Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology - Volume 19, Issue 14, 2018

Phenolic acids are secondary plant metabolites belonging to polyphenol classes, widely spread throughout the plant kingdom. The name “phenolic acids”, in general, describes phenols that possess one carboxylic acid functionality and they could be divided into three major subclasses: hydroxybenzoic, hydroxycinnamic and hydroxyphenylacetic acids. The great interest in phenolic acids is associated with their high poten Read More

Background: Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is one of the most common cancers in the female reproductive system and deadliest gynecological cancer in the United States. Standard treatments by surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy are not satisfied for the patients with high risk of relapse. Advances in molecular biology for EOC development have brought several targeted therapies to benefit recurrent patients. Poly Read More

There is a growing trend of herbal medicines in India as well as other parts of the world. The use of herbal medicines alone or alongside prescription drugs for disease management is quite common now. We hereby carry out a review of dominant species of Selinum mainly S. vaginatum C.B. Clarke and S. wallichianum (DC.) Raizada & H.O. Saxena which are potent source of herbal medicine and whose potentia Read More

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second and third most frequent cancer in women and men, respectively; indeed, CRC is placed as the fourth world's most deadly cancer (after lung, liver, and stomach cancer). The incidence of CRC is strongly influenced by nutrition and the high fat/high carbohydrate Western-style diet. CRC is one of the most intensively studied cancer types, partly because of its high prevalence, Read More

Background: Standardized extract of Phyllanthus amarus has been shown to possess inhibitory effects on cellular and humoral immune responses in Wistar-Kyoto rats and Balb/c mice. Objective: In the present study, the standardized extract of P. amarus was investigated for its suppressive effects on type II collagen-induced rheumatoid arthritis (TCIA) in Sprague Dawley rats. Method: The major components of the extracts, li Read More

Background: Pueraria candollei var. mirifica (P. candollei), known as White Kwao Krua in Thai, has long been used in traditional Thai medicine for the symptoms of menopause due to the potent estrogenic activity exhibited by the isoflavonoids and chromenes it contains. Recently, health hazards caused by P. candollei-derived products have arisen in Japan, and demands for analytical methods to standardize the P. candoll Read More

CORRIGENDUM Corrigendum to Manuscript entitled Cytotoxic Effects and Production of Cytokines Induced by the Endophytic Paenibacillus polymyxa RNC-D In Vitro by Débora M. Neris1,3,*, Genoveva L.F. Luna2,3, Joice M. de Almeida Rodolpho1,3, Ana C. Urbaczek4, Ricardo de Oliveira Correia3, Karina A. Feitosa1,3, Nadja F.G. Serrano2,3, Cristina P. de Sousa2,3 and Fernanda de Freitas Anibal1,2,3. Curr. Pharm. Biotechn Read More