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Artemisia glabella
Arglabin
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Arglabin
  • Anti tumor

  • Inhibition of farnesyl transferase

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Artemisia annua
Artemisinin
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Artemisinin
  • Treatment of malaria

  • Free radical formation that alkylate essential malarial proteins

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Cannabis sativa
Cannabidiol
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Cannabidiol
  • Anti-epileptic, anxiolytic, antipsychotic, and anticancer

  • Modulation of CB1, CB2, 5HT1A receptors in the CNS

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Capsicum annum
Capsaicin
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Capsaicin
  • Chronic pain syndromes such as postherpetic neuralgia and musculoskeletal pain

  • Activates Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) in sensory nerves

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Colchicum spp
Colchicine
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Colchicine
  • Gout

  • Prevents microtubule assembly and hence modulate multiple pro- and anti-inflammatory pathways

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Curcuma longa
Curcumin
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Curcumin
  • Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, arthritis, metabolic syndrome and pain

  • Inhibition of NF-kB; scavenge reactive oxygen and nitrogen species; modulates the activities of GSH, catalase and SOD

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Camellia sinensis
Epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate
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Epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate
  • Anti-viral against a diverse family of DNA and RNA viruses; antibacterial and antifungal activities. Anticancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic activities

  • Alter or damage viral particle, primary target is viral membrane; disruption of lipid layer in bacterial cell wall; inhibits dihydrofolate reductase. Modulation of ROS production and inhibition of NF-kB signaling responsible for anticancer activity[28,29]

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Galanthus caucasicus
Galantamine
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Galantamine
  • Dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease

  • Reversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitor; modulation nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChRs)[30]

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Genista tinctoria
Genistein
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Genistein
  • Anticancer, Alzheimer's disease

  • Protein-tyrosine kinase inhibition, induction of apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, antimetastatic and antiangiogenic activity, antioxidant[31]

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Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypol
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Gossypol
  • Anti-infertility/male contraceptive, Anticancer, antiviral, antimicrobial, antioxidant activities

  • Inhibit sperm production and motility; Bcl-2 inhibition; DNA polymerase and topoisomerase II inhibition; induce apoptosis

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Euphorbia peplus
Ingenol mebutate
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Ingenol mebutate
  • Actinic keratosis

  • Dual mechanism, Inducer of cell death necrosis and local pro-inflammatory response

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Tabebuia avellanedae
B-Lapachone
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B-Lapachone
  • Variety of cancers, especially solid tumors, anti-trypanosoma, antimicrobial and antimalarial activities

  • Anticancer activity through formation of ROS in NQO1-positive cells, topoisomerase inhibition, mTOR pathway modulator

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Larrea tridentate
Masoprocol
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Masoprocol
  • Antineoplastic agent used in cancer chemotherapy

  • 5-Lipoxygenase inhibition

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Cephalotaxus harringtonia
Omacetaxine mepesuccinate
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Omacetaxine mepesuccinate
  • Anticancer agent; mainly chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)

  • Protein synthesis inhibition(prevent peptide elongation)

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Taxus brevifolia
Paclitaxel
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Paclitaxel
  • Cancer chemotherapy

  • Mitotic inhibitor

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Podophyllum emodi
Podophyllotoxin
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Podophyllotoxin
-Antitumor
- Polymerization of tubulin resulting in cell cycle arrest and suppress the formation of mitotic spindles microtubules
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Allium cepa
Quercetin
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Quercetin
  • Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, cardiovascular protection; Alzheimer's disease; anti-ulcer; antimicrobial; antiallergic

  • Inhibits cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase; inhibits platelet aggregation; inhibit gastric secretion and lipid peroxidation; ROS generation and MicroRNA 21 elevation

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Vitis vinifera
  • Chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic in different types of cancer. Also used as antidiabetic, in cardiovascular complications, metabolic syndromes, antioxidant.

  • Modulation of multiple molecular pathways involved in cancer and xenobiotic metabolism; reduce oxidative stress and inflammation; cell proliferation arrest; induce apoptosis

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Eleftheria terrace
Teixobactin
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Teixobactin
  • Antibacterial agent active against various gram-positive bacterial including vacomycin resistant enterococci and methicillin-resistant S. aureus

  • Inhibition of bacterial cell-wall sybthesis by binging to the synthesis building blocks lipid-II and lipid-III

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Saccharomonospora sp
Lodopyridone
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Lodopyridone
  • Anticancer

  • Cytotoxic to HCT-116 human colon cancer cells

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Salinospora tropica
Salinosporamide A
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Salinosporamide A
  • AnticancerInhibition of 20S

  • Proteasome

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Streptomyces platensis
Platensimycin
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Platensimycin
  • Antibiotic, active against various Gram-positive bacteria including resistant strains

  • Inhibition of fatty acid synthesis in cell membrane through inhibition of β-ketoacy synthases I/II (FabF/B)

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Streptomyces platensis
Platencin
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Platencin
  • Antibiotic, active against various Gram-positive bacteria including resistant strains

  • Inhibition of fatty acid synthesis in cell membrane through inhibition of β-ketoacy synthases I/II (FabF/B)

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Cyanobacteria Nostoc
Cryptophycin
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Cryptophycin
  • Anticancer

  • Inhibiotion of cell division by depletion of microtubule through interaction with tubulin

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Streptomyces roseosporus
Daptomycin
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Daptomycin
  • Systemic and life-threatening infection caused Gram-positive bacteria

  • Disruption of bacterial cell-membrane function

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Pleurotus mutilins
Retapamulin
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Retapamulin
  • Antibacterial used to treat topical skin infection impetigo

  • Inhibition of bacterial protein synthesis by binding to 50s ribosome

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