SL-YRW-12 Short Lecture 12 "Isolation of ecdysteroids from Cyanotis arachnoidea using scalable and sustainable centrifugal partition chromatography (CPC)"

Ecdysteroids are a special group of steroids that play an important role in regulating the molting and development of arthropods. This structurally diverse, non-toxic group of steroids has several beneficial bioactivities in mammals; hence they are widely consumed as dietary supplements. Some derivatives were shown to have cholesterol-lowering [1], antioxidant and neuroprotective [2] effects among others, and a recent in silico study suggests a probable anti-COVID-19 activity of an ecdysteroid (calonysterone) [3].