cucurbitacin
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Research
1,155 papers- Cucurbitacin IIa: A review of phytochemistry and pharmacology.Phytotherapy research : PTR · 2021
- Cucurbitacin E reduces IL-1β-induced inflammation and cartilage degeneration by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt pathway in osteoarthritic chondrocytes.Journal of translational medicine · 2023
- Cucurbitacin B: A review of its pharmacology, toxicity, and pharmacokinetics.Pharmacological research · 2023
- Cucurbitacin B and Its Derivatives: A Review of Progress in Biological Activities.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
- Potential of cucurbitacin as an anticancer drug.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2023
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Article
26 sectionsContents
- Biosynthesis
- Variants
- Cucurbitacin A
- Cucurbitacin B
- Cucurbitacin C
- Cucurbitacin D
- Cucurbitacin E
- Cucurbitacin F
- Cucurbitacin G
- Cucurbitacin H
- Cucurbitacin I
- Cucurbitacin J
- Cucurbitacin K
- Cucurbitacin L
- Cucurbitacin O
- Cucurbitacin P
- Cucurbitacin Q
- Cucurbitacin R
- Cucurbitacin S
- Cucurbitacin T
- 28/29 Norcucurbitacins
- Other
- Occurrence and bitter taste
- Research and toxicity
- See also
- References
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Cucurbitacins are a class of biochemical compounds that some plants – notably members of the pumpkin and gourd family, Cucurbitaceae – produce and which function as a defense against herbivores. Cucurbitacins and their derivatives have also been found in many other plant families (including Brassicaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Begoniaceae, Elaeocarpaceae, Datiscaceae, Desfontainiaceae, Polemoniaceae, Primulaceae, Rubiaceae, Sterculiaceae, Rosaceae, and Thymelaeaceae), in some mushrooms (including Russula and Hebeloma) and even in some marine mollusks.