Biologists have isolated 17 secondary metabolites, including three novel compounds from the valuable endangered tropical plant species Alangium longiflorum. A newly isolated compound, ...

Fruits and plant extracts contain bioactive compounds that can help treat or prevent diseases. To characterize and understand their mechanism of action, researchers from universities and research ...

Mushrooms: Multiple medicinal bioactive compounds identified Mushrooms are not typically thought of as medicinal, but in ancient times, this food source was highly prized for its healing properties. A ...

Traditional medicinal plants have been valued over the years for providing insight into an array of diseases. However isolating specific efficacious molecules from the milieu of compounds that ...

In a recent review published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, researchers provide an overview of bioactive plant compounds as potential anti-neuroinflammatory agents and the ...

Triterpenoid saponins are key bioactive compounds responsible for the medicinal value of many plants, yet how plants regulate the balance between saponin production and sterol biosynthesis has ...

Plants are quietly borrowing tricks from bacteria, repurposing foreign genes to build complex molecules that look a lot like ...

Scientists are taking a closer look at monk fruit and discovering it’s more than just a sugar substitute. New research shows ...

Editors: Derek Chadwick and Joan Marsh. Symposium on Bioactive Compounds from Plants, held in collaboration with the Chulabhorn Research Institute at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand ...

The ravages of cancer are known to be largely attributable to blockage of the normal immune-system protection, altered cell-signaling (inducing abnormal cell proliferation), and accelerated oxidative ...