Photoprotective activity of Buddleja scordioides.

abstract：:Biomass and secondary metabolite accumulation were assayed on a wide range of auxins, cytokinins and their combinations using Ecballium elaterium callus tissue. The best combination was that consisting of alpha-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) and benzylamino purine (BAP) (1 mg/l of medium, each). NAA and BAP were set up...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Attard EG,Scicluna-Spiteri A

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：: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：:Two new glycosides, 2-methyl-L-erythritol-4-O-(6-O-trans-sinapoyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside (1) and 2-methyl-L-erythritol-1-O-(6-O-trans-sinapoyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside (2), along with two known triterpenoids (3-4), four quinic acid derivatives (5-8) and one flavonoid (9) were isolated from the fruit of Gardenia jasminoides....

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Yang L,Peng K,Zhao S,Zhao F,Chen L,Qiu F

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight new flavonoids daemoflavans A-H, including two dimeric proanthocyanidins (1 and 2), four flavans (3-6), two 2-arylbenzofurans (7 and 8), along with nine known compounds (9-17), were isolated from the fruit of Daemonorops draco. Their structures, including the absolute configurations, were elucidated by extensive...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Wang YY,Dai YW,Cao J,Chen YT,Zhao CX,Jiang L

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antituberculosis activity of 14 natural azorellane and mulinane diterpenoids isolated from Azorella compacta, Azorella madreporica, Mulinum crassifolium, and Laretia acaulis, together with eight semisynthetic derivatives, was evaluated against two Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. The natural azorellanes azorell...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Molina-Salinas GM,Bórquez J,Ardiles A,Said-Fernández S,Loyola LA,San-Martín A,González-Collado I,Peña-Rodríguez LM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human carboxylesterase 1 (CES1), primarily expressed in the liver and adipocytes, is responsible for the hydrolysis of endogenous esters (such as cholesteryl esters and triacylglycerols) and the metabolism of xenobiotic esters (such as clopidogrel and oseltamivir), thus participates in physiological and pathological p...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Song PF,Zhu YD,Ma HY,Wang YN,Wang DD,Zou LW,Ge GB,Yang L

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new secoiridoid aglycones of (-)-swermusic acid A (1) and B (3), and (-)-swerimuslatone A (2), and four new secoiridoid glycosides of 6'-O-formylsweroside (4), 6'-O-formylgentiopicroside (5), 6'-O-acetylamarogentin (6) and 6'-O-acetylamaronitidin (7), along with 40 known compounds (8-47) were isolated from Swert...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Cao TW,Geng CA,Ma YB,Zhang XM,Zhou J,Tao YD,Chen JJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to verify whether frutalin (FTL) affords gastroprotection against the ethanol-induced gastric damage and to examine the underlying mechanism(s). Gastric damage was induced by intragastric administration of 0.2 ml of ethanol (96%). Mice in groups were pretreated with FTL (0.25, 0.5 and 1 ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： de Vasconcellos Abdon AP,Coelho de Souza G,Noronha Coelho de Souza L,Prado Vasconcelos R,Araújo Castro C,Moreira Guedes M,Pereira Lima RC Jr,de Azevedo Moreira R,de Oliveira Monteiro-Moreira AC,Rolim Campos A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ecological role of maytansine, an important antineoplastic and antimicrobial compound with high cytotoxicity, particularly as a chemical defense compound has remained elusive since its discovery in the 1970s in Maytenus and Putterlickia plants. In the present study, we have used MALDI-imaging-HRMS to visualize the...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Eckelmann D,Kusari S,Spiteller M

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium-activated chloride channels (CaCCs) as a kind of widely expressed ion channels play crucial roles in a variety of physiological regulation. TMEM16A has been identified as the molecular basis of CaCCs in numerous cell types and is considered a new drug target for many diseases. Regulating the function of TMEM16...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zhu X,Zhang W,Jin L,Zhang G,Yang H,Yu B

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioassay-directed separation of the chloroform extracts from the air-dried aerial part of Alhagi pseudalhagi (M.B.) led to the isolation of a new isoflavonolignan (1), together with five known isoflavones (2-6) (Fig. 1). Their structures were identified on the basis of spectral analysis of NMR, MS, IR, UV and CD spect...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Li N,Zhang G,Xiong Y,Makhabel B,Li X,Jia X

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chemical investigation of the 80% EtOH extract of the aerial plant of Alstonia rupestris afforded four new monoterpenoid indole alkaloids, 6,7-epoxy-8-oxo-vincadifformine (1), 11-acetyl-6,7-epoxy-8-oxo-vincadifformine (2), 11-hydroxy-14-chloro-15-hydroxy-vincadifformine (3), and perakine N1,N4-dioxide (4), together ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zhang L,Hua Z,Song Y,Feng C

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant derived camptothecin (CPT) is a pentacyclic pyrroloquinoline alkaloid with unique antitumor activity. Successive discoveries of new CPT-producing plants occurred in recent years due to market demands. The scattered distribution among angiosperms drew researchers' attention. The aim of this review is to appra...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Pu X,Zhang CR,Zhu L,Li QL,Huang QM,Zhang L,Luo YG

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five new limonoids, named sundarbanxylogranins A-E (1-5), were isolated from the seeds of an Indian mangrove, Xylocarpus granatum, collected from mangrove swamps of the Sundarbans, India. The structures of these limonoids were established by HRESIMS and NMR spectroscopic data. Sundarbanxylogranin A (1) is a rare limon...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Dai YG,Wu J,Padmakumar KP,Shen L

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new lathyrane diterpene (1), an unreported spectroscopic data lathyrane diterpenene (2), and two known analaogues (3 and 4) have been isolated from Euphorbia prolifera. Their structures were elucidated as (12E,2S,3S,4R,5R,6S,9S,11S,15R)-3-butyryloxy-5,15-diacetoxy-6,17-epoxylathyra- 12-en-14-one (1), (12E,2S,3S,4R,5...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Xu J,Jin DQ,Song H,Guo Y,He Y

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caesalpinone A (1), a new type of gorgonane sesquiterpenoid containing an unprecedented 1,15-bridge, along with ten known sesquiterpenoids (2-11) were isolated from the pods of Caesalpinia spinosa Kuntze (Tara). The structure of caesalpinone A was elucidated based on its 1D and 2D NMR spectra. The absolute configurati...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Mu W,Tang H,Li Y,He D,Ma R,Wang L

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first chemical examination of roots of the traditionally used medicinal plant Talinum triangulare (Portulacaceae) from Nigeria led to the isolation of two new C-methylated flavonoids, 5,6-dimethoxy-7-hydroxy-8-methyl-flavone (1), 5,6-dimethoxy-8-methyl-2-phenyl-7H-1-benzopyran-7-one (2), and one new α-pyrone deriv...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Umeokoli BO,Muharini R,Okoye FB,Ajiwe VI,Akpuaka MU,Lin W,Liu Z,Proksch P

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclotides describe a unique cyclic peptide family that displays a broad range of biological activities including uterotonic, anti-bacteria, anti-cancer and anti-HIV. The vigno cyclotides consist of vigno 1-10 were reported recently from Viola ignobilis. In the present study, we examined the effects of vigno 5, a natu...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Esmaeili MA,Abagheri-Mahabadi N,Hashempour H,Farhadpour M,Gruber CW,Ghassempour A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A screening was conducted with 26 plants collected in the Brazilian southeast region, to identify plant extracts with antibacterial properties against Aeromonas hydrophila, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Initially, the agar diffusion method was employed. Then, those extracts prese...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Oliveira DF,Pereira AC,Figueiredo HC,Carvalho DA,Silva G,Nunes AS,Alves DS,Carvalho HW

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smyrnium olusatrum (Apiaceae), well known as wild celery, is a biennal celery-scented plant used for many centuries as a vegetable, then abandoned after the introduction of celery. In the present work, the essential oil obtained from inflorescences and the amounts of its main constituents isofuranodiene, curzerene and...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Quassinti L,Maggi F,Barboni L,Ricciutelli M,Cortese M,Papa F,Garulli C,Kalogris C,Vittori S,Bramucci M

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：: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：: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：:Reinvestigation of Onopordon ambiguum extract afforded a new eudesmane derivative 1, in addition to the known elemanoid derivative 2. The structures of both compounds were determined by spectroscopic techniques, including 1H-, 13C-NMR, DEPT, 1H-1H and 1H-13C COSY analysis. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： El-Moghazy SA,Ahmed AA,Abdel-Ghani HF,El-Shanawany MA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curcuminoids possess powerful antioxidant activity as demonstrated in many chemical in vitro tests and in several in vivo trials. Nevertheless, the mechanism of this activity is not completely elucidated and studies on the in vivo antioxidant effects are still needed. Metabolomics may be used as an attractive approach...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Dall'Acqua S,Stocchero M,Boschiero I,Schiavon M,Golob S,Uddin J,Voinovich D,Mammi S,Schievano E

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antioxidant effect of aqueous methanolic herb extracts of Serratula coronata, S. wolffii and S. tinctoria was investigated using both enzyme-dependent and enzyme-independent systems. The extracts displayed concentration-dependent inhibition of lipid peroxidation. Flavonoids and ecdysteroids present in the extracts...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Báthori M,Zupkó I,Hunyadi A,Gácsné-Baitz E,Dinya Z,Forgó P

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cajaninstilbene acid (CSA), a bioactive constituent isolated from pigeon pea leaves, exhibited neuroprotective activities in previous studies. The present study aims to evaluate the antidepressant effects of CSA by using behavioral despair models of tail suspension test (TST) and forced swimming test (FST), and a chro...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zhang MD,Tao X,Pan RL,Wang LS,Li CC,Zhou YF,Liao YH,Chen SG,Chang Q,Liu XM

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardioprotective effect of Prunella vulgaris ethylacetate fraction (PVEF) and its constituent rosmarinic acid (RA) was evaluated on isolated rat cardiomyocytes subjected to doxorubicin-induced oxidative stress. The cytoprotectivities of PVEF and RA were concentration-dependent in the range of 0.005 to 0.05 mg/ml a...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Psotová J,Chlopcíková S,Miketová P,Simánek V

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

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