March 13, 2025 - Studies have shown that medicinal plants contain a diverse assortment of bioactive chemicals, such as coumarins, flavonoids, phenolics, alkaloids, terpenoids, tannins, essential oils, lectins, polypeptides, and polyacetylenes (167).

October 17, 2025 - These phytochemicals encompass various chemical classes, including polysaccharides, saponins, flavonoids, alkaloids, vitamins, carotenoids, fatty acids, polyphenolic compounds, essential oils, phytosterols, and cannabinoids.

This Research Topic aims to collect ... natural compounds, extracts and derivatives as antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic and antiviral agents to treat infectious diseases....

October 17, 2025 - The plant kingdom represents a vast reservoir of biologically active molecules, including terpenes, polyphenols, limonoids, carotenoids, and saponins, each exhibiting diverse therapeutic properties, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, ...

2 days ago - To highlight the latest research ... plant active ingredients, bioactivity identification of plant extracts, chemistry and biochemistry of plant-derived bioactive natural products, standardization of extracts and natural products (Ma et al., 2024b; Ye, 2019). Manuscripts reporting new medicinal plant-derived compounds with detailed biological activity ...

Botanical bioactives—such as polyphenols, saponins, terpenes, and alkaloids—are among the most prevalent bioactive substances, widely used due to their remarkable chemical diversity.

January 30, 2024 - 09 January 2026Editorial: Bioactive compounds from medicinal mushrooms and plants - extraction and potential application in foods ... 02 July 2025Effects of phytosterol-rich foods on lipid profile and inflammatory markers in patients with hyperlipidemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis ... 18 March 2025Biological activities and phytochemical characterization of Sideritis germanicopolitana subsp.

This Research Topic aims to collect ... natural compounds, extracts and derivatives as antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic and antiviral agents to treat infectious diseases....

Studies have shown that medicinal plants contain a diverse assortment of bioactive chemicals, such as coumarins, flavonoids, phenolics, alkaloids, terpenoids, tannins, essential oils, lectins, polypeptides, and polyacetylenes (167). These chemicals serve as essential precursors for antibiotic ...

August 11, 2023 - Synergistic endophytes can then be used as biological elicitors for cultivation of medicinal plants in a controlled environment. Dependence on medicinal plants for production of significant bioactive compounds for the development of novel drugs has a few drawbacks, including variation in secondary metabolites produced due to seasonal, spatial, and environmental conditions (Singh et al., 2018; Van Wyk and Prinsloo, 2020).

April 4, 2026 - The vast therapeutic potential ... 2021). It is now well recognized that the pharmacological effects of medicinal plants are mediated by various bioactive secondary metabolites (Swamy, 2020)....

February 28, 2025 - Data from the selected studies were extracted on the phytochemical compounds identified in M. africana and their associated biological activities, including antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, and cytotoxic activity.

However, there remains a gap in optimizing extraction techniques and fully understanding the biological activities of these compounds, necessitating further research in this area. This research topic aims to explore innovative processes for extracting bioactive compounds from medicinal mushrooms and plants and their potential applications in functional foods and nutraceuticals.

March 21, 2026 - They found 2,140 metabolites, including phenolic acids, flavonoids, alkaloids, lipids, and amino acids, which were concentrated in the plants’ roots. The majority of these molecules are linked to active medicinal components that are resistant ...

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April 10, 2019 - These metabolites are generally used as defense mechanisms against insects, herbivores, and microorganisms. The wide variety comes from the plants' ability to synthesize a large arsenal of aromatic compounds and their oxygen-substituted derivatives ...

November 5, 2025 - The predominant compounds within these essential oils differ among plant species, each possessing distinct combinations of bioactive molecules that enhance their therapeutic efficacy (Monib 2024). Essential oils derived from medicinal plants have been assessed for their biological activity and chemical constituents, with plant volatile oils examined for their inhibitory effects against various strains of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria utilizing bio-impedance methodology to ascertain antibacterial efficacy.

This review explores the antimicrobial activity of plant-derived components, their possible mechanisms of action, as well as their chemical potential, to identify and isolate new bioactive compounds from medicinal plants using standardized modern analytical procedures.Expand

April 17, 2023 - Phytobioactive compounds are plant secondary metabolites and have remarkable therapeutic potential. Polyphenols, alkaloids, terpenes, and polysaccharides isolated from medicinal plants showed remarka...