Carnivorous Plants as a Source of Potent Bioactive Compound: Naphthoquinones

Carnivory in the Bromeliad Brocchinia reducta, with a Cost/Benefit Model for the General Restriction of Carnivorous Plants to Sunny, Moist, Nutrient-Poor Habitats

Thomas J. Givnish, Elizabeth L. Burkhardt, Ruth E. Happel et al. · The American Naturalist · 1984 · 393 citations

Life Sciences, Botany, Plant Sciences +17

Cytotoxic Action of Juglone and Plumbagin:  A Mechanistic Study Using HaCaT Keratinocytes

Johnson J. Inbaraj, Colin F. Chignell · Chemical Research in Toxicology · 2003 · 330 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Dermatology +17

Plumbagin (5-Hydroxy-2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone) Suppresses NF-κB Activation and NF-κB-regulated Gene Products Through Modulation of p65 and IκBα Kinase Activation, Leading to Potentiation of Apoptosis Induced by Cytokine and Chemotherapeutic Agents

Santosh K. Sandur, Haruyo Ichikawa, Gautam Sethi et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2006 · 320 citations · Full text

Medicine, Oncology, Pharmacology +17

Metabolic engineering of plant secondary metabolite pathways for the production of fine chemicals

Robert Verpoorte, Robert van der Heijden, H. J. G. ten Hoopen et al. · Biotechnology Letters · 1999 · 268 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biotechnology +16

Noteworthy Secondary Metabolites Naphthoquinones – their Occurrence, Pharmacological Properties and Analysis

Petr Babula, Vojtěch Adam, Ladislav Havel et al. · Current Pharmaceutical Analysis · 2009 · 264 citations

Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +14