Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry - Volume 22, Issue 23, 2022

High costs and risks are common issues in traditional drug research and development. Usually, it takes a long time to research and develop a drug, the effects of which are limited to relatively few targets. At present, studies are aiming to identify unknown new uses for existing drugs. Drug repositioning enables drugs to be quickly launched into clinical practice at a low cost because they have undergone clinical safety testin Read More

Bacopa monnieri (BM) is of immense therapeutic potential in today’s world. This review is aimed to project the beneficial role of BM in disorders affecting the brain, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, epilepsy, and depression. The active constituents and metabolites responsible for the effects of BM could be bacoside A and B, bacopaside I and II, bacopasaponin C, betulinic acid, asiatic acid, loliolide, e Read More

Xanthones (9H xanthen-9-one) are an important class of heterocyclic compounds containing oxygen and a moiety of gamma-pirone, dense with a two-benzene ring structure, distributed widely in nature. Naturally occurring xanthones are found in micro-organisms and higher plants as secondary metabolites in fungi and lichens. Compounds of the family Caryophyllaceae, Guttiferae and Gentianaceae, are the most com Read More

Parthenium hysterophorus L. belonging to the family Asteraceae is a noxious weed infestation with allelopathic effects with its lower economic value. It poses a serious risk to its surroundings. The presence of oils, polyphenols, flavones, flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenes, pseudoguaianolides, and histamines in P. hysterophorus makes it important and beneficial due to its medicinal properties. This review article is focused on th Read More

Aims: The aim of this study was to simultaneously enhance the solubility and stability of bacogenins hydrolyzed bacoside rich extract by a ternary system comprised of hydrogenated soy lecithin and a third auxiliary substance, fulvic acid. Methods: Both ternary and binary complexes were prepared using the solvent evaporation method were characterized by Fourier transform infrared technique, differential scanning calori Read More