Bioactive Compounds from Plants Used as Therapeutic Agents in Biomedical Applications – a Literature Review –

Abstract

This review proposes an extensive study of some bioactive compounds produced by plants (piperine - PIP, curcumin - CUC, resveratrol – RES, icariin - ICA) with beneficial effects on human health. In addition to these compounds, the need for natural pigments, carotenoids in the body's daily diet and implicitly in nano-science and medicine is also debated. This study points to complexes of proactive compounds as well as their interaction with other drugs (e.g., doxorubicin: DOX, 5-fluorouracil: 5-FLU, paclitaxel: PCT) and metal nanoparticles (such as: gold nanoparticles: GNP, AuNP, and silver nanoparticles: SNP, AgNP) with applications in cancer cell lines and bacterial investigation, as well as using viral and fungal strains. This study also opens new opportunities of multi-functional metallic nanoparticles, realized by self-assemblies through molecular recognition among bioactive compounds on GNP or SNP, for their biomedical applications that require continuous development in terms of infections and the need to treat cancer and other diseases.

Interaction of Bioactive Compounds With Ceramic Materials – A Review

“…The previous study carried out by our team showed a rich biological activity and therapeutic potentials of piperine, curcumin, resveratrol, and icariin. Also, we discussed the interaction between them, the interaction with chemotherapeutic drugs, the interaction with silver and gold nanoparticles and the beneficial effects on health, especially applications in cancer cell lines [1].…”

Perspectives of Oral Dental Care

“…Curcumin is a vegetable compound widely exploited for its biological activities. Since its bioavailability, bioactivity, stability and physico-chemical behavior are less effective, strategies have been developed to improve curcumin properties by complexing with whey proteins [65][66][67][68], betacyclodextrin [69][70][71][72][73][74] with natural compounds such as piperine , silymarin, resveratrol [75,76], lipids and hydroxyapatite. Due to their unique properties, nanoparticles have found various uses in many fields starting from hydrogen production [77][78][79][80][81][82], synteses of materials with photoluminescence proprieties [83], adsorption capabilities [84,85], photocatalytic proprieties [86] to bio materials [34][35][36][37][38].…”