Antimicrobial activity of pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Heliotropium subulatum.

abstract：:A total of 58 fungal isolates, belonging to 24 genera, were obtained from the leaves, stems and roots of Ginkgo biloba L.. Among them, one endophytic fungal strain, Penicillium cataractum SYPF 7131, displayed the strongest antibacterial activity. Four new compounds (1-4) were isolated from the strain fermentation brot...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Wu YY,Zhang TY,Zhang MY,Cheng J,Zhang YX

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ganoderma cochlear, as edible and medicinal fungus, has long been used to prevent and treat various diseases. As our continuously phytochemical investigation of this fungus, a HPLC-UV-guided method led to the isolation of nine previously undescribed aromatic meroterpenoids with different ring systems, including six pa...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Peng X,Wang X,Chen L,Yang H,Li L,Lu S,Zhou L,Qiu M

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:Phytochemical investigations on Physalis. alkekengi L. var. franchetii, a widespread traditional Chinese medicine, led to the isolation and identification of three new sesquiterpenoids physalisitins A-C (1-3). Their structures were elucidated by NMR and HRESIMS analysis, and their absolute configurations were determin...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zhang JL,Zhou FF,Li YZ,Feng T,Jiang LL,Jiang RW,Zhang XX,Li XD

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new steroidal esters with an unusual framework, Sinkiangenorin A and B, a new organic acid glycoside, Sinkiangenorin C, and four known lignin compounds were isolated from the seeds of Ferula sinkiangensis. The structures of these compounds were established by spectroscopic analysis and single-crystal X-ray diffrac...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Li G,Li X,Cao L,Shen L,Zhu J,Zhang J,Wang J,Zhang L,Si J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dichloromethane extract of propolis (DCME) originating from Pitcairn Island demonstrated potent cytotoxicity against triple-negative MDA-MB-231 human breast carcinoma cells. The results from MTT assay showed that DCME inhibits the growth of the cancer cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner and upon the cell growth...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Georgieva K,Trusheva B,Uzunova V,Stoyanova T,Valcheva V,Popova M,Tzoneva R,Bankova V

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new triterpenoid estersaponins (1, 2) were isolated from the leaves of Pittosporum tobira 'Variegata' (Thunb.) W. T. Aiton, along with one known saponin (3) and one known flavonoid glycoside (4). Their structures were established by different spectroscopic methods including 1D and 2D NMR, UV, as well as ESI-MS ana...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： El Dib RA,Eskander J,Mohamed MA,Mohammed NM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antioxidant activity of Citrus paradisi (grapefruit) seeds glyceric extract dissolved in ethanol and in aqueous media was evaluated using three different methods: evaluation by DPPH assay, by 5-lipoxygenase assay and by luminol/xanthine/xanthine oxidase chemiluminescence assay. The total phenolic content was deter...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Giamperi L,Fraternale D,Bucchini A,Ricci D

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pocahemiketals A and B (1 and 2), two novel hemiketal sesquiterpenoids with unprecedented skeletons, were isolated from the essential oil of the aerial parts of Pogostemon cablin. In addition to a bicyclo[3.2.1]-carbon core, 1 and 2 possessed a hemiketal α,β-unsaturated-γ-lactone moiety. Their structures were determin...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zhu H,Zhou QM,Peng C,Chen MH,Li XN,Lin DS,Xiong L

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phytochemical study of an ethanol-soluble extract from the root barks of Daphne tangutica Maxim., a traditional Tibetan herb medicine, led to the isolation of 30 compounds, including eight daphnane diterpenes, nine coumarines, six lignans, five phenylpropanoid derivatives, beta-sitosterol and p-hydroxy benzonate. Tw...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Pan L,Zhang XF,Deng Y,Zhou Y,Wang H,Ding LS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One alkyl glycoside, saussurostelloside A (1), two phenolic glycosides, saussurostellosides B1 (2) and B2 (3), and 27 known compounds, including eleven flavonoids, seven phenolics, six lignans, one neolignan, one phenethyl glucoside and one fatty acid, were isolated from an ethanol extract of Saussurea stella (Asterac...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Wang TM,Wang RF,Chen HB,Shang MY,Cai SQ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen secolignans (1-19), including five new ones (1-5), were isolated from the whole plant of Peperomia dindygulensis. Their structures including stereochemistry were determined by spectroscopic methods, in particular NMR and electronic CD (ECD) analysis. All the isolates were evaluated for their inhibitory activi...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Sun RF,Zhu CC,Yang Y,Yu NJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five new sesquiterpenes (1-5) along with ten known ones were isolated from the heartwood of Dalbergia odorifrea T. Chen. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic techniques including MS, UV, IR, 1D and 2D NMR. Bioassay results showed that compounds 1 and 9 had inhibitory effect on Candida albicans, and compou...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Wang H,Dong WH,Zuo WJ,Liu S,Zhong HM,Mei WL,Dai HF

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-nociceptive and anti-oedematogenic effects of the aqueous extract from the leaves of Erythrina velutina were tested through experimental models of nociception in mice and paw oedema induced by carrageenin in rats. The extract (300 and 600 mg/kg) did not change the carrageenin-induced paw oedema. In the hot plate ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Marchioro M,Blank Mde F,Mourão RH,Antoniolli AR

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcandracoumarin (1), the first coumarin having a 1-phenylethyl substituent at the C-3 position, was isolated along with eleven known phenolic compounds from the water extract of Sarcandra glabra. Its structure was elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data. Compound 1 exhibited moderate or weak cytotoxicity again...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Feng S,Xu L,Wu M,Hao J,Qiu SX,Wei X

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diterpene alkaloids neoline (1), napelline (2), isotalatizidine (3), karakoline (4), senbusine A (5), senbusine C (6), aconitine (7) and taurenine (8) were identified from Aconitum napellus L. subsp. firmum, four (2-4, 6) of which are reported for the first time from this plant. The structures were determined by means...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Kiss T,Orvos P,Bánsághi S,Forgo P,Jedlinszki N,Tálosi L,Hohmann J,Csupor D

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanol extract of the stem bark of Hymenodictyon parvifolium was tested for its antifungal and antibacterial activity. The extract was found to have inhibitory effect against all the pathogens tested. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Kariba RM

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：:A new sesquiterpene lactone, 7alpha,10alpha-epoxy-1alpha(H),5alpha(H)-guaia-3,11(13)-dien-8alpha,12-olide, was isolated from the leaves of Hedyosmum arborescens. The structure of this unusual 7,10-epoxy-guaianolide was determined by spectroscopic methods, particularly one- and two-dimensional 1H and 13C NMR. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Bercion S,Couppe de K Martin MA,Baltaze JP,Bourgeois P

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aqueous extract of the leaves of Musanga cecropioides did not affect ache-induced contractile response, but produced significant inhibition of the twitch and pendular movement of the rat and rabbit smooth muscles, respectively, and reduced writhing induced by acetic acid in mice. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Aziba PI,Gbile ZO

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic uses and methods of administration of 70 plants in the traditional medicine of Sarrabus (south-east Sardinia, Italy) are documented. Among these species, some were not reported previously for Sardinia, while others turn out to have an original therapeutic use. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Palmese MT,Uncini Manganelli RE,Tomei PE

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new altersolanol derivative, 4-dehydroxyaltersolanol A (9), along with two known sesquiterpenoids, (S)-7'-hydroxyabscisic acid (7) and (S)-abscisic acid (8) were obtained from the endophytic fungus, Nigrospora oryzae, isolated from leaves of Combretum dolichopetalum. The host plant yielded six known compounds includ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Uzor PF,Ebrahim W,Osadebe PO,Nwodo JN,Okoye FB,Müller WE,Lin W,Liu Z,Proksch P

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Callus and differentiated shoots initiated from Solanum tuberosum L. on MS media containing BA, IAA, and Kin. Glycoalkaloids are produced in callus and shoots in concentrations higher than original tubers using HPLC. Callus methanolic extract had promising anticancer activity with low IC(50) values against human carci...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Al-Ashaal HA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of six lignans isolated from the core and bark acetone extracts of Hibiscus cannabinus have been investigated. Two compounds (2 and 3) showed strong cytotoxic activity against HeLa, Hep-2 and A-549 cell lines while compound 5 showed moderate activity on HeLa cells when they w...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Moujir L,Seca AM,Silva AM,López MR,Padilla N,Cavaleiro JA,Neto CP

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The estrogenicity of different batches of red clover (Trifolium pratense L., Fabaceae; RCL) extracts and its relationship with the isoflavone content were assessed by measuring MCF-7 cell proliferation by flow cytometry and propidium iodide staining. RCL extracts were compared to estradiol (E2) and to the main RCL iso...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Spagnuolo P,Rasini E,Luini A,Legnaro M,Luzzani M,Casareto E,Carreri M,Paracchini S,Marino F,Cosentino M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One new Euphane-type triterpenoid 3β-hydroxytirucalla-5, 24-dien-21-oic acid (1), and ten known compounds (2-11) were isolated from Melia azedarach L. through bioassay-guided chemical analysis. The structures of the isolated compounds were established by means of 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic ((1)H, (13)C, DEPT, COSY, H...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Khan MF,Rawat AK,Pawar B,Gautam S,Srivastava AK,Negi DS

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen alkaloids were detected in the bark, leaves, wood and roots of Peumus boldus, including traces of secoboldine, N-methylsecoboldine (boldine methine), glaucine and norreticuline, not reported previously as constituents of this species. Using appropriate standards, we quantified thirteen of them by UHPLC-MS/MS....

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Fuentes-Barros G,Castro-Saavedra S,Liberona L,Acevedo-Fuentes W,Tirapegui C,Mattar C,Cassels BK

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochemical study on rhizomes of Beesia calthifolia resulted in the isolation of five new (1-5) and three known (6-8) cycloartane triterpenoids possessing a hemiketal or ketal group at C-24 from the EtOAc fraction of 95% ethanol extract. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic and chemical methods, especia...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zheng DJ,Zhou J,Liu Q,Yao W,Zhang MZ,Shao BH,Mo JX,Zhou CX,Gan LS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methanolic extract of the Zanthoxylum rhetsa Roxb. stem bark, given by oral route to mice at doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg, significantly reduced the abdominal contraction induced by acetic acid and the diarrhoeal episodes induced by castor oil in mice. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Rahman MT,Alimuzzaman M,Ahmad S,Chowdhury AA

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new clerodane diterpenoids 2 beta-methoxy-cleroda-3,13-dien-18-carboxy-15,16-olide (1) and 15 xi-methoxy-cleroda-3,12-dien-18-carboxy-15,16-olide (2) and one new nitrogen-containing clerodane diterpenoid 15-oxo-echinophyllin A (3), along with six known compounds, namely, echinophyllin A, (-)-patagonic acid, tyroso...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Wang W,Ali Z,Li XC,Smillie TA,Guo DA,Khan IA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00