1. Bioactivity of Medicinal Plants and Extracts.
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Les, Francisco, Cásedas, Guillermo, Les, Francisco, and López, Víctor
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Chemistry ,Research & information: general ,5α-reductase ,ACF ,Africa ,Aloe muth-muth ,Alzheimer's disease ,Asia ,Botrytis cinerea ,Brassicaceae ,Brazil ,C. elegans ,Carica papaya ,Curcuma amarissima ,Foeniculum vulgare ,Ganoderma lucidum ,HPLC analysis ,HaCaT ,HaCaT cells ,Haplophyllum tuberculatum ,MDF ,Mentha L. genus ,NF-κB/Nrf-2/Keap-1/HO-1 signalling pathways ,PI3K/AKT ,RAS/ERK ,RD69 ,SFE Helix unit ,SFE Nottingham unit ,SRD5A2 ,Tubtim chumphae ,Verbascum ,Vernonia amygdalina ,Vicia faba ,acetylcholinesterase ,aging ,androgenetic alopecia ,anti-glucosidase ,antibacterial ,antifungal ,antifungal activity ,antifungal property ,antioxidant ,antiparasitic ,antiparasitics ,antitumor activity ,antiviral ,antiviral activity ,apoptosis pathway ,aromatic herb ,astragalus ,bioactive compounds ,cancer ,cannabis flowers ,cell migration ,chitinase ,colon carcinogenesis ,defensin ,diabetes ,drug discovery ,enzyme inhibitor ,essential oil ,essential oil composition ,flavonoid ,formaldehyde ,gray mold disease ,herbal medicine ,history ,human epidermal keratinocytes ,hyperoside ,in vitro cytotoxicity ,inflammation ,inflammatory ,insecticide ,lifespan ,liver ,medicinal plants ,molecular docking ,molecular dynamics ,molluscicide ,monoamine oxidase A ,mosquito-borne arboviruses diseases ,mosquitoes ,n/a ,natural products ,neutral cannabinoids (sp. Sativa) ,new anticancer agents ,oxidative stress ,periodontal disease ,pharmacognosy ,phytochemical ,phytochemical analysis ,piperine ,plant disease ,plant promotion ,polyphenols ,proliferation ,propolis ,qRT-PCR ,repellent ,rice bran ,root rot ,schistosomiasis ,scratch assay ,sensory quality ,stock flower ,supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) ,supercritical extraction ,survival ,terpene ,therapeutics ,tobacco mosaic virus ,tocopherol ,tomato ,traditional knowledge ,tyrosinase ,validation ,wound healing ,α-amylase - Abstract
Summary: Medicinal plants and natural products have played a central role in therapeutics, being considered the origin of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. Plants are still a source in nature to obtain and isolate molecules with pharmacological applications (drug discovery), but can also be used as herbal medicinal products in traditional or complementary medicine.In addition, the WHO has launched a Traditional Medicine Strategy (2014-2023), including herbal medicines as medicinal therapies, with the aim to ensure the quality, safety, proper use, and effectiveness of traditional medicines, among other objectives.This is a reprint of articles from the Special Issue on "Bioactivity of Medicinal Plants and Extracts" published online in the open access journal Biology. This reprint includes a collection of original research and review articles on new advances in the development and application of bioactive compounds and extracts from plant matrices.