Wenwu Li's Outputs (5)

Synthesis and evaluation of thymoquinone analogues as anti-ovarian cancer agents (2019)
Journal Article
Rosa Johnson-Ajinwo, O., Richardson, A., & Li, W. (2019). Synthesis and evaluation of thymoquinone analogues as anti-ovarian cancer agents. Proceedings, 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019022042

Conference abstract, presented at the 2nd Molecules Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (MMCS): Facing Novel Challenges in Drug Discovery, Barcelona, Spain, 15–17 May 2019.

Discovery, synthesis and antibacterial evaluation of phenolic compounds from Cylicodiscus gabunensis (2019)
Journal Article
Aldulaimi, O., Drijfhout, F., Uche, F. I., Horrocks, P., & Li, W. (2019). Discovery, synthesis and antibacterial evaluation of phenolic compounds from Cylicodiscus gabunensis. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 183 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-019-2589-2

BACKGROUND
Cylicodiscus gabunensis Harms (Family Leguminosae) (CG) is an African medicinal plant used as a treatment of various ailments including malaria, liver diseases, and gastrointestinal disturbances. Its extracts showed potent in vitro antiba... Read More about Discovery, synthesis and antibacterial evaluation of phenolic compounds from Cylicodiscus gabunensis.

Isolation, identification and evaluation of anticancer compounds from unexplored Rutidea parviflora (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Li, W., Johnson-Ajinwo, O. . R., & Richardson, A. (2019, May). Isolation, identification and evaluation of anticancer compounds from unexplored Rutidea parviflora. Paper presented at Natural products in Drug Discovery and Human Health PSE Lisbon Meeting 2019

Palmatine from Unexplored Rutidea parviflora Showed Cytotoxicity and Induction of Apoptosis in Human Ovarian Cancer Cells (2019)
Journal Article
Li, W., Johnson-Ajinwo, O., & Richardson, A. (2019). Palmatine from Unexplored Rutidea parviflora Showed Cytotoxicity and Induction of Apoptosis in Human Ovarian Cancer Cells. Toxins, 237 - 237. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11040237

Ovarian cancer ranks amongst the deadliest cancers in the gynaecological category of cancers. This research work aims to evaluate in vitro anti-ovarian cancer activities and identify phytochemical constituents of a rarely explored plant speciesRutide... Read More about Palmatine from Unexplored Rutidea parviflora Showed Cytotoxicity and Induction of Apoptosis in Human Ovarian Cancer Cells.

Mauritian Endemic Medicinal Plant Extracts Induce G2/M Phase Cell Cycle Arrest and Growth Inhibition of Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Vitro (2019)
Journal Article
Rummun, N., Hughes, R., Beesoo, R., Li, W., Aldulaimi, O., Macleod, K., …Neergheen-Bhujun, V. (2019). Mauritian Endemic Medicinal Plant Extracts Induce G2/M Phase Cell Cycle Arrest and Growth Inhibition of Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Vitro

Terrestrial plants have contributed massively to the development of modern oncologic drugs. Despite the wide acceptance of Mauritian endemic flowering plants in traditional medicine, scientific evidence of their chemotherapeutic potential is lacking.... Read More about Mauritian Endemic Medicinal Plant Extracts Induce G2/M Phase Cell Cycle Arrest and Growth Inhibition of Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Vitro.