<?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%">Nithya Venugopal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Radhika Jayaraman</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mohammed Junaid Hussain Dowlath</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ganesh Munuswamy Ramanujam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sundarapandian Subramaniyan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pratheepa Sivasankari Natarajan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jayashri Seetharaman</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Comprehensive Analysis of Brassica oleracea: Phytochemical Composition, Radical Scavenging, and Anti-Proliferative Activity</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%">Antioxidants</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Broccoli</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DPPH</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Flavonoids</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FTIR</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ROS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THP-1 cells</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">June 2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">293-298</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;Background: &lt;/strong&gt;Natural sources like plants, vegetables, and fruits contain vast micro and macro nutrients that are useful for livelihood and also act as a medicine for various health conditions. &lt;em&gt;Brassica &lt;/em&gt;vegetable naturally contains high antioxidant property which aids in removing free radicals caused by organelles during cellular process. The study aims at preparing &lt;em&gt;Brassica oleracea&lt;/em&gt; extracts using a range of polar and non-polar solvents and to evaluate its phytochemical, antioxidant and cytotoxicity properties. &lt;strong&gt;Methods: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Brassica oleracea&lt;/em&gt; was extracted using hexane, ethyl acetate and ethanol. All the extracts were subjected to phytochemical analysis and antioxidant activity was performed using DPPH method. The antiproliferative activity was perfomed on THP-1 cells by MTT assay. The extract showing maximum activity was then characterized using FTIR and GCMS. &lt;strong&gt;Results: &lt;/strong&gt;The extract study infers positive results for major secondary metabolites (alkaloids, glycosides, proteins, phenols, tannins, steroids, flavonoids, terpenoids and diterpenes) and negative for quinones and coumarins. DPPH radical scavenging assay showed high antioxidant activity for ethanol extracts 45-91% at 5μg/mL followed by ethyl acetate (37%-80%) and hexane extract (23%-73%). The anti-proliferative activity in THP-1 cells, revealed that the ethanolic extract significantly decreases cell viability relative to hexane and ethyl acetate extracts, indicating its potential as a natural anticancer drug. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion: &lt;/strong&gt;Cytotoxicity studies further demonstrated a concentration dependent effect on cell viability, indicating its potential bioactivity. The structural analysis performed with FTIR and GC-MS revealed important functional groups and bioactive compounds that could play a role in these effects&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%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">293</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nithya Venugopal&lt;sup&gt;1*&lt;/sup&gt;, Radhika Jayaraman&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;, Mohammed Junaid Hussain Dowlath&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Ganesh Munuswamy Ramanujam&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, Sundarapandian Subramaniyan&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Pratheepa Sivasankari Natarajan&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Jayashri Seetharaman&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Anatomy, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur, 603203, Kanchipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Interdisciplinary Institute of Indian System of Medicine, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur, 603203, Kanchipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Humanities, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur, 603203, Kanchipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Anatomy, Vels Medical College and Hospital, Manjankaranai Village, Tiruvallur District -601102, Tamil Nadu, 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%">Habib Ganfon</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Axel Ahouansou</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Celia Dechavanne</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Callinice Capo-Chichi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Latifou Lagnika</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Agnes Aubouy</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sebastien Dechavanne</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Achille Massougbodji</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cytotoxic Activity of Annona Muricata L, Momordica Charantia L. and Launaea Taraxacifolia Willd. from Benin: A Flow Cytometric Approach</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%">Benin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cancer</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cytotoxicity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant extracts</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">selectivity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THP-1 cells</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">December 2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">727-732</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;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; Cancer is rising worldwide, causing approximately 9.7 million deaths in 2022. Treatments are costly, have significant side effects, and are sometimes unavailable in Benin. Medicinal plants offer promising avenues for new therapeutic agents. &lt;strong&gt;Objective: &lt;/strong&gt;This study uses flow cytometry method to evaluate the cytotoxic activity of &lt;em&gt;Annona muricata&lt;/em&gt; (Annonaceae), &lt;em&gt;Momordica charantia&lt;/em&gt; (Cucurbitaceae) and &lt;em&gt;Launaea taraxacifolia&lt;/em&gt; (Asteraceae), three plants from the Beninese pharmacopoeia known for their anti-cancer properties. &lt;strong&gt;Materials and Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; The leaves of A. muricata, &lt;em&gt;L. taraxacifolia &lt;/em&gt;and whole plants of &lt;em&gt;M. charantia&lt;/em&gt; were collected in southern Benin. Extracts were prepared by aqueous decoction and sequential extraction with solvents of increasing polarity (dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, methanol). The phytochemical profiles of the extracts were determined using TLC and tube tests. The cytotoxicity of the extracts was evaluated on THP-1 cancer cells and PBMC healthy cells. After treatment with the extracts, cell viability was measured by flow cytometry after staining with Thiazole Orange and Hoechst 33258. &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; The dichloromethane extracts of &lt;em&gt;A. muricata&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;M. charantia&lt;/em&gt;, and the ethyl acetate extract of &lt;em&gt;M. charantia&lt;/em&gt; and&lt;em&gt; L. taraxacifolia &lt;/em&gt;showed significant cytotoxic effects on THP-1 cells. Their half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt;) were 139.6 μg/mL, 72.89 μg/mL, 81.88 μg/mL and 106.3 μg/ mL, respectively. These extracts also demonstrated good selectivity toward normal cells. Phytochemical screening revealed the presence of alkaloids, coumarins, flavonoids, anthracene glycosides and triterpenes in the active extracts. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; This study demonstrated the cytotoxic potential of three medicinal plants from the Beninese pharmacopoeia which may serve to develop further new anticancer therapies.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie et Phytothérapie du Centre de Recherche et de Développement du Médicament (CRDM-PharmaLab), 01 BP 188, Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC), BENIN&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Institut de Recherche Clinique du Benin (IRCB), 04 BP 1114, Abomey-Calavi, BENIN&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Laboratoire de recherche sur les Biomarqueurs Moléculaires en Cancérologie et en Nutrition, Unité de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire UAC, BENIN&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;Laboratoire de Biologie Intégrative pour l’Innovation Thérapeutique, Unité de Biochimie et des Substances Naturelles Bioactives, UAC, BENIN&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;IRD, Inserm, MERIT, Université Paris Cité, F-75006 Paris, FRANCE&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt;UMR 152 PHARMADEV, IRD, Université de Toulouse, FRANCE&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%">Medha A. Bhat</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Isolation, Characterization of Neoandrographolide from Andrographis macrobotrys Nees and Evaluation of its effect on LPS induced TNF-α Activity</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%">Andrographis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anti-inflammation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Terpenoids</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THP-1 cells</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">TNF-α</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%">May 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%">669-674</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;Andrographis macrobotrys&lt;/em&gt; Nees is an important species of genus &lt;em&gt;Andrographis&lt;/em&gt; with applications in traditional medicine. Neoandrographolide is one of the constituents in this plant. But there are no previous reports of isolation of neoandrographolide from &lt;em&gt;A. macrobotrys&lt;/em&gt;. Current work is undertaken to concentrate on isolation, characterization, and evaluation of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibition activity of neoandrographolide from &lt;em&gt;A. macrobotrys&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Materials and Methods: &lt;/strong&gt;For the isolation process techniques like column chromatography, thin-layer chromatography (TLC), and preparative TLC were used. Characterization was done by ultra visible (UV)-visible spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR), carbon-13 (C13) nuclear magnetic resonance (13C NMR) analysis. 3-(4,5-dimethylthiaxo-2yl) 2, 5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay was done for the preliminary cytotoxicity test to standardize the sample concentration for the TNF-α inhibition study. The flowcytometric method was used to determine TNF-α inhibiting ability in a human monocytes cell line (THP-1). &lt;strong&gt;Results:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Neoandrographolide was isolated from methanolic extract of &lt;em&gt;A. macrobotrys&lt;/em&gt; which had a melting point of 174-175ºC. FTIR results had shown stretching for –OH, 3427.58 cm&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt;,sp&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;-CH, lactone, and α, β unsaturated ester. NMR data confirmed 26 carbon structures. Cytotoxicity of isolated neoandrographolide was 22.59 μg/ml. Further lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced TNF-α inhibition was highest in the case of isolated neoandrographolide in comparison with the crude extract of&lt;em&gt; A. macrobotrys&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;A. macrobotrys&lt;/em&gt; can be used as a new source of neoandrographolide with anti-inflammatory abilities by inhibiting the TNF-α release in THP-1 cells.&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%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">669</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Medha A. Bhat, Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy* &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;Department of Botany, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580003, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
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