[HTML][HTML] Googling the Guggul (Commiphora and Boswellia) for prevention of chronic diseases

AB Kunnumakkara, K Banik, D Bordoloi… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Extensive research during last 2 decades has revealed that most drugs discovered today,
although costs billions of dollars for discovery, and yet they are highly ineffective in their …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacology and Phytochemistry of Oleo-Gum Resin of Commiphora wightii (Guggulu)

P Sarup, S Bala, S Kamboj - Scientifica, 2015 - hindawi.com
Guggulu is an oleo-gum resin which exudes out as a result of injury from the bark of
Commiphora wightii (Arnott) Bhandari [syn. Commiphora mukul (Hook. Ex Stocks) Engl; …

Inactivation of ATP citrate lyase by Cucurbitacin B: A bioactive compound from cucumber, inhibits prostate cancer growth

Y Gao, MS Islam, J Tian, VWY Lui, D Xiao - Cancer letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer, a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in males, is well recognized as
having late disease on-set (mostly at age 60–70) and showing slow/latent disease …

[HTML][HTML] Role of traditional Islamic and Arabic plants in cancer therapy

R Ahmad, N Ahmad, AA Naqvi, A Shehzad… - Journal of traditional and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Ethno pharmacological relevance This review article underlines individual Traditional
Islamic and Arabic plant (TAI) and their role in treating cancer. The aim of the study is to …

Piperlongumine selectively kills glioblastoma multiforme cells via reactive oxygen species accumulation dependent JNK and p38 activation

JM Liu, F Pan, L Li, QR Liu, Y Chen, XX Xiong… - Biochemical and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Piperlongumine (PL), a natural alkaloid isolated from the long pepper, may have anti-cancer
properties. It selectively targets and kills cancer cells but leaves normal cells intact. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Induction of apoptosis through oxidative stress-related pathways in MCF-7, human breast cancer cells, by ethyl acetate extract of Dillenia suffruticosa

YS Tor, LS Yazan, JB Foo, N Armania… - … and alternative medicine, 2014 - Springer
Background Breast cancer is one of the most dreading types of cancer among women.
Herbal medicine has becoming a potential source of treatment for breast cancer. Herbal …

[HTML][HTML] Piperlongumine induces apoptotic and autophagic death of the primary myeloid leukemia cells from patients via activation of ROS-p38/JNK pathways

X Xiong, J Liu, X Qiu, F Pan, S Yu… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2015 - nature.com
Aim: To investigate the effects of piperlongumine (PL), an anticancer alkaloid from long
pepper plants, on the primary myeloid leukemia cells from patients and the mechanisms of …

Guggulsterone and its role in chronic diseases

T Yamada, K Sugimoto - Drug discovery from mother nature, 2016 - Springer
Guggulsterone is a plant sterol derived from gum resin of Commiphora wightii. The gum
resin from guggul plants has been used for thousand years in Ayurveda to treat various …

Metabolic profiling of Commiphora wightii (guggul) reveals a potential source for pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals

A Bhatia, SK Bharti, T Tripathi, A Mishra, OP Sidhu… - Phytochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Guggul gum resin from Commiphora wightii (syn. Commiphora mukul) has been used for
centuries in Ayurveda to treat a variety of ailments. The NMR and GC–MS based non …

Phytoconstituents as apoptosis inducing agents: strategy to combat cancer

M Kumar, V Kaur, S Kumar, S Kaur - Cytotechnology, 2016 - Springer
Advancement in the field of cancer molecular biology has aided researchers to develop
various new chemopreventive agents which can target cancer cells exclusively. Cancer …