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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Anti-Microbial, Anti-Oxidant, and α-Amylase Inhibitory Activity of Traditionally-Used Medicinal Herbs: A Comparative Analyses of Pharmacology, and Phytoconstituents of Regional Halophytic Plants' Diaspora.

Mohsen S Al-Omar, Hamdoon A Mohammed, Salman A A Mohammed, Essam Abd-Elmoniem, Yasser I Kandil, Hussein M Eldeeb, Sridevi Chigurupati, Ghassan M Sulaiman, Hadeel K Al-Khurayyif, Basma S Almansour and 2 more

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Mohsen S Al-OmarDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Qassim 51452, Saudi Arabia.
Hamdoon A MohammedDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Qassim 51452, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2896-6790
Salman A A MohammedDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Qassim 51452, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9250-100X
Essam Abd-ElmoniemDepartment of Plant Production and Protection, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Qassim 51452, Saudi Arabia.
Yasser I KandilBiochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11231, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-7156-9208
Hussein M EldeebDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Qassim 51452, Saudi Arabia.
Sridevi ChigurupatiDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Qassim 51452, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1081-2964
Ghassan M SulaimanDivision of Biotechnology, Department of Applied Sciences, University of Technology, Baghdad 35010, Iraq.ORCID 0000-0001-6388-3849
Hadeel K Al-KhurayyifCollege of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Qassim 51452, Saudi Arabia.
Basma S AlmansourDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Qassim 51452, Saudi Arabia.
Prarthana M SuryavamshiDepartment of Medical Laboratory, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Qassim 51452, Saudi Arabia.
Riaz A KhanDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Qassim 51452, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-0185-0149
Qassim University · SAAl-Ahliyya Amman University · JOUniversity of Technology - Iraq · IQ

Funding

Qassim University Deanship of Scientific Research [pharmacy-2019-2-2-I-5582]
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Halophytes are the category of plants growing under harsh conditions of super-salinity, and are wide-spread in the coastal Mediterranean climatic conditions and desert oasis. They are adept at surviving through maintaining excessive production of enzymatic, and non-enzymatic secondary metabolites, especially phenolics and flavonoids that primarily work as anti-oxidants and phytoalexins. Five major halophyte species growing in the kingdom's Qassim's high-salted desert regions were investigated for confirming their traditionally used biological activity of sugar-control and anti-infectious properties. In this context, the comparative presence of phenolics, and flavonoids together with anti-microbial, anti-oxidants, and the anti-diabetic potentials of the plants' extracts were investigated through the α-amylase inhibition method. The highest concentrations of phenolics and flavonoids were detected in

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alpha-AmylasesAnti-Infective AgentsAntioxidantsEnzyme ActivationEnzyme InhibitorsFree Radical ScavengersHumansPlant ExtractsPlants, MedicinalTrace Elementsalpha-AmylasesAnti-Infective AgentsAntioxidantsEnzyme InhibitorsFree Radical ScavengersPlant ExtractsTrace ElementsAeluropus lagopoidesanti-diabeticsanti-microbialanti-oxidantflavonoidshalophytesmethicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)phenolsSalsola cyclophyllaSalsola imbricataTamarix aphyllatotal phenolicstrace elementsZygophyllum simplexα-amylase enzyme inhibition

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PMID33233786
PMCPMC7699972
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