Monitoring the antioxidant activity of extracts originated from various Serratula species and isolation of flavonoids from Serratula coronata.

abstract：:Hexane, ethyl acetate, chloroform and methanol successive extracts of Jatropha multifida yellow rootbark, red rootbark and rootwood effectively inhibited the growth of B. subtilis and S. aureus at concentration of 200 microg/disk. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Aiyelaagbe OO

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different lines of experimental evidence indicate that treatment with extracts from and derivatives of Phaseolus vulgaris reduces intake of food, including highly palatable foods and beverages, in rats. The present study was designed to extend to mice these lines of evidence. To this end, CD1 mice were treated acutely...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Loi B,Fantini N,Colombo G,Gessa GL,Riva A,Bombardelli E,Morazzoni P,Carai MA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the effects of isopulegol, a monoterpene alcohol, in PTZ-induced convulsions and verified possible involved mechanisms. Saline, isopulegol or diazepam were intraperitonealy injected 30 min before PTZ. The latency for development of convulsions and mortality, as well as the mortality prot...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Silva MI,Silva MA,de Aquino Neto MR,Moura BA,de Sousa HL,de Lavor EP,de Vasconcelos PF,Macêdo DS,de Sousa DP,Vasconcelos SM,de Sousa FC

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:StAPs are potato aspartic proteases with cytotoxic activity against plant pathogens and spermatozoa. StAPs cytotoxic activity is selective, since these proteins do not exert toxic effect on plant cells and erythrocytes. In this work, we investigated the capacity of StAPs to exert cytotoxicity on human leukaemia cells....

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Mendieta JR,Fimognari C,Daleo GR,Hrelia P,Guevara MG

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oplopanax horridus or devil's club is a herbal medicine distributed in North America. The constituents and pharmacological activities of O. horridus (OPH) are largely unknown. In this study, we assayed OPH stem and berry extracts using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The anticancer potentials of extract...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Wang CZ,Aung HH,Mehendale SR,Shoyama Y,Yuan CS

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Centella asiatica (L.) Urban is a medicinal herb traditionally used in Asiatic countries for its multiple therapeutic properties, essentially due to its accumulation of specific pentacylic triterpenoid saponins, mainly asiaticoside and madecassoside and the corresponding sapogenins. This review summarizes the updated ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Azerad R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Illicium verum is a well known spice in traditional Indian system for its therapeutic potential. The present study was aimed to evaluate the acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase inhibitory (BChE) activity of standardized extracts of I. verum and its oil. Present study confirmed that anethole contribut...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Bhadra S,Mukherjee PK,Kumar NS,Bandyopadhyay A

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:Fourteen pregnane-type steroidal alkaloids were isolated from the ethanolic extracts of whole Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna plants. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral data. Three of them were identified as new steroidal alkaloids: (S)-20-(N,N-dimethylamino)-16α,17α-epoxy-3β-methoxy-pregn-5-e...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zhang PZ,Wang F,Yang LJ,Zhang GL

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was aimed to investigate the possible interaction of the standardized extract of Acorus calamus (AC) with Cytochrome P450 enzyme, quantitative determination of the α-asarone in the AC rhizome was performed by RP-HPLC method. In vitro interaction of the plant extract was evaluated by CYP450-carbon mon...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Pandit S,Mukherjee PK,Ponnusankar S,Venkatesh M,Srikanth N

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successive petroleum ether, dichloromethane and methanol extracts of Ajuga remota aerial parts were tested in vitro for their antifungal activity. The petroleum ether fraction was found to be the most effective against the tested pathogens. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Kariba RM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Piper laetispicum C.DC. (Piperaceae), is an endemic climbing, glabrous plant distributed in the southern part of China. A novel alkaloid amide, Laetispicine, from it has been proven to possess antidepressant activity. In this present study, antidepressant and antinociceptive effects of the ethyl acetate extract (EAE) ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Xie H,Yan MC,Jin D,Liu JJ,Yu M,Dong D,Cai CC,Pan SL

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：:Extracts of Lantana camara var. aculeata leaves were studied for their phytochemical constituents and termiticidal effects against adult termite workers. The 5% chloroform extract was found to be significantly effective against termite workers. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Verma RK,Verma SK

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solanum nigrum L. (also called as European black nightshade) has been traditionally used as folk medicine and food in some regions. Phytochemical investigations of the immature fruits of S. nigrum yielded five steroidal alkaloid glycosides (1-5), including an unprecedented nor-spirosolane type steroidal alkaloid with ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Xiang L,Wang Y,Yi X,He X

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new terpenoids, nemoralisins D-G (1-4), were isolated from the leaves and stems of Aphanamixis grandifolia, along with two known diterpenoids, nemoralisin C and nemoralisin. Among them, compound 1 is the first example of norsesquiterpenoid with δ-lactone moiety, and nemoralisins E-G (2-4), are a class of acyclic ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zhang R,He HP,Di YT,Li SL,Zuo GY,Zhang Y,Hao XJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation of jusmicranthin (1), a novel lignan from Justicia neesii, is reported. Compound 1 represents a new class of angularly fused arylnaphthalides having a gamma-hydroxylactone unit. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Rajasekhar D,Subbaraju GV

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed to identify and quantify the camptothecin quaternary derivative CPT8 for application in pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution studies. Rat plasma and tissue samples were extracted with methanol by using camptothecin as the internal sta...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Li Q,Zhu Q,Zhang X,Hua C,Deng X,Zhao T,Sun B

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five rare dichloro aromatic polyketides (1-5) were obtained from an endophytic fungus Penicillium sp., along with five known metabolites (6-10). Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis, Mosher methods, as well as [Rh2(OCOCF3)4]-induced electronic circular dichroism (ECD) experiments. Compo...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Yang MH,Li TX,Wang Y,Liu RH,Luo J,Kong LY

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cranberry procyanidins and quercetin derivatives are considered possible active compounds against urinary tract infections (UTIs). In this paper a small group (n=6) of healthy subjects consumed a product containing 360mg of cranberry extract (42.6% w/w of PAC-A and 14.6% w/w of PAC-B) and 200mg of quercetin. Urine sam...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Peron G,Sut S,Pellizzaro A,Brun P,Voinovich D,Castagliuolo I,Dall'Acqua S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the tyrosinase inhibitory capacity of Populus nigra buds absolute (PBA) and compare it to kojic acid (KA), controversial reference tyrosinase inhibitor. Populus nigra buds were extracted with hexane and ethanol to obtain PBA. The inhibitory effect of this absolute was first te...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Maack A,Pegard A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oil production from the seeds of Camellia oleifera Abel. causes a great waste of shells which contain a lot of bioactive components. The aim of this research was to isolate flavonoid from the shells of C. oleifera Abel. and evaluate its uses. The shells were extracted by 70% methanol, hydrolyzed by 2M hydrochloric aci...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Ye Y,Guo Y,Luo YT,Wang YF

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new 7,6'-coupled naphthylisoquinolines, namely ancistrotectorines A (1) and B (2), two new 5,3'-coupled naphthylisoquinolines, namely ancistrotectorines C (3) and D (4), and one new 7,8-coupled naphthylisoquinoline, namely ancistrotectorine E (5), together with 9 known naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids, hamatine (6),...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Jiang C,Li ZL,Gong P,Kang SL,Liu MS,Pei YH,Jing YK,Hua HM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methanol extracts of leaves, root and stem barks of Horsfieldia helwigii and Melia azedarach showed a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity. The activity was increased on fractionation (petrol, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate), particularly in the petrol fraction of the leaves of H. helwigii and dichlorometane f...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Khan MR,Kihara M,Omoloso AD

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new neo-clerodane diterpenoids have been isolated from the whole plant of Scutellaria barbata D. Don, and their structures were established by detailed spectral analyses as scutehenanine H (1) and 6-(2,3-epoxy-2-isopropyl-n-propoxyl)barbatin C (2). In vitro, the isolated two new compounds showed significant cytoto...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Dai SJ,Qu GW,Yu QY,Zhang DW,Li GS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tea seed triterpene saponin (TS) from Camellia sinensis was found to exhibit better antitumor activity in vivo in S180 implanted ICR mice and QR inducing activity for hepa lclc7 cells respectively compared with the total tea seed saponin (TTS), hydrolysate of the TTS and tea seed flavonoid glycosides (TF). By bioa...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Li N,Ma ZJ,Chu Y,Wang Y,Li X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new atranones T and U (1 and 2), and three known analogues atranone B (3), atranone Q (4), and stachatranone C (5) were isolated from the toxigenic fungus Stachybotrys chartarum. Their structures and absolute configurations were elucidated by spectroscopic data and calculated ECD analyses. The cytotoxicities of al...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Qin YD,Fang FM,Zhou JJ,Wang RB,Xu SX,Li LH,Zhang HL

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of the dichloromethane extract of the stem of Filicium decipiens yielded a new natural product, 24-norneohopa-4(23),22(29)-diene-3beta,6beta,7beta-triol 7-caffeate (1). ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Jayasinghe UL,Bandara AG,Hara N,Fujimoto Y

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new cycloartane triterpenoids, 1α,3β-dihydroxy-16-keto-24(31)-en-cycloartane (1), 31-methoxyl-passifloic acid (2), cyclopassifloside XIV (3), and cyclopassifloside XV (4), together with six known compounds (5-10) were isolated from Passiflora edulis Sims. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Xu FQ,Wang N,Fan WW,Zi CT,Zhao HS,Hu JM,Zhou J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00