Parthenin—A Sesquiterpene Lactone with Multifaceted Biological Activities: Insights and Prospects

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 26; no. 17; p. 5347
• Main Authors: Kaur, Amarpreet, Kaur, Shalinder, Jandrotia, Rupali, Singh, Harminder, Batish, Daizy, Kohli, Ravinder, Rana, Virendra, Shakil, Najam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 02.09.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Allelopathy; Asteraceae - chemistry; Asteraceae - metabolism; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Cytotoxicity; Enzymes; Leukemia; pharmacological properties; pseudoguaianolide; Review; sesquiterpene lactone; Sesquiterpenes - chemistry; Sesquiterpenes - metabolism; Sesquiterpenes - pharmacology; terpenoids; toxicology; toxicology; terpenoids; sesquiterpene lactone; pseudoguaianolide; pharmacological properties

Parthenin, a sesquiterpene lactone of pseudoguaianolide type, is the representative secondary metabolite of the tropical weed Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae). It accounts for a multitude of biological activities, including toxicity, allergenicity, allelopathy, and pharmacological aspects of th...