New steroids and sesquiterpene from Turraea pubescens.

abstract：:Tunicyclin L (1), cyclo (L-Pro1-Gly-L-Phe1-L-Ile-L-Pro2-L-Phe2 -L-Thr-L-Val), and 11 known compounds, including one cyclic peptide (2), eight carboline alkaloids (3 -10), one lignan (11) and one flavone (12) were isolated from the roots of Psammosilene tunicoides. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of exten...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Hou Y,Wang M,Sun C,Peng C,Zhang Y,Li X

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new depsidones, schomburgdepsidones A and B (1 and 2), and one new xanthone, schomburgxanthone A (3), together with eight known compounds (4-11) were isolated from the roots of Garcinia schomburgkiana. Their chemical structures were established on the basis of spectroscopic analysis. The in vitro cytotoxicity of a...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Sukandar ER,Siripong P,Khumkratok S,Tip-Pyang S

更新日期：2016-06-01 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 alkaloidic fraction of the methanol extract of Peganum harmala seeds was tested in vitro on three tumoral cell-lines: UCP-Med and Med-mek carcinoma, and UCP-Med sarcoma. Proliferation was significantly reduced at all tested concentrations (20-120 micrograms/ml) during the first 24 h of contact. A cell lysis effect...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Lamchouri F,Settaf A,Cherrah Y,Hassar M,Zemzami M,Atif N,Nadori EB,Zaid A,Lyoussi B

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flavonoid baicalein has been demonstrated to be an activator of the transcription factor Nrf2 in mammalian cell lines. We show that it further modulates the Nrf2 homolog SKN-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans and by this pathway mediates beneficial effects in the nematode: baicalein enhances the resistance of C. elegans ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Havermann S,Humpf HU,Wätjen W

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethanolic extract of Rungia repens aerials parts (300 and 600 mg/kg p.o) showed diuretic activity in rats. The acute toxicity, orally evaluated in mice, was found to be higher than 3000 mg/kg. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Basu SK,Arivukkarasu R

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six previously undescribed compounds, named monaxanthones A and B, monaphenol A, monathioamide A, monaprenylindole A, and monavalerolactone A, were isolated from the culture of a marine-sourced bacterium Pseudomonas sp. ZZ820R in rice medium. Their structures were elucidated based on the HRESIMS data, NMR and MS-MS sp...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Yi W,Ge ZW,Wu B,Zhang Z

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new xanthones, cylindroxanthones A-C (1-3), were isolated from the stem bark of Garcinia cylindrocarpa. The structures were established on the basis of spectroscopic analysis. The molecular structure of 1 was unequivocally confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. These three xanthones were evaluat...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Sukandar ER,Ersam T,Fatmawati S,Siripong P,Aree T,Tip-pyang S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tithonia diversifolia (Asteraceae), is used as traditional medicine in tropical countries for the treatment of various diseases, including malaria. Although numerous studies have assessed the antimalarial properties, nothing is known about the effect of T. diversifolia extracts on trypanosomiasis. In this study extrac...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Sut S,Dall'Acqua S,Baldan V,Ngahang Kamte SL,Ranjbarian F,Biapa Nya PC,Vittori S,Benelli G,Maggi F,Cappellacci L,Hofer A,Petrelli R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An endophytic fungal strain named Trichoderma atroviride was isolated from the bulb of Lycoris radiata. Following cultivation on rice medium, a novel 3-amino-5-hydroxy-5-vinyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one dimer, atrichodermone A (1), a new cyclopentenone derivative, atrichodermone B (2), and a new sesquiterpene, atrichodermone...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zhou P,Wu Z,Tan D,Yang J,Zhou Q,Zeng F,Zhang M,Bie Q,Chen C,Xue Y,Luo Z,Wang J,Zhu H,Zhang Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phytochemical investigation of the chloroform leaf extract of Alchornea latifolia has been undertaken. Along with the triterpenoids taraxerone, friedelin, epifriedelinol, and taraxerol, the plant also contains seco-3,4-friedelin (dihydroputranjivic acid) (1) and seco-3,4-taraxerone (2). These A-ring-opened triterpen...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Setzer WN,Shen X,Bates RB,Burns JR,McClure KJ,Zhang P,Moriarity DM,Lawton RO

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a two-microelectrode voltage clamp assay with Xenopus laevis oocytes, a petroleum ether extract (100 μg/mL) of the resin of Boswellia thurifera (Burseraceae) potentiated GABA-induced chloride currents (IGABA) through receptors of the subtype α₁β₂γ₂s by 319.8% ± 79.8%. With the aid of HPLC-based activity profiling, ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Rueda DC,Raith M,De Mieri M,Schöffmann A,Hering S,Hamburger M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten new geranylated 2-arylbenzofuran derivatives, including two monoterpenoid 2-arylbenzofurans (1 and 2), two geranylated 2-arylbenzofuran enantiomers (3a and 3b), and six geranylated 2-arylbenzofurans (4-9), along with four known 2-arylbenzofurans (10-13) were isolated from the root bark of Morus alba var. tatarica....

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zhang YL,Luo JG,Wan CX,Zhou ZB,Kong LY

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five new carboxymethyl flavonoids named 5-carboxymethyl-3', 4', 7-trihydroxyflavone (1), (2S)- 5-carboxymethyl-3', 4', 7-trihydroxyflavonone (2a), (2R)-5-carboxymethyl-3', 4', 7-trihydroxyflavonone (2b), (2S)-5-carboxymethyl-4', 7-dihydroxyflavonone (3), 5- carbomethoxymethyl-4', 7-dihydroxyflavone (4), and a new chro...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zou Z,Xu P,Wu C,Zhu W,Zhu G,He X,Zhang G,Hu J,Liu S,Zeng W,Xu K,Tan G

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural products have been investigated as potential candidates of novel therapeutics and play a crucial role in advanced medicinal drugs. Natural resources, including local medicinal plants (especially folk medicinal plants), animals, bacteria, and fungi have been used for more than a century, and are precious gifts ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Wang X,Yamauchi K,Mitsunaga T

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two ethanolic propolis extracts (EPE) with and without the caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE), CAPE and galangin (major components of propolis) were investigated for anti-inflammatory activity in rats using carrageenin foot oedema, carrageenin pleurisy and adjuvant arthritis. In our experiments, EPE with CAPE and CAP...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Borrelli F,Maffia P,Pinto L,Ianaro A,Russo A,Capasso F,Ialenti A

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dragon's blood is a rare and precious traditional medicine used by different cultures since ancient times. However, studies on enhancing the rapid accumulation of dragon's blood in Dracaena cambodiana and determining its formation mechanism are unavailable. In this study, the activities of two fungi, namely, BJDC01 an...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Cui JL,Wang CL,Guo SX,Xiao PG,Wang ML

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five polyketides, paralactonic acids A-E (1-5) were isolated from Paraconiothyrium sp. SW-B-1, an endophytic fungus isolated from the seaweed, Chondrus ocellatus Holmes. Their structures were determined by various spectroscopic methods, predominantly by 2D NMR spectroscopic analyses. The absolute configurations of com...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Suzuki T,Ariefta NR,Koseki T,Furuno H,Kwon E,Momma H,Harneti D,Maharani R,Supratman U,Kimura KI,Shiono Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new megastigmane sesquiterpene glucoside named chaihuxinoside A (1), and a new indole diglucoside named chaihuxinoside B (9) were isolated from the aerial parts of Bupleurum chinense DC. along with eight known compounds. Structures of two new compounds were elucidated by a combination of chemical and spectroscopic m...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Kuang H,Sun S,Yang B,Xia Y,Feng W

更新日期：2009-01-01 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 gastrointestinal activity of hydroalcoholic extract (HE) of Salvia officinalis was evaluated in a model of ethanol-induced gastric lesion. HE showed excellent activity, with ID(50) 84.0 (54.8-128.9) mg/kg. The acetic acid-induced ulcer and the total acidity of the gastric secretion were also reduced by HE, and, in...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Mayer B,Baggio CH,Freitas CS,dos Santos AC,Twardowschy A,Horst H,Pizzolatti MG,Micke GA,Heller M,dos Santos EP,Otuki MF,Marques MC

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten new tricyclic prezizaane types sesquiterpenoids (1-10) were isolated from ethyl ether extract of agarwood originated from Aquilaria sp. Their structures were unambiguously elucidated on the basis of 1D and 2D NMR spectra as well as by HRESIMS data. The absolute configuration of the new prezizaenes 1, 2 and 4 was d...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Yang YL,Li W,Wang H,Yang L,Yuan JZ,Cai CH,Chen HQ,Dong WH,Ding XP,Jiang B,Mándi A,Kurtán T,Mei WL,Dai HF

更新日期：2019-10-01 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 10% ethanol extract of the aerial parts of Calligonum comosum (50--400 mg/kg, i.p.) significantly reduced the increase in hind paw oedema induced by carrageenan in rats. Following sub-acute oral administration of the extract (50 and 100 mg/kg, daily for 14 days), a significant anti-inflammatory activity in the cot...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Liu XM,Zakaria MN,Islam MW,Radhakrishnan R,Ismail A,Chen HB,Chan K,Al-Attas A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new xanthones, oblongixanthone F-H (1-3), along with eight known xanthones (4-11), were isolated from an EtOAc extract of the twigs of Garcinia oblongifolia. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis including 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The antidiabetic effects of all iso...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Trinh BT,Quach TT,Bui DN,Staerk D,Nguyen LD,Jäger AK

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The species from Alangium have been used as folk medicine to treat rheumatism, skin diseases, diabetes by the people of Southeast Asia. Previous phytochemical studies have shown this genus are rich sources of alkaloids, glycosides, and terpenoids, which have attracted considerable attention of many researchers due to ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Hu XY,Wei X,Zhou YQ,Liu XW,Li JX,Zhang W,Wang CB,Zhang LY,Zhou Y

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：: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：:The isolation of 14 known triterpenoids and phytosterols from the trunk bark of Maquira coriacea, and complete spectral data of a cardenolide, k-strophanthin-beta (1), are reported. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Mitaine-Offer AC,Sauvain M,Petermann C,Zèches-Hanrot M

更新日期：2001-11-01 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