<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anirban Chouni</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amrita Pal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Priya K Gopal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Santanu Paul</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GC-MS Analysis and Screening of Anti-Proliferative Potential of Methanolic Extract of Garcinia cowa on Different Cancer Cell Lines</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anti-proliferative</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cancer</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Garcinia cowa</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GC-MS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Metabolomic profiling</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">March 2021</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">347-361</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Garcinia cowa&lt;/em&gt; (Clusiaceae) is popular among integrative medicine in several communities. This study undertook to evaluate the anti-proliferative activity on cancer cells and its cytotoxic effect on normal cells. Here we are reporting for the first time the metabolomic profiling of &lt;em&gt;G. cowa&lt;/em&gt; leaf. &lt;strong&gt;Methods: &lt;/strong&gt;Anti-proliferative potential of ethyl acetate and methanol extract of &lt;em&gt;Garcinia cowa&lt;/em&gt; leaf assessed by MTT assay. Metabolomic profiling obtained by GC/ MS analysis. Nuclear morphology visualized by DAPI staining. Caspase activation analysed through spectrophotometric assay.&lt;strong&gt; Results:&lt;/strong&gt; The study reveals, that the methanolic extract is more potential in inducing anti-proliferative activity than ethyl acetate extract. Robust antiproliferative activity of the methanolic extract evidenced in lung cancer cell line, A549 followed by MCF–7, HepG2, MOLT – 4, MDA-MB-468 cells. The anti-proliferative effect was negligible in normal PBMC. Further, a dose-dependent increase of nuclear fragmentation visualized in A549 cells treated with the methanolic extract. Post methanolic extract treatment upregulation of caspase-3 and caspase-9 also evidenced in A549 cells. GC/MS analysis revealed the presence of phytoconstituents of different phytochemical groups comprising of 3.45% diterpenoid, 5.45% triterpenoid, 11.24% steroid, 2.03% phytosterol, etc. in methanol extract, as well as 4.53% diterpenoid, 2.88% triterpenoid, 1.09% steroid, 2.11% phytosterol, etc. in ethyl acetate extract with considerable biological importance. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; This is the maiden report of the metabolomic profiling of leaf extracts of&lt;em&gt; Garcinia cowa&lt;/em&gt; which possess a good repository of potentially bioactive molecules that holds a great promise as a future therapeutic agent in combating lung cancer.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">347</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anirban Chouni, Amrita Pal, Priya K Gopal, Santanu Paul*&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, West Bengal, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></auth-address></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ribhu Ray</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amrita Pal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Santanu Paul</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Assessment of the Impact of Wild Stinkhorn Mushroom Extracts on Different Cancer Cell Proliferation and Study of Primary Metabolites</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ABTS•+</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GC-MS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MCF-7</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MTT Assay</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phallus</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">June 2020</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">699-708</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Objective: &lt;/strong&gt;Present study aims to evaluate the efficacy of methanolic and ethyl acetate extracts of wild mushroom &lt;em&gt;Phallus&lt;/em&gt; sp. on cell proliferation of both normal and cancer cells. This study also looked at anti-oxidant potentiality of methanolic extract and also unravels the phytochemical profiling of both extracts. &lt;strong&gt;Methods: &lt;/strong&gt;Anti-proliferative activity was assessed by MTT assay on different human cancer cell lines such as MCF-7, MOLT-4, REH and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells or PBMC isolated from a healthy donor. Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis was used for comparative assessment of phytochemical constituents of both extracts. The anti-oxidant profile of methanolic extract was also evaluated by DPPH and ABTS&lt;strong&gt;•+&lt;/strong&gt; assays. &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; Results indicated that the both methanolic and ethyl acetate extracts of &lt;em&gt;Phallus&lt;/em&gt; sp. showed appreciable anti-proliferative activity against breast cancer cell line MCF-7 with IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; of 8.544±2.812 μg/mL and 35.279±2.863 μg/mL respectively. Both of the extracts also showed its moderate impact on human B cell precursor leukemia cell line (REH) with IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; of 25.987±2.696 μg/mL for methanol and 51.484±1.480 μg/mL for ethyl acetate extract respectively. No effect was observed in MOLT-4 cell line. Methanolic extract was selected as better anti cancer extract over ethyl acetate extract. No significant anti-proliferative activity was observed in normal PBMC by both extracts. GC-MS analysis indicated that 43 and 114 compounds were identified from methanolic and ethyl acetate extracts respectively. Among them nine compounds shared its existence in both of the extracts. Different derivatives of ergosterol and several fatty acid esters ware identified as major components from both of the extracts. Methanolic extracts of the &lt;em&gt;Phallus&lt;/em&gt; sp. showed its effectiveness on both of DPPH and ABTS&lt;strong&gt;•+ &lt;/strong&gt;free radical, and result indicated that it contain more flavonoid content than phenol. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; The methanolic extract of &lt;em&gt;Phallus&lt;/em&gt; sp. show very specific anti-proliferative effect on MCF-7 with moderate anti-oxidant activity and holds a great promise for isolation of bio molecules for treating Breast Cancer. Several derivatives of ergosterol identified as probable anti-cancer compound.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">699</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ribhu Ray, Amrita Pal, Santanu Paul* &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700019, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></auth-address></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ankita Mridha</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Priya K Gopal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Santanu Paul</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Screening Data Reveals that Spirogyra triplicata, a Fresh Water Algae Induces Robust Anti-Proliferative Activity Against A549 Cells</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A549</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anti-proliferative</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GCMS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spirogyra triplicata</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">May 2020</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">569-577</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction: &lt;/strong&gt;Algae comprise a promising source of novel components with potent therapeutic agents. In particular, algae have been considered as a potential source of new bioactive compounds. The antioxidant data of our previous study with six different algal methanolic extract reveals the presence of high antioxidant, total phenol content and total flavonoid content in &lt;em&gt;Spirogyra triplicata. &lt;/em&gt;Thus, we further focused on screening the anti-proliferative activity of six different green algae on five different cancer cell lines like MCF7, A549, HEPG2, REH, MOLT4.&lt;strong&gt; Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; To fulfill our aim we performed MTT assay for testing anti-proliferative activity and DAPI staining for observing nuclear morphology. We also looked into the metabolomic profiling of &lt;em&gt;Spirogyra triplicata&lt;/em&gt; by GC-MS chemometric study. &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; The result indicates that after 24 hours of treatment with methanolic extract of&lt;em&gt; Spirogyra triplicata &lt;/em&gt;A549 was the most sensitive cell line with IC&lt;sub&gt;50 &lt;/sub&gt;value of 24.07 ± 1.09 μg/ml. Followed by&lt;em&gt; Rhizoclonium fontinale&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Hydrodictyon reticulatum&lt;/em&gt; with IC&lt;sub&gt;50 &lt;/sub&gt;value of 25.97 ± 1.94 μg/ml and 32.50 ± 1.97 μg/ml respectively. The HEPG2 cell line was the second most sensitive cell line against&lt;em&gt; S. triplicata &lt;/em&gt;with IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; value of 30.20 ± 1.45 μg/ml. The MOLT4 cell line was detected as most resistant cell line against the green algal extract in this study. Though the methanolic extracts of six green algae showed maximum to moderate anti-proliferative activity on different cancer cell line but no significantly affect on normal PBMC was observed. Nuclear fragmentation was observed in a dose dependent fashion by DAPI staining on A549 cells treated with methanolic extract of &lt;em&gt;Spirogyra triplicata. &lt;/em&gt;We further looked into the chemo profiling of&lt;em&gt; Spirogyra triplicata &lt;/em&gt;by GCMS analysis. The result of GC-MS clearly indicates presence of nineteen major components and twenty-three minor components which have more or less bioactivity and would help in therapeutics in future. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusions:&lt;/strong&gt; In brief this study indicates for the first time that green algae&lt;em&gt; Spirogyra triplicata &lt;/em&gt;induces anti-proliferative activity specifically against A549 cell but not in normal PBMC. It can be concluded that&lt;em&gt; Spirogyra triplicata&lt;/em&gt; holds a great promise as a good repository of anti cancer compounds which may be used in future drug discovery.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">569</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ankita Mridha, Priya K Gopal, Santanu Paul* &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Botany, University Of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></auth-address></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amrita Pal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anirban Chouni</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arpan Das</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ribhu Ray</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Santanu Paul</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Evaluation of Anti-proliferative Potential and Antioxidant Activity of a Wild Edible Mushroom Macrocybe crassa (Sacc.) Pegler and Lodge</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antioxidant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Macrocybe crassa</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MCF7</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MOLT-4</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MTT Assay</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">November 2019</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1504-1510</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Objective:&lt;/strong&gt; This study aims to quantify the anti-oxidant activity of the methanolic extract of &lt;em&gt;Macrocybe crassa &lt;/em&gt;and its anti-proliferative activity on normal and cancer cells. &lt;strong&gt;Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; The anti-oxidant potential of the extract was determined by several&lt;em&gt; in vitro&lt;/em&gt; assay system like DPPH radical scavenging activity, superoxide anion scavenging activity, percentage inhibition of lipid peroxidation and nitric oxide (NO) scavenging activity. Anti-proliferative activity was tested by MTT assay on breast cancer cell line MCF7, Human acute T lymphoblastic leukaemic cell MOLT-4 and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells or PBMC isolated from a healthy donor to check its cytotoxic effect on normal cells. &lt;strong&gt;Results: &lt;/strong&gt;Results indicated that the methanolic extract of &lt;em&gt;Macrocybe crassa&lt;/em&gt; shows appreciable anti-proliferative activity against breast cancer cell line MCF7 and negligible effect on MOLT4 cells. In contrast no significant anti-proliferative effect has been observed in normal PMMCs. Moderate anti-oxidant activity was recorded in methanolic extract. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; Methanolic extract of of &lt;em&gt;Macrocybe crassa&lt;/em&gt; with moderate anti-oxidant activity and specific anti-proliferative effect on MCF7 holds a great promise can be used for isolation of bio molecules for treating Breast Cancer.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6s</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1504</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Amrita Pal, Anirban Chouni, Arpan Das, Ribhu Ray, Santanu Paul* &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700019, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Suparna Laha, Santanu Paul*&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata- 700019, West Bengal, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></auth-address></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Swadesh Sarkar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Priya K Gopal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Santanu Paul</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Andrographolide Induced Apoptosis in NALM-6 Cells Mediated Through the Cell Cycle Arrest and Nuclear Fragmentation</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacog Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Andrographis paniculata</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Andrographolide</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Apoptosis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cell cycle</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cytotoxicity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leukemia</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">January-2018</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://fulltxt.org/article/466</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">210-214</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Andrographis paniculata&lt;/em&gt; is an herb widely cultivated in South and Southeastern Asia. It has been traditionally used to treat infections and other Physiological disorders for several hundreds. We investigated the anti-leukemic potential of Andrographolide (AGP) isolated from the leaves of this plant against an array of cancer cells to investigate its most efficacies in a particular cancer type. &lt;strong&gt;Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; AGP was isolated from &lt;em&gt;Andrographis paniculata&lt;/em&gt; leaves by using column chromatography. The structure was further determined by LC-MS, 1H NMR and 13C NMR. AGP was initially tested against four different cancer cell lines, namely NALM-6 (pre B-ALL), K562 (CML), A549 (lung carcinoma) and MCF-7 (breast carcinoma) using MTT assay at different time points and different concentrations. The effect of the isolated biomolecule was also investigated in inducing apoptosis through the study of cell cycle progression using flow cytometry by PI staining and nuclear fragmentation pattern by DAPI staining and fluorescence microscopy.&lt;strong&gt; Results:&lt;/strong&gt; the spectral analysis of the isolated bio-molecule assured that the compound was AGP. MTT assay data indicated that AGP was most potent to induce cytotoxicity in NALM-6 cells. Further investigation revealed that it effectively induced apoptosis by arresting cell cycle progression and increased the nuclear break down in NALM- 6 leukemic cells. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; Our study efficiently demonstrated that the AGP isolated from &lt;em&gt;Andrographis paniculata&lt;/em&gt; induced apoptosis in NALM-6 cells, which could be used in the therapeutic intervention of leukemia in the future.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">210                         </style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Swadesh Sarkar&lt;sup&gt;1,2&lt;/sup&gt;, Priya K Gopal&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, Santanu Paul&lt;sup&gt;2* &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Botany, Chandernagore College, Chandernagore, Hoogly- 712136, West Bengal, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Botany, 35 Ballugunge Circular Road, University of Calcutta, Kolkata- 700019, West Bengal, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anirban Chouni</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Santanu Paul</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A Review on Phytochemical and Pharmacological Potential of Alpinia galanga</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1’s’-1’- Acetoxychavicolacetate</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alpinia galanga</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anticancer</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antimicrobial</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bioactivity</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">December 2017</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://fulltxt.org/article/357#ref28</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">09-15</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction:&lt;/strong&gt; From the ancient Vedic era, green plants are being used for their medicinal properties to treat several diseases. Green plants represent a big source of bioactive compounds. &lt;em&gt;Alpinia galanga&lt;/em&gt; (Linn.) of Zingiberaceae family is one amongst those medicinally important plants. Different parts of the plant are used in the treatment of many diseases for its anti-fungal, anti-tumour, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, antioxidant, antiulcer and many other properties. Several active compounds such as 1&amp;rsquo;S-1&amp;rsquo;-acetoxychavicol acetate, 1&amp;rsquo;S-1&amp;rsquo;-acetoxyeuginol acetate, 1, 8-cineol, &amp;alpha;-fenchyl acetate, &amp;beta;-farnesene, &amp;beta;-bisabolene, &amp;alpha;-bergamotene, &amp;beta;-pinene, &amp;beta;-Sitosteroldiglucoside (AG-7), &amp;beta;-sitsterylArabinoside (AG-8), 1&amp;rsquo;-acetoxychavicol acetate (galangal acetate), p-hydroxycinnamaldehyde has been extracted from the plant. &lt;strong&gt;Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; Relevant information was collected from scientific journals, books, and reports via electronic search using Medline, PubMed, Science Direct and Scopus. &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; This review provides a comprehensive report on &lt;em&gt;Alpinia galanga&lt;/em&gt; having anti-proliferative, apoptotic, anti angiogenic as well as cytotoxic efficacy and their mode of action &lt;em&gt;in vitro&lt;/em&gt; as well as &lt;em&gt;in vivo&lt;/em&gt; condition. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; Considering the ability of the golden treasure present in &lt;em&gt;Alpinia galanga&lt;/em&gt;, this review is aimed to summarize the information of the chemical constituents, pharmacological and therapeutic effects of the plant.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Review Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anirban Chouni and Santanu Paul*&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700019, West Bengal, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Swadesh Sarkar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Santanu Paul</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Triptolide Mediated Amelioration of Breast Cancer via Modulation of Molecular Pathways</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Apoptosis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Breast cancer</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cytotoxicity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molecular pathway.</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tripterigium wilfordii</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Triptolide</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">September 2017</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://fulltxt.org/article/184</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">838-845</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Triptolide is the main bioactive molecule isolated from a root extract of &lt;em&gt;Tripterigium wilfordii&lt;/em&gt; Hook F. of Celastraceae family. Chemically, it is a diterpenoid triepoxide molecule and its chemical formula is C&lt;sub&gt;20&lt;/sub&gt;H&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;O&lt;sub&gt;6&lt;/sub&gt;. Its five-membered unsaturated lactone ring (D-ring) is crucial for anti-tumor potential and carbonyl group at C-18 position is essential to exert important influence on the interaction between triptolide and the targeted protein(s). It is bio-synthesized from deoxy-D-xylullose-5-phosphate (DOXP) pathway in the cell. Triptolide can induce apoptosis in a number of breast cancer cells by up-regulating different pro-apoptotic and down-regulating different anti-apoptotic molecules. &lt;em&gt;In vitro&lt;/em&gt; experiments indicate that it can down regulate several cell cycle related genes and induces S-phase cell cycle arrest. Triptolide treatment can also modulate the expression of different cell signaling molecules, e.g. ERK, NF-&amp;kappa;B, FAK, VEGF, &amp;beta;-catenin, AKT etc. &lt;em&gt;In vivo&lt;/em&gt; experiments indicate that triptolide can effectively reduce breast tumor growth in the mouse model. Apart from the single drug treatment, triptolide can effectively be applied in combination therapy. Application of Triptolide with other chemotherapeutic drugs, very efficiently check the proliferation of tumor cells which reduces the effective concentration of the commercially available drugs thus reducing their toxic sideeffects. Although triptolide is very effective against a number of diseases, its higher degree of multi-organ toxicity limits its use of further clinical trial. Therefore, to reduce the toxic effects, a number of strategies have been developed which increase its water solubility and at the same time decrease the toxic effect. In this review article, we have addressed how triptolide participates in the antitumor processes in breast cancer cells.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">838</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Swadesh Sarkar&lt;sup&gt;1,2&lt;/sup&gt;, Santanu Paul&lt;sup&gt;2* &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Botany, Chandernagore College, Chandernagore, Hoogly- 712136, West Bengal, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Botany, 35 Ballugunge Circular Road, University of Calcutta, Kolkata- 700019, West Bengal, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>