Neurotrophic Natural Products

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Neurotrophins (NGF, BDNF, NT3, NT4) can decrease cell death, induce differentiation, as well as sustain the structure and function of neurons, which make them promising therapeutic agents for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. However, neurotrophins have not been very effective in clinical trials mostly because they cannot pass through the blood-brain barrier owing to being high-molecular-weight proteins. Thus, neurotrophin-mimic small molecules, which stimulate the synthesis of endogenous neurotrophins or enhance neurotrophic actions, may serve as promising alternatives to neurotrophins. Small-molecular-weight natural products, which have been used in dietary functional foods or in traditional medicines over the course of human history, have a great potential for the development of new therapeutic agents against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. In this contribution, a variety of natural products possessing neurotrophic properties such as neurogenesis, neurite outgrowth promotion (neuritogenesis), and neuroprotection are described, and a focus is made on the chemistry and biology of several neurotrophic natural products.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:123

Enthalten in:

Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products - 123(2024) vom: 09., Seite 1-473

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fukuyama, Yoshiyasu [VerfasserIn]
Kubo, Miwa [VerfasserIn]
Harada, Kenichi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biological Products
Chemical synthesis
Journal Article
Natural products
Nerve Growth Factors
Neurite outgrowth
Neurogenesis
Neuroprotective
Neurotrophic activity
Neurotrophin
Neurotrophin mimetics
PC12 cells

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/978-3-031-42422-9_1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368297934