Bacterial production of tetrodotoxin in the pufferfish Arothron hispidus.

abstract：:Waste deriving from food and agro-industries is a growing problem in our modern society. In order to reduce food waste and its associated impacts over the environment and public health, innovative strategies for the conversion of food wastes in added value products are studied. Whey is one of the prominent waste deriv...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Gervasi T,Pellizzeri V,Benameur Q,Gervasi C,Santini A,Cicero N,Dugo G

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitory activity of the biocontrol bacterial strain Lysobacter capsici AZ78 is related to the production of cyclo(l-Pro-l-Tyr), a 2,5-diketopiperazine with in vitro and in vivo toxic activity against Phytophthora infestans and Plasmopara viticola. Further investigation of culture filtrate organic extracts showed it...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Cimmino A,Bejarano A,Masi M,Puopolo G,Evidente A

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of proteinaceous inhibitors are present in plants to protect themselves from hydrolytic enzymes. In this study, turmerin, a water-soluble peptide in turmeric rhizomes, was evaluated for its inhibitory potential against glucosidase and its antioxidant (AO) capacity. Turmerin inhibited α-amylase and α-gluco...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Lekshmi PC,Arimboor R,Raghu KG,Menon AN

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new furostanol saponin, (25R)-26-O-(α-d-glucopyranosyl)-(1→2)-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl-furost-5-ene-3β, 22α, 26-triol-3-O-α-d-glucopyranoside (1), together with four known compounds 2-5 were isolated from the ethanolic extract of the stems of Dendrobium chrysanthum Lindl. The structures of these new compounds were identi...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Yang C,Lin W,Zhao L,Cai J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenolic acids, a sub-class of polyphenols, are widely studied. By contrary, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid is scarcely studied. For this purpose, a series of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid ester and amide derivatives/conjugates were synthesised for the first time. A systematic study has been performed to quantitative...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Pagoni A,Vassiliou S

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven compounds were isolated from the rhizomes of Paris polyphylla Smith var. yunnanensis. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of rigorous 1D and 2D NMR experiments as well as comparison with the literature data. To the best of our knowledge, compound 1 was only predicted by UPLC/Q-TOF MSE and the NMR spec...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Jing S,Wang Y,Li X,Man S,Gao W

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotransformation of corosolic acid (1) by Cochliobolus lunatus and Streptomyces asparaginoviolaceus afforded four metabolites, which were identified by using (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR, DEPT, HSQC, HMBC and NOESY spectral data. Biotransformation of corosolic acid by C. lunatus R.R. Nelson & Haasis CGMCC 3.4381 produced thre...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Feng X,Li DP,Zhang ZS,Chu ZY,Luan J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential oils from aerial parts of Senecio nutans, Senecio viridis, Tagetes terniflora and Aloysia gratissima were analysed by GC-MS and their antifungal activities were assayed on toxigenic Fusarium and Aspergillus species. Sabinene (27.6 ± 0.1%), α-phellandrene (15.7 ± 0.3%), o-cymene (9.6 ± 0.2%) and β-pinene (6.1...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Galvez CE,Jimenez CM,Gomez ALA,Lizarraga EF,Sampietro DA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical investigation of the fungus Xylariaceae sp. DPZ-SY43 has led to the isolation of a new compound, xylaolide A (1) together with three known compounds (2-4). The structures were established by analysing the spectroscopic data. Compound 1 was evaluated for its cytotoxicity. ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Yang B,Dong J,Lin X,Tao H,Zhou X,Liu Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of study was to compare the content of phenolic acids and flavonoids in two cultivars of Lavandula angustifolia: 'Blue River' and 'Ellagance Purple', including flowers and leafy stalks. Total phenolics and total flavonoids contents were determined by UV-Vis spectroscopy. The contents of total phenolics in leaf...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Adaszyńska-Skwirzyńska M,Dzięcioł M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new oleanane triterpenoid saponins, bodiniosides Q (1) and R (2), along with five known saponins, niga-ichigoside F1 (3), 3-O-[β-D-glucopyranosyl]-28-O-[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl -(1→2)-β-D-glucopyranosyl] arjunolic acid (4), asiaticoside E (5), sericoside (6), and bodinioside E (7), were isolated from the aerial parts ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Yang L,Zhang L,Du J,Shao L,Yu F,Li R,Zhong J

更新日期：2020-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Present research reports the molecular docking analysis of 2019-nCoV inhibition by antiviral compounds from marine natural resources. For this study, the structure of ligand (antiviral compound) and 2019-nCoV main protease (Mpro) was received from the databases of PubChem and Protein Data Bank (PDB), respectively. Mol...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Vijayaraj R,Altaff K,Rosita AS,Ramadevi S,Revathy J

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The ethanol extract of the Ficus carica L. leaves was tested to show strong nematicidal activity against pine wood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, causing 90.93% corrected mortality within 72 h at 1.0 mg/mL. From the ethyl acetate soluble fraction of the F. carica L. leaves extract, the main nematicidal co...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Guo Q,Du G,He H,Xu H,Guo D,Li R

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of our search for compounds with cytotoxicity from endophytes of traditional Chinese medicines, two novel nor-sesquiterpenoids (1-2) with a new skeleton containing a tetrahydrofuran moiety were isolated form a rice medium of Fusarium tricinctum, an endophytic fungus isolated from the root of Ligusticum chuanxi...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Cao YM,Guo DL,Jin MY,Tan L,Yang TL,Deng F,Gu YC,Li XH,Cao ZX,Deng Y

更新日期：2020-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The aerial portions of Cynara scolymus commonly have been eaten as vegetables or functional foods by the people lived in Mediterranean region. In preliminary antioxidant screening, the rhizome portions (CSR) of this species showed better potential than leaves ones. However, neither phytochemical nor pharmacology studi...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Lee CL,Liao KC,Chen CC,Lin YA,Wu TY,Jhan YL,Chen CJ,Yang JC,Wu YC

更新日期：2019-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of both facility location and typology of fish farm on some ecotoxicological, qualitative and reproductive variables in European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax L. Several variables were investigated: gonado-somatic index (GSI), liver-somatic index (LSI); 7-ethoxyre...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Cangialosi MV,Corsi I,Bonacci S,Sensini C,Cicero N,Focardi S,Mazzola A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several Mediterranean shrubs, both autochthonous and naturalized, have been traditionally used as food, flavouring and/or spicing agents, and as phytopharmaceuticals. The interest around 'natural' and 'biological' products is steadily increasing in developed countries. Therefore, it seems reasonable to screen some shr...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Sanjust E,Mocci G,Zucca P,Rescigno A

更新日期：2008-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brazilian folk medicine, Protium heptaphyllum is used to treat inflammatory conditions and to hasten wound repair. This paper aims to investigate the chemical composition and the in vitro antibacterial effects of the essential oils (EOs) obtained from P. heptaphyllum leaves and ripe and unripe fruits against a repr...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Cabral RSC,Alves CCF,Batista HRF,Sousa WC,Abrahão IS,Crotti AEM,Santiago MB,Martins CHG,Miranda MLD

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new anthraquinone (4) and three known anthraquinones (1-3) were isolated from Galium verum L. Their structures were identified as 1,3-dihydroxy-2-methylanthraquinone (1), physcion (2), 2-hydroxy-1,3-dimethoxyanthraquinone (3), 2,5-dihydroxy-1,3-dimethoxyanthraquinone (4) by means of chemical and spectroscopic analys...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Zhao CC,Shao JH,Li X,Xu J,Wang JH

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine whether endophytic fungi, isolated from Kadsura angustifolia produce nigranoic acid and its highly oxygenated derivatives. From the 426 endophytic fungi screened, Trichoderma harzianum SWUKD3.1610 was detected to have a component with the same TLC R ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Han M,Qin D,Ye T,Yan X,Wang J,Duan X,Dong J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure and unambiguous absolute configuration of meleagrin (1) isolated from fungus Emericella dentata Nq45 is reported herein to first time on the bases of single crystal X-ray diffraction. Together with 1, haenamindole (2), isorugulosuvine (3), secalonic acid D (4), ergosterol (5) and cerebroside A (6...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Hamed A,Abdel-Razek AS,Araby M,Abu-Elghait M,El-Hosari DG,Frese M,Soliman HSM,Stammler HG,Sewald N,Shaaban M

更新日期：2020-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A new C20-diterpenoid alkaloid carmichaedine (1) and six known alkaloids (2-7) were isolated from the lateral roots of Aconitum carmichaeli. Their structures were established on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analyses. Compound 1 exhibited potent antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis with minimum inhi...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Yu J,Yin TP,Wang JP,Mei RF,Cai L,Ding ZT

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One new naturally occurring quinone, 3',4'-dihydroxy-1,2,6-trimethoxy-[1,1'-biphenyl]-4(1H)-one (1), one new diarylpropane, emarginone A (2), and one new neolignan, emarginone B (3), along with eighteen known compounds have been isolated from the chemical investigation of the EtOAc-soluble fraction of the Vaccinium em...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Tu PC,Liang YC,Kao MC,Chao LK,Tseng MH,Lu TL,Sung PJ,Kuo YH

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate mercury accumulation in some species, caught in Mediterranean Sea, in the period between May and December 2015, and to compare it to the presence of Anisakis parasites. The samples were examined by direct mercury analyzer (DMA-80) for their Hg levels. The metal concentration wa...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Graci S,Collura R,Cammilleri G,Buscemi MD,Giangrosso G,Principato D,Gervasi T,Cicero N,Ferrantelli V

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One new limonoid, named siamensinolide (1), together with two known limonoids (2 and 3) and eight carbazole alkaloids (4-11) were isolated from the twigs of Chalcas siamensis Tanaka. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods, mainly 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. O-methylclausenolide (2) displayed strong ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Boonyaketgoson S,Rukachaisirikul V,Phongpaichit S,Trisuwan K

更新日期：2020-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae) is an evergreen tree with fragrant and showy flowers native to southeastern USA but widely cultivated all over the world and used in cosmetics industry in treatment of skin diseases. Here, we report on the chemical analysis of the essential oil obtained from flowers of plants cultiv...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Morshedloo MR,Quassinti L,Bramucci M,Lupidi G,Maggi F

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to provide a characterisation of volatile constituents from different commercial batches of henna (Lawsonia inermis) leaves of different geographic origin. Headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was used for the purpose. A tota...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Mengoni T,Peregrina DV,Censi R,Cortese M,Ricciutelli M,Maggi F,Di Martino P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Machaerium, in the family Fabaceae, predominantly is a genus of a Neotropical distribution of trees, shrubs, and lianas occurring from southern Mexico to Brazil and northern Argentina and as far as South America. Several Machaerium species are widely used in traditional medicine and are considered to have multiple med...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Amen YM,Marzouk AM,Zaghloul MG,Afifi MS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the last decades, socio-economic changes have a key role on eating habits affecting the nutritional status and health of people, in particular children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to compare the diet of student population both normal weight and overweight and obese in order to understand their eat...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Metro D,Tardugno R,Papa M,Bisignano C,Manasseri L,Calabrese G,Gervasi T,Dugo G,Cicero N

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new alkynol, platycodynol (1), identified as 2, 3, 9, 13, 14-pentahydroxy-4, 6-tetradecadiyne, along with six known compounds (2-7) were obtained from Platycodins folium for the first time. Their structures were elucidated with infrared (IR), ultraviolet (UV), 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Wang C,Dong Q,Wu F,Li Z,Li P,Liu J,Wang F

更新日期：2020-01-17 00:00:00