This Research Topic explores the therapeutic potential of nutraceuticals and bioactive compounds to counter the global threat of antimicrobial resistance ...

The Dioscorea genus, commonly known as yam, is a rich source of bioactive compounds that include steroid saponins, phenanthrenes and diverse phenolic derivatives. These constituents exhibit a spectrum ...

Longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) is a tropical fruit renowned for its nutritional and medicinal merits, attributed largely to its rich array of bioactive compounds. Key constituents such as ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has identified two plant-based bioactive compounds with potential as glucagon-like-peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists for weight loss as possible alternatives to ...

Green and Sustainable Chemistry can take up new challenges solving past, present and preventing future environmental burdens.

Irritable bowel syndrome, chronic itching, asthma and migraine are in many cases hard-to-treat conditions. They have in common that they are triggered by an excessive immune response -- which in ...

A bioactive compound found in turmeric promotes stem cell proliferation and differentiation in the brain, reveals new research. The findings suggest aromatic turmerone could be a future drug candidate ...

A new report highlights bitter melon’s potential to lower blood sugar in prediabetes, aid weight loss through its fiber content, and provide bioactive compounds with possible cancer-fighting effects.

Scientists from the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and the Central Research Institute, Japan, have revealed that certain bioactive compounds found in green, black, and oolong tea possess ...

A bioactive compound produced by an extremophilic bacterium has potential industrial applications. An international collaboration of researchers has isolated a bioactive compound in extremophilic ...

Where do the well-known cannabis compounds THC, CBD and CBC come from? Researchers at Wageningen University & Research have experimentally demonstrated for the first time how cannabis acquired the ...

But a new review study suggests that stevia may have anti-inflammatory properties that go beyond their role as a sweetener. And while the research is still in its early stages, it's a solid step to ...