In vitro antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of nine Salvia species.

abstract：:Trichosanthes dioica Roxb. (Cucurbitaceae), named 'pointed gourd' in English, is a dioecious climber grown in India. This study was aimed at evaluating the laxative activity of the aqueous extract of T. dioica root (TDA) in Swiss albino mice. The laxative activity of TDA (100 and 200 mg kg(-1) body weight per os) was ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Bhattacharya S,Haldar PK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant extracts and products have been used for centuries in traditional medicine; for most of them, in addition to the scant scientific credibility, the chemical composition and spectrum of activity are yet to be explored. To put forward this effort and to identify novel antimicrobial agents, the inhibitory activities...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Kumar P,Bhatt RP,Singh L,Sati OP,Khan A,Ahmad A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This present study was designed to isolate the compounds of Memecylon edule. The chemical compounds were purified by chromatographic methods and their structures were established on the basis of spectroscopic analyses (UV, MS and NMR). The major isolated compounds were tested for anti-inflammatory activity. The methan...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Nualkaew S,Thongpraditchote S,Wongkrajang Y,Umehara K,Noguchi H

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：:The aerial parts of Baccharis dracunculifolia (BdE) is used in the Brazilian folk medicine to treat inflammatory conditions. Here we examined the ability of free and liposomal BdE to modulate reactive oxygen species generation in human neutrophils in vitro and zymosan-induced acute joint inflammation in Wistar rats. W...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： de Figueiredo-Rinhel ASG,de Andrade MF,Landi-Librandi AP,Azzolini AECS,Kabeya LM,Bastos JK,Lucisano-Valim YM

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicinal plants have been the main remedy to treat various ailments for a long time and nowadays, many drugs have been developed from traditional medicine. This paper reviews some medicinal plants and their main constituents which possess anti-inflammatory activities useful for curing joint inflammation, inflammatory...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Maione F,Russo R,Khan H,Mascolo N

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel macrolide with dioxa and double ring pentadecanone, named as phoxalone, isolated from the culture broth of a myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum WXNXJ-C, was well investigated. The chemical structure of Phoxalone was elucidated by spectroscopic analysis including UV, IR, (1)H NMR, MALDI-TOF-MS, and LC/MS spectr...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Guo WJ,Tao WY,Bi F

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryptamine derivatives such as tryptamine and bacillamides were strong algicidal compounds promising in controlling harmful algae blooms, but their bioactivity and application researches were hindered by extremely low natural production rates. This study found an induced production of algicidal tryptamine derivatives ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Yu L,Hu Z,Ma Z

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, Moringa oleifera flower extract and a trypsin inhibitor (MoFTI) isolated from it were evaluated for anti-protozoal activity against Trypanosoma cruzi and cytotoxicity to mammalian cells. The presence of flavonoids was remarkable in the HPLC fingerprints of the extract at 254 and 360 nm. Amino acid seque...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Pontual EV,Pires-Neto DF,Fraige K,Higino TMM,Carvalho BEA,Alves NMP,Lima TA,Zingali RB,Coelho LCBB,Bolzani VS,Figueiredo RCBQ,Napoleão TH,Paiva PMG

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Timosaponin AIII (TAIII) exhibits extensive pharmacological activities and has been reported as a potent antitumour agent for various human cancers. In the present study, a potential industrial process for producing TAIII that involves biotransformation directly in the crude extract liquid of rhizoma anemarrhenae (RA)...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Lu L,Liu Y,Ding Y,Hou J,Zhang Y,Xue H,Zhang T

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fruits of different Sorbus L. species have been traditionally used in food production and in the treatment of various ailments. Besides common antioxidant active phytochemicals such as ascorbic acid, tocopherols and carotenoids, fruits are rich in phenolic compounds that are of particular interest. In this study, prof...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Raudonis R,Raudonė L,Gaivelytė K,Viškelis P,Janulis V

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 25 compounds including terpenoids, flavonoids, biflavonoids and ginkgolic acids were identified and quantified with a reliable, simple, and simultaneous method from Ginkgo leaves, seed coats and embryoids with different tree ages (approximately identified as 25, 500, 1000 and 2000 years). Leaves had the hig...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Chen X,Zhong W,Shu C,Yang H,Li E

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty semicarbazone and thiosemicarbazone derivatives (2a-w and 4a-g) from chalcones containing furan and thiophene ring were designed and synthesized. They were characterized by IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and HRMS. The crystal structure of compound 2r was characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. It crystallizes i...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Cheng W,Xiao T,Qian W,Lu T,Zhang T,Tang X

更新日期：2020-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniasis is caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania. Recent reports about leishmaniasis show a few number of drugs available, indicating the necessity of new drugs. In this study, the ethanol extract and fractions of Pityrogramma calomelanos (L.) link. (Pteridaceae) were assayed to verify the cytotoxicity and...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Souza TM,Morais-Braga MF,Saraiva AÁ,Rolón M,Vega C,de Arias AR,Costa JG,Menezes IR,Coutinho HD

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of our efforts to search new secondary metabolites from marine-derived fungi, one new hexylitaconic acid derivative, 3-(5-methoxycarbonylpentyl)-4-methylfuran-2,5-dione (1), and two dimeric analogues asperwelwinates A and B (2 and 3), together with ten known compounds, asperitaconic acid C (4), kotanin (...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Han J,Yang N,Wei S,Jia J,Lin R,Li J,Bi H,Song F,Xu X

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:One new tirucallane-type nortriterpenoid Nortirucallane A (1), together with Chrysoeriol (2) and Isorhamnetin (3), was isolated from the methylene chloride part of Lonicerae japonicae flos. Their structures were elucidated by the detailed analysis of comprehensive spectroscopic data. Compound 3 was isolated from the g...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Wang X,Zhang J,Li YQ,Du BX,Sun QH,Cao YJ,Jiang HQ,Liu YH,Zhou HL,Rong R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antioxidant, nitric oxide (NO) scavenging and malondialdehyde (MDA) scavenging activities of different Zataria multiflora (ZM) chemotype essential oils (EOs) were investigated. The main components are: ZM1 (carvacrol, p-cymene), ZM2 (carvacrol, p-cymene), ZM3 (carvacrol, p-cymene), ZM4 (linalool), ZM5 (carvacrol, ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Karimian P,Kavoosi G,Saharkhiz MJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the stem of Garcinia mangostana have led to the isolation of one new xanthone mangosharin (1) (2,6-dihydroxy-8-methoxy-5-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-xanthone) and six other prenylated xanthones, alpha-mangostin (2), beta-mangostin (3), garcinone D (4), 1,6-dihydroxy-3,7-dimethoxy-2-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-xanthone (5...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Ee GC,Daud S,Taufiq-Yap YH,Ismail NH,Rahmani M

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-methylasimilobine (1), a new-found strong acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor, along with two weakly active aporphine alkaloids, nuciferine (2) and nornuciferine (3) were separated from Nelumbo nucifera. N-methylasimilobine (1) inhibited 50% of AChE activity at the concentrations of 1.5 ± 0.2 µg mL(-1) when the st...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Yang ZD,Zhang X,Du J,Ma ZJ,Guo F,Li S,Yao XJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the case of Achillea wilhelmsii, 30 compounds were identified representing 94.48% of the total oil with a yield of 0.82% w/w. The major constituents of the oil were described as α-thujene (6.11%), α-pinene (5.11%), sabinene (5.23%), p-cymene (7%), 1,8-cineole (6%), linalool (10%), camphor (8.43%), thymol (18.98%) a...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Kazemi M,Rostami H

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phytochemical constituents in the aqueous methanolic leaf extract of Triclisia gilletii responsible for its nephroprotective potentials against ethane-1,2-diol induced nephrolithiasis as previously investigated in our laboratory were elucidated. The extract was prepared using 80% aqueous methanol in 72 h, Phytoche...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Olayeriju OS,Papetti A,Colombo R,Mannucci B,Olaleye MT,Akindahunsi AA

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new triterpene saponins, albidosides H (1) and I (2), along with the three known saponins were isolated from the barks of Acacia albida. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive 1D- and 2D-NMR studies and mass spectrometry. Albidosides H (1) and I (2) were assayed for their cytotoxicity against H...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Tchoukoua A,Kuiate Tabopda T,Konga Simo I,Uesugi S,Ohno M,Kimura KI,Kwon E,Momma H,Shiono Y,Ngadjui BT

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new sesquiterpeniod, 6alpha, 7alpha, 10alpha-trihydroxyisoducane (1), together with two known sesquiterpenoids, oplodiol (2) and oplopanone (3), were isolated from the chloroform extract of the rhizomes of Homalomena occulta. Their structures were elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR spectral interpretation. ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Hu YM,Yang ZL,Wang H,Ye WC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioassay guided chemical investigation of the gorgonian Pacifigorgia senta led to the discovery of a new 19-oxygenated steroid, cholesta-5,24-diene-3β,7β,19-triol (1), as well as three known steroids (2-4). The structure of 1 was determined by extensive spectroscopic analysis, including NMR and MS spectra. All of the ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Chen M,Han L,Zhang XL,Wang CY

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Berteroa incana is a wild herb widespread in temperate zones which was practically not studied for its biological effects. Methanolic and aqueous extracts of B. incana were assessed for the content in polyphenols and the related antioxidant and antimicrobial activities and the polysaccharide extract for the content in...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Ungureanu O,Gatea F,Seciu AM,Teodor ED,Nicorescu IM,Radu GL

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sasa coreana Nakai (SCN) is a medicinal plant commonly used against inflammation. However, the underlined mechanisms against skin inflammation is poorly understood. The present study investigated the effects of SCN leave extract on ear inflammation. To this aim, six-week-old male ICR mice was subjected to 12-O-tetrade...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Khan I,Dey DK,Lee JH,Kang SC

更新日期：2020-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The leaves of Alchornea floribunda and Alchornea cordifolia are used traditionally as topical anti-inflammatory agents. In this study, two highly lipophilic fractions AFLF and ACLF isolated from A. floribunda and A. cordifolia leaves respectively were investigated for topical anti-inflammatory effects using xylene-ind...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Okoye FB,Osadebe PO,Nworu CS,Okoye NN,Omeje EO,Esimone CO

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ generation of hydrogen iodide from cesium iodide/methanesulfonic acid was found to be an attractive reagent combination for the conversion of alkyl, allyl, and benzyl alcohols to their corresponding iodides under mild conditions. The method is compared with that using cesium iodide/p-toluenesulfonic acid or ce...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Khan KM,Zia-Ullah,Perveen S,Hayat S,Ali M,Voelter W

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Euphorbia hirta (L.) plant is traditionally used in Malaysia for the treatment of gastrointestinal, bronchial and respiratory ailments caused by nosocomial infectious agents. Bioactivity-guided fractionation of the methanol extract of the aerial parts of E. hirta and analysis using high-performance liquid chromatograp...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Perumal S,Mahmud R,Ramanathan S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new oligostilbenoid, diptoindonesin C, has been isolated from the tree bark of Shorea pinanga Scheff., along with the two known oligostilbenoids gnetin H and hopeaphenol, and a known coumarin scopoletin. The new oligostilbenoid was moderately active against brine shrimps Artemia salina. ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Syah YM,Hakim EH,Ghisalberti EL,Jayuska A,Mujahidin D,Achmad SA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00