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SUBMITTER: Yadav S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9283906 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yadav Snehlata S Sharma Ajay A Nayik Gulzar Ahmad GA Cooper Raymond R Bhardwaj Garima G Sohal Harvinder Singh HS Mutreja Vishal V Kaur Ramandeep R Areche Franklin Ore FO AlOudat Mohannad M Shaikh Ayaz Mukarram AM Kovács Béla B Mohamed Ahmed Abdelhakam Esmaeil AE
Frontiers in pharmacology 20220701
Shikonin and its derivatives, isolated from traditional medicinal plant species of the genus <i>Lithospermum, Alkanna, Arnebia, Anchusa, Onosma, and Echium</i> belonging to the Boraginaceae family, have numerous applications in foods, cosmetics, and textiles. Shikonin, a potent bioactive red pigment, has been used in traditional medicinal systems to cure various ailments and is well known for its diverse pharmacological potential such as anticancer, antithrombotic, neuroprotective, antidiabetic, ...[more]