Evaluation of flavonols and derivatives as human cathepsin B inhibitor.

abstract：:Stichopus hermanni and Stichopus vastus are sea cucumber species from the Stichopodidae family within the coastal waters of Malaysia. The integument of these invertebrates is hypothesised to contain abundant glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). GAGs are divided into non-sulphated and sulphated GAGs. Sulphated GAGs have various ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Masre SF,Yip GW,Sirajudeen KN,Ghazali FC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phytochemical investigation of Ajuga forrestii Diels led to the isolation of 14 compounds, including eight neo-clerodane diterpenes (1-8), two phytoecdysteroids (9, 11), one stigmastane sterol (10) and three iridoid glycosides (12-14). The structures of these compounds were identified by spectroscopic methods and a ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Chen T,Diao QY,Yu HZ,Jiao CL,Ruan J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work is an attempt to explore the anti-spermatogenic activity of Pistia stratiotes and to investigate it as a male contraceptive. The prepared extracts were screened for the presence of alkaloids, glycosides, steroids, flavonoids, saponin and phenolic compounds. To assess the anti-spermatogenic activity, mice wer...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Singh K,Dubey BK,Tripathi AC,Singh AP,Saraf SK

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:4-Methoxybenzene-1-ONN-azoxyformamide (1), 4-methoxybenzene-1-azoformamide (2), 4-hydroxyben-zene-1-azoformamide (3) and 4-hydroxybenzene-1-ONN-azoxyformamide (4) were isolated from the fruiting bodies of Calvatia craniiformis and Lycoperdon hiemale, respectively. Compounds 1 and 4 showed radicle growth inhibitory act...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Kamo T,Kashiwabara M,Tanaka K,Ando S,Shibata H,Hirota M

更新日期：2006-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Inula graveolens (L.) Desf. is an annual aromatic herb which has various uses on alternative medicine in many region of the world. In this study, antioxidant activities of ethanol and water extracts of the plant leaves were determined by in vitro DPPH method and phenolic composition of the plant sample was determined ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Silinsin M,Bursal E

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of natural products as a diet supplement is increasing worldwide but sometimes is not followed by adequate sanitary controls and analyses. Twenty samples of pills and capsules of lyophilised cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), commercialised in Italy as dietary supplements, were found positive at the Vibrio fisc...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Bruno M,Fiori M,Mattei D,Melchiorre S,Messineo V,Volpi F,Bogialli S,Nazzari M

更新日期：2006-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors have been used for the symptomatic treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Eleven whole plants from Panama belonging to the Lycopodiaceae family have been screened for their anticholinesterase inhibitory and antioxidant activities by a thin-layer chromatography (TLC) bioautography meth...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Calderón AI,Simithy-Williams J,Sanchez R,Espinosa A,Valdespino I,Gupta MP

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, we evaluated the maternal and fetal safety of antimalarial herb Artemisia annua with artemisinin yield of 1.09%. Here, we attempted to ascertain the contraceptive claim of A. annua. Sexually matured female Wistar rats (180-220 g) were allotted into four study groups of six rats each. The control g...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Abolaji AO,Eteng MU,Ebong PE,Dar A,Farombi EO,Choudhary MI

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our laboratories have been investigating biological effects of a sesquiterpenoid polygodial and its natural and synthetic analogues. Herein, we report the evaluation of these compounds against the three forms of Trypanosoma cruzi, amastigotes, trypomastigotes and epimastigotes. Although polygodial was found to be poor...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Turner DN,Just J,Dasari R,Smith JA,Bissember AC,Kornienko A,Rogelj S

更新日期：2019-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new briarane-type diterpenoids, dollfusilin A (1) and dollfusilin B (2), along with five known briarane-type diterpenoids (3-7), were isolated from the gorgonian Ellisella dollfusi collected from the South China Sea. The structures of the two new compounds (1 and 2) were elucidated through a comprehensive analysis...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Zhou YM,Shao CL,Huang H,Zhang XL,Wang CY

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, evaluation of the antiproliferative activity of Pachypodium lamerei Drake leaves (family Apocyaceae) against human breast cancer cell lines MDA-MB-231 was done for the total methanolic extract, crude alkaloidal mixture and ursolic acid using the MTT colorimetric assay. The methanolic extract show...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Mina SA,Mohamed SA,Melek FR,Abd El-Khalik SM

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new compounds including a new 3-arylcoumarin liquiritcoumarin (1), and a new flavonoid glycoside crotoliquiritin (2), together with twelve known compounds (3-14) were isolated from the radix and rhizome of Glycyrrhiza uralensis. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic data analyses...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Wang M,Yang W,Liu X,Liu Q,Zheng H,Wang X,Shen T,Wang S,Ren D

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) is a common aromatic plant used in Mediterranean and Asian Regions for treating respiratory diseases, painful menstruation, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. Recently its role as an anticancer plant has been suggested, although oregano has been never evaluated into adrenocortical tumour cell mod...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Rubin B,Manso J,Monticelli H,Bertazza L,Redaelli M,Sensi F,Zorzan M,Scaroni C,Mian C,Iacobone M,Armanini D,Bertolini C,Barollo S,Boscaro M,Pezzani R

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These are the days when one would go online first seeking home remedies before seeing a doctor. Apple cider vinegar (ACV) is one such popular yet scientifically under-validated remedy. Our results prove the unequivocal antimicrobial activity of ACV to be true at full strength concentrations. However, the activity cann...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Gopal J,Anthonydhason V,Muthu M,Gansukh E,Jung S,Chul S,Iyyakkannu S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the batch removal of copper(II) ions from an aqueous solution and wastewater using marine brown alga Sargassum sp. was investigated. Activated carbon prepared from Sargassum sp. by acid decomposition was also used for the removal of copper from the aqueous solution and wastewater. Activated carbon-prepa...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Esmaeili A,Ghasemi S,Sohrabipour J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new rare lumazine peptide, penilumamide E (1), together with 13 known compounds (2-14) were isolated from the fungus Aspergillus terreus. Their structures were identified by spectroscopic techniques. The relative configuration of 1 was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Compound 10 exhibited ant...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Chaiyosang B,Kanokmedhakul K,Boonmak J,Youngme S,Kukongviriyapan V,Soytong K,Kanokmedhakul S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Michael reaction acceptors (MRAs) are a class of active compounds. There is a great prospect to screen STAT3 inhibitors from Eupatorium lindleyanum, furthermore, to discover lead compounds for anti-triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). In this study, glutathione (GSH) was employed, and a UPLC-MS screening method was d...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Yang B,Shen JW,Zhou DH,Zhao YP,Wang WQ,Zhu Y,Zhao HJ

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were made to increase the yield of piperine extraction using Naviglio Extractor® solid-liquid dynamic extractor (SLDE) from fruits of Piper longum. The effects of ratio w/v were investigated and optimised for the best method. The maximum yield of piperine (317.7 mg/g) from P. longum fruits was obtained in SLDE...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Gigliarelli G,Pagiotti R,Persia D,Marcotullio MC

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. belongs to the endophytic fungi that live within the tissues of medicinal plants and produce bioactive natural products. The endophyte was isolated from the leaves of Dracaena draco L. The LC-MS-based metabolite fingerprinting of the ethyl acetate extract of B. theobromae with antibacter...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Zaher AM,Moharram AM,Davis R,Panizzi P,Makboul MA,Calderón AI

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinol (1), nujiangefolin D, together with five known analogues (2-6), were isolated from the fruits of Garcinia nujiangensis. Compound 1 was screened by the LC-MS and LC-PDA. The structure of 1 was elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic techniques including 1 D ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Tang Z,Lu L,Zhou X,Shen J,Song W,Tang Y,Xia Z

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:Two novel secondary metabolites, including one thujopsene-type sesquiterpene designated thujasutchin N (1) and one norlignan named thujasutchin O (2) were obtained from the ethanolic extract of the stems and roots of Thuja sutchuenensis. Among them, thujasutchin O (2) represents the first example of lignan sharing a u...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Wang M,Huo L,Liu H,Zhao L,Xu Z,Tan H,Qiu SX

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochemical investigation of the aerial parts of Eriope blanchetii and E. latifolia (Lamiaceae) yielded podophyllotoxin, as well as the aryltetralin lignans α- and β-peltatin and yatein. Oleanolic, ursolic and epikatonic acids were also isolated. This is the first occurrence of podophyllotoxin in the family. ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Santos EO,Lima LS,David JM,Martins LC,Guedes ML,David JP

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkaloids and phenolic compounds are among the most biologically active natural products from the Jacobaea/Senecio genera (Asteraceae). To isolate original natural products directly from Jacobaea gigantea crude polar extracts, centrifugal partition chromatography (CPC) was used. Previously, we reported the phytochemic...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Mezache N,Derbré S,Laouer H,Richomme P,Séraphin D,Akkal S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the in vitro inhibition of protein denaturation of extract/fractions of Withania somnifera and isolated withanolides including 20β hydroxy-1-oxo(22R)-witha-2,5,24 trienolide (1), (20R,22R-14α,20α)-dihydroxy-1-oxowitha-2,5,16,24 tetraenolide (2). The results showed that the extract/fractions of the...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Khan MA,Khan H,Rauf A,Ben Hadda T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research work involves the dyeing of acrylic fabric with natural dye extracted from date pits powders using Soxhlet extraction process. The effect of dye bath pH, salt concentration, dyeing time and temperature were studied. The optimal dyeing conditions where pH 4, 0 g/L salt, 60 min, and 80 °C. The COD and the ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Dhahri H,Guesmi A,Ben Hamadi N

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochemical investigation of the methanolic extract of Vangueria agrestis aerial parts led to the isolation and characterization of four monoterpene rhamnosides, two ursane saponins, and six flavonoid glycosides. Of these constituents, are three undescribed monoterpene glycosides, vangagrestosides A-C. The reported ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Osman AG,Fantoukh O,Ali Z,Raman V,Ibrahim MA,Khan IA

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochemical investigation on the stem bark of Shorea maxwelliana yielded five oligostilbenoids identified as α-viniferin (1), maximol A (2), vaticanol A (3), suffruticosol A (4) and vaticanol G (5). Chemotaxonomy of isolated compounds was discussed briefly. Major compounds were tested for neurotoxic and cytotoxic ac...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Zawawi NK,Ahmat N,Mazatulikhma MZ,Shafiq RM,Wahid NH,Sufian AS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the aerial parts of Citharexylum spinosum L., one new iridoid glucoside, the 7-ss-O-acetate (1) of lamiide, along with four known iridoid glucosides, lamiide (2), lamiidoside (3), duranterectoside C (4), 8-epiloganin (5) and one known lignan glucoside (+)-lyonirenisol-3a-O-ss-D-glucopyranoside (6) were isolated. ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Balázs B,Tóth G,Duddeck H,Soliman HS

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibacterial activities of prenylated xanthones from Garcinia mangostana and their synthetic analogues were investigated, and their structure-activity relationships have been studied. γ-Mangostin has shown antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), methicillin sensitive Staphyl...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Dharmaratne HR,Sakagami Y,Piyasena KG,Thevanesam V

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00