BioMed Research International

Therapeutic Potential of Natural Pharmacological Agents in the Treatment of Human Diseases


Publishing date
18 Jul 2014
Status
Published
Submission deadline
28 Feb 2014

Lead Editor

1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA

2Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Research, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA

3School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500046, India


Therapeutic Potential of Natural Pharmacological Agents in the Treatment of Human Diseases

Description

The natural products produced by a living organism from the nature with significant pharmacological activity regulate various vital cell signaling pathways that cause mitogenic, cytotoxic, and genotoxic reactions leading to various disease pathologies. Several natural products derived from plants for thousands of years have been traditionally used to treat various types of human illnesses. Nowadays, most of the natural products are processed and developed as potential pharmacological agents with effective antioxidative, antimitotic, anti-infective, anti-inflammatory, antiangiogenic, and anticarcinogenic properties. Some natural products have been employed as lead compounds to obtain highly biologically relevant semisynthetic pharmacological derivatives with increased efficiency and efficacy for the therapeutic use. The aim of the special issue will be to assemble original research articles, clinical studies, and review articles describing the current findings on pharmacologically promising valuable natural products with remarkable therapeutic activities to control human diseases.

We invite authors to submit articles that explore aspects of therapeutic potential of natural products in the treatment of human diseases. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Pharmacology and biological activities of natural products
  • Mechanism of action of natural products
  • Natural products as enzyme inhibitors and receptor antagonists
  • Natural products as anti-infective and anti-inflammatory agents
  • Natural products as anticancer agents
  • Novel methods to identify the pharmacological activity of natural products
  • Elucidating the efficacy of natural products in controlling human diseases related to cardiovascular, central, and peripheral nervous system and the endocrine system
  • Immunomodulatory (immunosuppressive and immunostimulatory) effects in the treatment of human diseases

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Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 606928
  • - Research Article

Effect of Curcumin on Lifespan, Activity Pattern, Oxidative Stress, and Apoptosis in the Brains of Transgenic Drosophila Model of Parkinson’s Disease

Yasir Hasan Siddique | Falaq Naz | Smita Jyoti
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 817972
  • - Research Article

Antitumor and Antiangiogenic Activities of Curcumin in Cervical Cancer Xenografts in Nude Mice

Pornphrom Yoysungnoen-Chintana | Parvapan Bhattarakosol | Suthiluk Patumraj
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 546353
  • - Research Article

-Mangostin Suppresses the Viability and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition of Pancreatic Cancer Cells by Downregulating the PI3K/Akt Pathway

Qinhong Xu | Jiguang Ma | ... | Xuqi Li
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 686921
  • - Review Article

Pomegranate Fruit as a Rich Source of Biologically Active Compounds

Sreeja Sreekumar | Hima Sithul | ... | Sreeja Sreeharshan
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 623509
  • - Research Article

Preparation of Naringenin/β-Cyclodextrin Complex and Its More Potent Alleviative Effect on Choroidal Neovascularization in Rats

Xin-rong Xu | Hai-tao Yu | ... | Xue-wen Yang
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 143192
  • - Research Article

Alleviation of Plasma Homocysteine Level by Phytoestrogen -Zearalanol Might Be Related to the Reduction of Cystathionine -Synthase Nitration

Hui Zhang | Qi Sun | ... | Wen Wang
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 931850
  • - Research Article

[Retracted] Study of Effect of Salvianolic Acid B on Motor Function Recovery in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury

Chong Xun | Yang Hu | ... | Decheng Lv
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 305610
  • - Research Article

Phytochemical Prospection and Modulation of Antibiotic Activity In Vitro by Lippia origanoides H.B.K. in Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Humberto Medeiros Barreto | Filipe Cerqueira Fontinele | ... | José Arimateia Dantas Lopes
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2014
  • - Article ID 458592
  • - Clinical Study

Human Pharmacokinetics of High Dose Oral Curcumin and Its Effect on Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression in Healthy Male Subjects

Uros Klickovic | Daniel Doberer | ... | Michael Wolzt
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