Chemistry and Biological Activity of Alkaloids from the Genus (Amaryllidaceae)

Overview

Journal Molecules

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Biology

Date 2020 Oct 22

PMID 33086636

Citations 13

Authors

Lucie Cahlikova

Katerina Breiterova

Lubomir Opletal

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Abstract

Herbert, family Amaryllidaceae, is a small genus of about 20 species that are native to the warm temperate woodlands of eastern Asia, as in China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the Himalayas. For many years, species of have been subjected to extensive phytochemical and pharmacological investigations, resulting in either the isolation or identification of more than 110 Amaryllidaceae alkaloids belonging to different structural types. Amaryllidaceae alkaloids are frequently studied for their interesting biological properties, including antiviral, antibacterial, antitumor, antifungal, antimalarial, analgesic, cytotoxic, and cholinesterase inhibition activities. The present review aims to summarize comprehensively the research that has been reported on the phytochemistry and pharmacology of the genus .

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