Antibacterial activity of Enantia polycarpa bark.

abstract：:Extracts of Hypericum, Passiflora and Valeriana are used for the treatment of mild depression and anxiety. We were interested whether a combination of Hypericum and Passiflora exerts comparable effects to Hypericum alone. We used two well-established models for investigating extracts for their anti-depressant activity...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Fiebich BL,Knörle R,Appel K,Kammler T,Weiss G

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aconitum carmichaelii has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for treating various diseases for several thousand years. Based on the biosynthetic pathway of some alkaloids such as C19-diterpenoid alkaloids and obvious differences in alkaloid content between leaves of two A. carmichaelii varieties has been report...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Yang Y,Hu P,Zhou X,Wu P,Si X,Lu B,Zhu Y,Xia Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A weak estrogenicity of puerarin on reproductive organs was addressed in female rats. In short-term treatment, immature ovariectomized rats were injected with 0.7 mg/kg BW/day of puerarin, for 14 days. Puerarin did not increase uterus weights, endometrium and myometrium areas, and the percent of cornified cells (%Co),...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Malaivijitnond S,Tungmunnithum D,Gittarasanee S,Kawin K,Limjunyawong N

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aloe barbadensis Mill has been used as food and medicine for a long time. In order to investigate the chemical constituents of A. barbadensis and their inhibitory activities towards phosphodiesterase-4D (PDE4D), 70% methanol extract of the dried A. barbadensis powder was employed. Phytochemical investigation has led t...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zhong J,Huang Y,Ding W,Wu X,Wan J,Luo H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new steroidal glycosides (1-3) and a novel natural product 4 firstly obtained from a plant source, together with two known steroidal glycosides (5-6) have been isolated from the whole plant of Reineckia carnea. Their structures were determined by physicochemical properties and spectroscopic methods, and their cy...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Song X,Zhang D,He H,Li Y,Yang X,Deng C,Tang Z,Cui J,Yue Z

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antinociceptive properties of the aqueous extract of Eupatorium buniifolium aerial parts were investigated in chemical and thermal models of nociception in mice. Oral doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg produced an inhibition of 42.3% and 73.9%, respectively, of the abdominal writhes induced by acetic acid in mice. This an...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Miño J,Muschietti L,Ferraro G,Martino V,Acevedo C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical and biocatalytic synthesis of seven previously undescribed marchantin A ester derivatives has been presented. Chemical synthesis afforded three peresterified bisbibenzyl products (TE1-TE3), while enzymatic method, using lipase, produced regioselective monoester derivatives (ME1-ME4). The antiproliferative act...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Novakovic M,Simić S,Koračak L,Zlatović M,Ilic-Tomic T,Asakawa Y,Nikodinovic-Runic J,Opsenica I

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NAtural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) are chemically simple but physiologically important plant constituents that exhibit unique solubilizing properties of other metabolites, including bioactive constituents. The high polarity of NADES introduces a challenge in the ability of conventional solid-support based chromato...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Liu Y,Garzon J,Friesen JB,Zhang Y,McAlpine JB,Lankin DC,Chen SN,Pauli GF

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate potential hepatoprotective capabilities of quercetin in relation to its modulation of the HO-1 and NOS-2 activities in an experimental model of fulminant liver failure. Liver insult was induced by in vivo administration of D-galactosamine (d-GalN, 400 mg/kg, i.p.) and lipopo...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Lekić N,Canová NK,Hořínek A,Farghali H

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flos Chrysanthemi (the flower of Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.) is widely used in China as a food and traditional Chinese medicine for many diseases. Luteolin and apigenin are two main bioactive components in Flos Chrysanthemi, and chrysoeriol and diosmetin are two methylated metabolites of luteolin in vivo by cathe...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Chen Z,Kong S,Song F,Li L,Jiang H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More attention was paid to the anti-tumor activity of Rhizoma Paridis (RP) recently, of which the wild resource was decreased significantly. This study was aimed to elucidate the chemical characteristics of Paris fargesii var. brevipetala (PFB) that may be administrated as alternate resource of legal RP. A HPLC-ELSD m...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Wen F,Yin H,Chen C,Liu X,Xue D,Chen T,He J,Zhang H

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review is given of how the production by plants of compounds useful as medicines or raw materials for manufacture of medicines is influenced by ultraviolet radiation, particularly by UV-B radiation (280-315 nm wavelength). The compounds considered in this review are flavonoids and other phenolics, alkaloids (especia...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zhang WJ,Björn LO

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new triterpene, 3beta-19alpha-dihydroxy-30-norurs-12-ene (1), has been isolated from the methanolic extract of Debregeasia salicifolia stems. Its structure has been elucidated with the help of one- and two-dimensional NMR and NOE studies. Lupeol, beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol and oleanolic acid are also reported for...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Akbar E,Riaz M,Malik A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GCs) are usually used to treat inflammatory diseases. However, they cause severe and irreversible side effects, which limit the use of these compounds. Ginsenoside Rg1 had been demonstrated to possess anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects. The present study was designed to investigate whether Rg1 ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Song Y,Zhao F,Zhang L,Du Y,Wang T,Fu F

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new alkaloids were isolated from the bark of Sarcomelicope megistophylla. Cyclomegistine B (1), a new quinolone alkaloid, that possesses a rare cyclobuta[b]quinoline ring system and sarcomejine B (2) which is a quinolone alkaloid with an unusual side chain. The structure of both compounds was elucidated on the bas...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Mitaku S,Fokialakis N,Magiatis P,Tillequin F

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha(2)beta(1) and alpha(IIb)beta(3) integrins, that support platelet adhesion to collagen and fibrinogen, respectively, share common signaling molecules. The effect of quercetin on platelet static adhesion to collagen and fibrinogen was assessed and correlated with its kinase inhibitory activity. Quercetin strongly ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Navarro-Núñez L,Lozano ML,Martínez C,Vicente V,Rivera J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty four terpenoids, including two new cadinane-type sesquiterpenoids containing conjugated aromatic-ketone moieties, curcujinone A (1) and curcujinone B (2), were isolated from 95% ethanol extract of the root tubers of Curcuma wenyujin. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic methods, especially 2D NMR a...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zhou CX,Zhang LS,Chen FF,Wu HS,Mo JX,Gan LS

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A different type of biologically active compound from Kuji amber (Late Cretaceous, Japan) before the K-Pg boundary [65 million years ago (Ma)] was isolated based on the growth-restoring activity of a mutant yeast involving Ca2+ signal transduction. It was identified as a spirolactone norditerpenoid, (4R*, 5S*, 8R*, 9R...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Shimizu E,Koshino H,Noro A,Maruyama M,Shimoda N,Uesugi S,Ohnishi M,Kimura KI

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infusions of Picrolemma sprucei roots, stems and leaves are used in traditional medicine throughout the Amazon region from the Guianas to Brazil and Peru in the treatment of gastritis, intestinal helminths and malaria. As there are no studies describing its mode of action in providing a gastroprotective effect, we det...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Vieira SM,Silva RL,Lemos HP,Amorim RC,Silva EC,Reinach PS,Cunha FQ,Pohlit AM,Cunha TM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fruit rind of Garcinia gummi-gutta, commonly known as Garcinia cambogia (syn.), is extensively used traditionally as a flavourant in fish curries due to its sharp sour taste. Additional ethnobotanical uses include its use as a digestive and a traditional remedy to treat bowel complaints, intestinal parasites and r...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Semwal RB,Semwal DK,Vermaak I,Viljoen A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral treatment with the water extracts of Scoparia dulcis whole aerial parts, at doses of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg, dose dependently inhibited the indomethacin-induced gastric damages in rats. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Babincová M,Schronerová K,Sourivong P

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five pairs of new 2-oxoindole alkaloids, (±)-peganumalines A-E (1-5), and a new indole alkaloid, peganumaline F (6), along with two known analogues, were isolated from the seeds of Peganum harmala. Their structures and absolute configurations were elucidated through spectroscopic analyses and quantum chemistry calcula...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Wang KB,Hu X,Li SG,Li XY,Li DH,Bai J,Pei YH,Li ZL,Hua HM

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:European Hawthorn species (Crataegus spp.) are traditionally used for their demonstrated cardioprotective benefits. Most products are based on the compendial leaf and flower drug (LFD), which is standardised on the total flavonoid content (TF). In order to reduce variability associated with the wild plant origin and t...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Peschel W,Bohr C,Plescher A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five rare sesquiterpene lactone dimers, vlasouliolides E-I, were isolated from Vladimiria souliei. Their chemical structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis. Furthermore, 2 and 4 were unambiguously confirmed by Cu-Kα X-ray crystallographic analysis. Compounds 1, 2, 4 and 5 exhibited significant anti-inflamma...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Wu ZL,Wang JX,Chen LP,Dong HY,Li HL,Zhang WD

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the aqueous extract of the leaf of Euphrasia officinale on blood glucose levels in normal and alloxan-diabetic rats were investigated. The treatment of alloxan-induced diabetic rats brought down the raised glucose levels, while the extract was devoid of hypoglycemic effect in normal rats. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Porchezhian E,Ansari SH,Shreedharan NK

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A botanical natural product, AkseBio2, was evaluated for its larvicidal effect against Culex pipiens under laboratory conditions. The product exhibited strong larvicidal activity and caused >90% mortalities in both the young (first-second) and the older (third-fourth) larval stages of the species at 24 h at the doses ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Cetin H,Erler F,Yanikoglu A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sauruchinenols A (1) and B (2), two novel monocyclic diterpenes with unique carbon skeleton, as well as two new structurally related diterpenes, sauruchinenols C (3) and D (4), were isolated from the aerial part of Saururus chinensis. Their structures were elucidated based on the analysis of spectroscopic data. A hypo...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Gao X,He J,Wu XD,Peng LY,Shao LD,Li Y,Cheng X,Zhao QS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to elucidate the bioactive components responsible for the the α-glucosidase inhibitory activity detected in the EtOAc extract of the mushroom Hydnellum concrescens. Two new p-terphenyl derivatives, concrescenins A (1) and B (2), in along with six known compounds thelephantins L (3), I (4),...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Wang SM,Han JJ,Ma K,Jin T,Bao L,Pei YF,Liu HW

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five new phthalides (1-4, 6), two new natural products (5, 7) and five known phthalides (8-12) were isolated from the aerial parts of Ligusticum sinense Oliv cv. Chaxiong. Their structures were elucidated by HR-ESI-MS, UV, IR, 1D and 2D NMR (HSQC, HMBC, (1)H-(1)H COSY, NOESY) methods. The absolute configurations were ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Wei Q,Yang J,Ren J,Wang A,Ji T,Su Y

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fractions prepared from the methanol extract of Buchholzia coriacea stem bark exhibited a high concentration-dependent antibacterial and antifungal activity compared to the standard antibiotics, ampicillin and tioconazole. In the brine shrimp lethality (BSL) assay, the methanol extract was found to be non-toxic with a...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Ajaiyeoba EO,Onocha PA,Nwozo SO,Sama W

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00