Chemical constituents and toxicological studies of leaves from Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth., a Brazilian honey plant.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sesquiterpenoids, such as tussilagone, has effects of raising blood pressure, antiplatelet aggregation, and anti-inflammation activities, which is regarded as index compound for quality control of Tussilago farfara L. OBJECTIVE:This study was aimed to obtain an effective method for fast isolation of sesquit...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Cao K,Xu Y,Zhao TM,Zhang Q

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purple sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas, belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. It is one of the most widely consumed tubers in Asia and is found in many dishes. Many people with diabetes eat purple sweet potato tubers to help reduce blood glucose in China. OBJECTIVE:To predict the ultrasonic conditions for...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Guo H,Kong F,Yan C

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polygonum multiflorum is an important medicinal plant. Hairy roots systems obtained by transforming plant tissues with the natural genetic engineer Agrobacterium rhizogenes can produce valuable biological active substances, which have immense potential in the pharmaceutical industry. OBJECTIVE:To optimize t...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Huang B,Lin H,Yan C,Qiu H,Qiu L,Yu R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isolation and structure elucidation of flavan-3-ol constituents from the leaves of Ficus spragueana and their cytotoxic activity. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Different open silica gel column chromatographic techniques with different solvent systems were used for the separation of the constituents of the ethyl ace...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Ragab EA,Mohammed Ael-S,Abbass HS,Kotb SI

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The plant Launaea procumbens belongs to the family Asteraceae and traditionally used in the treatment rheumatism, kidney, liver dysfunctions and eye diseases. In the present study Phytochemical analysis and fractions of methanolic extract of L. procumbens leaves were tested in vitro for their cytotoxicity. ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Rawat P,Saroj LM,Kumar A,Singh TD,Tewari SK,Pal M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Grapes and their products are known to have been used for the treatment of diseases throughout history. OBJECTIVE:It was aimed to investigate the effects of Erzincan Cimin grapes on an organism model of Caenorhabditis elegans N2 wild type and C. elegans BS913 strains with gonad cancer. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Ozpinar H,Ozpinar N,Karakus S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease, and its incidence is tremendously increasing globally. Decreasing postprandial hyperglycemia by retarding glucose absorption through inhibiting carbohydrates digesting enzymes (α-amylase and α-glucosidase) is one of many approaches used for the management of this disease....

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Chipiti T,Ibrahim MA,Singh M,Islam MS

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes mellitus is one of the leading chronic diseases worldwide. In patients with poor glycemic control, high blood glucose level may lead to other life-threatening complications. Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb. (PA) leaves are used in traditional medicine for the treatment of diabetes. OBJECTIVE:This stud...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Chiabchalard A,Nooron N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Moringa oleifera (MO), commonly known as the drumstick tree, is used in folklore medicine for the treatment of skin disease. Objective:The objective of this study is to evaluate the ethyl acetate (EtOAc) fraction of MO leaves for in vitro antibacterial, antioxidant, and wound healing activities and conduct ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Gothai S,Muniandy K,Zarin MA,Sean TW,Kumar SS,Munusamy MA,Fakurazi S,Arulselvan P

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The RP-HPLC resolution of two triterpenic acid isomers was unstable. OBJECTIVE:To separate the oleanolic acid (OA) and ursolic acid (UA) simply within RP-HPLC. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The separation ability of five stationary phases was studied with the retention effect of their carbon loads. Also the resolu...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Zhang Y,Xue K,Zhao EY,Li Y,Yao L,Yang X,Xie X

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the free amino acid contents of chamomile flowers using reverse-phase high-performance column chromatography preceded by pre-column derivatization with 6-aminoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate (AQC), and to determine the reliability of this method. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Derivatization wit...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Ma X,Zhao D,Li X,Meng L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Three cultivars seeds of Resina ferulae were analyzed for essential oil composition, Ferula sinkiangensis K. M. Shen, Ferula fukangensis K. M. Shen, and Ferula ovina, investigated differences among different genera of medicinal R. ferulae. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The essential oils were extracted by the method...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Li X,Wang Y,Zhu J,Xiao Q

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lavatera cretica L. was used in folk medicine as anti-inflammatory among other applications. As inflammation is many times associated with oxidative processes, the aim of the present work was to evaluate the ability of aqueous extracts obtained from different parts of L. cretica to prevent oxidation or infla...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Ben-Nasr S,Aazza S,Mnif W,Miguel Mda G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hakea sericea Schrader is an invasive shrub in Portuguese forests. OBJECTIVE:The goal of this work was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of H. sericea extracts against several strains of microorganisms, including the ability to inhibit the formation of biofilms. Additionally the cytotoxic properties of...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Luís A,Breitenfeld L,Ferreira S,Duarte AP,Domingues F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Hypertension is a great global health challenge and it mostly requires drug combination therapy with the various advantages. Metoprolol (MP) and paeoniflorin are both commonly used for the treatment of hypertension. However, whether they exert synergistic effects on antihypertension or not remains unclear, e...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Li B,Yang ZB,Lei SS,Su J,Jin ZW,Chen SH,Lv GY

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Enterococcus faecalis (Ef) is a multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria associated with hospital-acquired infections. Ef is involved in a number of infectious diseases. It generally infects patients with the weekend immune system, i.e. a person mostly acquires Ef infections in the hospital, especially in int...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Katva S,Das S,Moti HS,Jyoti A,Kaushik S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mentha piperita essential oil was bactericidal in order of E. coli> S. aureus > Pseudomonas aeruginosa > S. faecalis > Klebsiella pneumoniae. The oil with total phenolics of 89.43 ± 0.58 µg GAE/mg had 63.82 ± 0.05% DPPH inhibition activity with an IC (50) = 3.9 µg/ml. Lipid peroxidation inhibition was comparable to BH...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Sharafi SM,Rasooli I,Owlia P,Taghizadeh M,Astaneh SD

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, the chemical constituents, antibacterial and modulatory activities of the essential oil of Lantana camara Linn were studied. The essential oil was extracted from the leaves of L. camara by hydrodistillation method using Clevenger's apparatus and its chemical constituents were separated and identified by ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Sousa EO,Silva NF,Rodrigues FF,Campos AR,Lima SG,Costa JG

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Bacopa monnieri (BM) is a herbaceous plant traditionally used from time immemorial in Ayurvedic and folklore medicines. We hypothesized that the extract of the whole plant might contain numerous molecules with having antitumor activities that could be very effective in killing of human cancer cells. Objecti...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Mallick MN,Khan W,Parveen R,Ahmad S,Sadaf,Najm MZ,Ahmad I,Husain SA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Two of the important algae from Persian Gulf are Gracilaria salicornia and Hypnea flageliformis (Rhodophyta). Antibacterial, antifungal, and cytotoxic effects of the mentioned algae have been presented in the previous studies. AIM:In this study, the isolation and structural elucidation of the sterols from thes...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Nasir M,Saeidnia S,Mashinchian-Moradi A,Gohari AR

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliot fruits are very rich in polyphenols - procyanidins, flavonoids, and phenolic acids. OBJECTIVE:On rat hepatocytes, isolated by two-stepped collagenase perfusion, we investigated the effect of A. melanocarpa fruit juice (AMFJ) in two models of liver toxicity caused by (i) me...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Kondeva-Burdina M,Valcheva-Kuzmanova S,Markova T,Mitcheva M,Belcheva A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Jaeumganghwa-tang (JEGH) is a traditional Korean herbal medicine for the treatment of chronic bronchitis, nephritis and diabetes mellitus. OBJECTIVE:A high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector (HPLC-DAD) method was developed for simultaneous determination of 11 major compounds such as 5- h...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Yun BR,Weon JB,Lee J,Eom MR,Ma CJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radix Saposhnikoviae (RS) exerts anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic, antioxidation effects and has been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat common colds, headache, and rheumatoid arthritis. Prim-O-glucosylcimifugin (POG) is the highest content chromone and one of the major active constituent...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Zhou J,Sun YY,Sun MY,Mao WA,Wang L,Zhang J,Zhang H

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:In the present work, the method to extract, isolate, and characterize orange peel pectin using soxhlation, and thereafter, the use of this polymer-polymer in the formulation of fast dispersable and slow-releasing tablet has been studied. Thereafter, the evaluation and comparison of fast dispersible/slow-re...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Srivastava P,Singh M,Bhargava S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyperus scariosus R. Br and Cyperus rotundus L are widely used in ayurvedic preparation for the treatment of diabetes and other diseases. The early literature, so far, does not indicate the presence of any bioactive principle isolated from these plants. OBJECTIVE:To identify free radical scavenging, anti-di...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Kakarla L,Katragadda SB,Tiwari AK,Kotamraju KS,Madhusudana K,Kumar DA,Botlagunta M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The active ingredients and thus pharmacological efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) at different degrees of parching process vary greatly. OBJECTIVE:Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) was used to develop a new method for rapid online analysis of TCM parching process, using two kinds of chemical ind...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Li K,Wang W,Liu Y,Jiang S,Huang G,Ye L

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coffea canephora is the commonly cultivated coffee species in the world along with Coffea arabica. Different pests and pathogens affect the production and quality of the coffee. Jasmonic acid (JA) is a plant hormone which plays an important role in plants growth, development, and defense mechanisms, particul...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Bharathi K,Sreenath HL

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Withania somnifera is a medicinal plant native to India and is known to have anticancer properties. It has been investigated for its anti-melanoma properties, and since melanoma presents on the skin, it is prudent to probe the use of W. somnifera in topical formulations. To enhance topical drug delivery and ...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Chinembiri TN,Gerber M,du Plessis LH,du Preez JL,Hamman JH,du Plessis J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cordyceps sinensis (CS) is a traditional Chinese medicine contains potent active metabolites such as nucleosides and polysaccharides. The submerged cultivation technique is studied for the large scale production of CS for biomass and metabolites production. OBJECTIVE:To optimize culture conditions for large...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： Ghatnur SM,Parvatam G,Balaraman M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Caries and periodontal diseases remain as important diseases in the Brazilian population. One important pathogen associated with this situation is Streptococcus mutans and other important factor is this pathogen's ability to adhere firmly to the tooth surface leading to dental biofilm formation and caries de...

journal_title：Pharmacognosy magazine

authors： de Sousa MB,Júnior JO,Barbosa WL,da Silva Valério E,da Mata Lima A,de Araújo MH,Muzitano MF,Nakamura CV,de Mello JC,Teixeira FM

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00