will
guide
discovery
potential
fungicides
plant
disease
control
agriculture.
Pharmaceuticals,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
16(6), P. 881 - 881
Published: June 15, 2023
Among
all
available
antimicrobials,
antibiotics
hold
a
prime
position
in
the
treatment
of
infectious
diseases.
However,
emergence
antimicrobial
resistance
(AMR)
has
posed
serious
threat
to
effectiveness
antibiotics,
resulting
increased
morbidity,
mortality,
and
escalation
healthcare
costs
causing
global
health
crisis.
The
overuse
misuse
setups
have
accelerated
development
spread
AMR,
leading
multidrug-resistant
(MDR)
pathogens,
which
further
limits
options.
This
creates
critical
need
explore
alternative
approaches
combat
bacterial
infections.
Phytochemicals
gained
attention
as
potential
source
medicine
address
challenge
AMR.
are
structurally
functionally
diverse
multitarget
effects,
disrupting
essential
cellular
activities.
Given
promising
results
plant-based
coupled
with
slow
discovery
novel
it
become
highly
imperative
vast
repository
phytocompounds
overcome
looming
catastrophe
review
summarizes
AMR
towards
existing
potent
phytochemicals
having
activities,
along
comprehensive
overview
123
Himalayan
medicinal
plants
reported
possess
phytocompounds,
thus
compiling
information
that
will
help
researchers
exploration
International Journal of Molecular Sciences,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
24(3), P. 2839 - 2839
Published: Feb. 2, 2023
This
review
summarizes
and
systematizes
the
literature
on
anti-HIV
activity
of
plant
coumarins
with
emphasis
isolation
mechanism
their
antiviral
action.
information
properties
simple
as
well
annulated
furano-
pyranocoumarins
shows
that
origin
can
act
by
several
mechanisms:
inhibition
HIV
reverse
transcriptase
integrase,
cellular
factors
regulate
HIV-1
replication,
transmission
viral
particles
from
infected
macrophages
to
healthy
ones.
It
is
important
note
some
are
able
through
mechanisms
or
bind
sites,
which
ensures
resistance
these
compounds
mutations.
Here
we
last
two
decades
research
naturally
occurring
coumarins.
Pharmaceuticals,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
16(4), P. 511 - 511
Published: March 30, 2023
Nrf2
(nuclear
factor
erythroid
2-related
2)
is
a
transcription
related
to
stress
response
and
cellular
homeostasis
that
plays
key
role
in
maintaining
the
redox
system.
The
imbalance
of
system
triggering
for
initiation
progression
non-communicable
diseases
(NCDs),
including
Inflammatory
Bowel
Disease
(IBD).
its
inhibitor
Kelch-like
ECH-associated
protein
1
(Keap1)
are
main
regulators
oxidative
their
activation
has
been
recognized
as
promising
strategy
treatment
or
prevention
several
acute
chronic
diseases.
Moreover,
Nrf2/keap
signaling
pathway
promotes
inhibition
NF-κB,
transcriptional
pro-inflammatory
cytokines
expression,
synchronically
promoting
an
anti-inflammatory
response.
Several
natural
coumarins
have
reported
potent
antioxidant
intestinal
compounds,
acting
by
different
mechanisms,
mainly
modulator
pathway.
Based
on
vivo
vitro
studies,
this
review
focuses
obtained
from
both
plant
products
fermentative
processes
food
plants
gut
microbiota,
which
activate
produce
activity.
Although
metabolites
urolithin
A
B
well
other
plant-derived
display
activity
modulating
pathway,
studies
necessary
better
pharmacological
characterization
evaluation
potential
lead
compounds.
Esculetin,
4-methylesculetin,
daphnetin,
osthole,
imperatorin
most
coumarin
derivatives
compounds
design
synthesis
activators
with
However,
further
structure–activity
relationships
experimental
models
inflammation
subsequent
clinical
trials
health
disease
volunteers
essential
determine
efficacy
safety
IBD
patients.
Chemistry & Biodiversity,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
21(6)
Published: April 8, 2024
Plant-derived
coumarin
(PDC)
is
a
naturally
occurring
heterocyclic
backbone
that
belongs
to
the
benzopyrone
family.
PDC
and
its
based
products
are
characterized
by
low
toxicity
high
distribution
in
variety
of
herbal
treatments
have
numerous
therapeutic
potentials.
These
include
anticoagulants,
antibacterials,
anti-inflammatory
agents,
anticancer
antioxidants,
others.
So,
it
may
be
appropriate
investigate
qualities
potential
bioactivities
PDCs.
This
article
provides
an
overview
biomedical
potentials,
availability,
clinical
use
possibilities
PDCs,
with
focus
on
their
important
modes
action,
using
information
various
pharmacological
discovered.
The
data
used
this
study
came
from
published
research
between
2015
2023.
We
reviewed
selection
databases,
including
PubMed,
Scopus,
Web
Science,
Google
Scholar,
during
period.
In
conclusion,
because
abundance
medicinal
plants,
biochemistry
attributes
PDCs
currently
interest.
medical
specialties,
serve
useful
role
as
agents.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
72(19), P. 10853 - 10861
Published: May 6, 2024
The
purpose
of
this
study
was
to
investigate
the
antibacterial
activity
and
mechanism
action
osthole
against
Listeria
monocytogenes.
evaluated
by
determining
minimum
inhibitory
concentration
(MIC)
growth
curve.
Cell
morphology,
membrane
permeability,
integrity,
bacterial
physiology,
metabolism
were
explored
using
different
methods
elucidate
osthole.
It
shown
that
MIC
L.
monocytogenes
62.5
μg/mL
it
inhibited
effectively
in
a
concentration-dependent
manner.
Scanning
electron
microscopy
(SEM)
images
demonstrated
morphology
changes
monocytogenes,
including
rough
surface,
cell
shrinkage,
rupture.
found
extracellular
conductivity
macromolecule
content
increased
significantly
presence
osthole,
indicating
disruption
integrity
permeability.
Laser
confocal
results
supported
conclusion
caused
severe
damage
membrane.
also
noticed
depleted
intracellular
adenosine
triphosphate
(ATP),
Na+-K+-ATPase
Ca2+-Mg2+-ATPase
activity,
promoted
accumulation
reactive
oxygen
species
(ROS),
leading
death.
This
suggests
is
promising
agent
candidate
shows
potential
prevention
control
foodborne
pathogens.
Cancers,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(15), P. 3980 - 3980
Published: Aug. 5, 2023
Lung
cancer
is
a
heterogeneous
group
of
malignancies
with
high
incidence
worldwide.
It
the
most
frequently
occurring
in
men
and
second
common
women.
Due
to
its
frequent
diagnosis
variable
response
treatment,
lung
was
reported
as
top
cause
cancer-related
deaths
worldwide
2020.
Many
aberrant
signaling
cascades
are
implicated
pathogenesis
cancer,
including
those
involved
apoptosis
(B
cell
lymphoma
protein,
Bcl-2-associated
X
first
signal
ligand),
growth
inhibition
(tumor
suppressor
protein
or
gene
serine/threonine
kinase
11),
promotion
(epidermal
factor
receptor/proto-oncogenes/phosphatidylinositol-3
kinase).
Accordingly,
these
pathways
their
molecules
have
become
promising
targets
for
chemopreventive
chemotherapeutic
agents.
Recent
research
provides
compelling
evidence
use
plant-based
compounds,
known
collectively
phytochemicals,
anticancer
This
review
discusses
major
contributing
pathophysiology
well
currently
available
treatments
prospective
drug
candidates.
The
potential
naturally
bioactive
compounds
context
also
discussed,
critical
analysis
mechanistic
actions
presented
by
preclinical
clinical
studies.