Abietane diterpenes from the cones of Abies numidica de Lannoy ex Carrière (Pinaceae) and in vitro evaluation of their antimicrobial properties.

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：:Designing propolis products for external use involves determining the optimal form of propolis for the introduction into dermatological pharmaceuticals and cosmetic preparations. As a potent ingredient, propolis oil extract from raw material harvested in Lithuania was analysed. The rheological characteristics, content...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Ramanauskienė K,Inkėnienė AM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this computational study, geometric factors are calculated by applying semi-empirical methods (PM3) that support experimental evidence from this lab where bryostatins can bind trivalent iron with six Fe-O bonds forming an octahedral geometry. The geometric factors are calculated for all 20 structures (Fe3+ bound to...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Manning TJ,Thomas J,Osiro S,Smith J,Abadi G,Noble L,Phillips D

更新日期：2008-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine lupeol derivatives were synthesised and assayed in vitro for their antitumour activities against three human tumour cells lines, A549, LAC and HepG2. Of lupeol derivaties, six were new compounds, and five compounds against A549 cells, four compounds against HepG2 cells and three compounds against LAC cells were e...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Li W,Xiao Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the pharmacokinetics of hesperidin (HP), ferulic acid (FA) and p-coumaric acid (CA) in rat plasma after oral administration of Portulaca oleracea L. extract (POE). The plasma concentrations were determined by HPLC with vitexin-2″-O-rhamnoside (VR) as internal standard. The calibration curves we...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Cheng Z,Wang D,Zhang W,Du Y,Wang Y,Zhai Y,Ying X,Kang T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mangrove plants are endowed with various biologically active compounds which have potent antibacterial and antioxidant properties. In present study, a bioactivity-guided fractionation for antibacterial and antioxidant active metabolites from the twigs of Avicennia officinalis collected from Kuala Selangor Nature Park,...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Assaw S,Mohd Amir MIH,Khaw TT,Bakar K,Mohd Radzi SA,Mazlan NW

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been growing interest in the research of flavonoids due to their potential antiviral activities. Recently, some natural flavonoids have shown potential inhibitory activity against zika virus NS3-NS2B protease. In order to accelerate the drug discovery efforts using flavonoids, a Monte Carlo simulation-based ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Bhargava S,Patel T,Gaikwad R,Patil UK,Gayen S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multifactorial health problem widespread over the world. Regarding the historical importance of the alkaloids in the central nervous system pharmacology they remain as promising drug candidates against AD. Seven alkaloids from Amaryllidaceae and Fabaceae were evaluated in vivo, in vitro a...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： de Almeida WAM,de Andrade JP,Chacon DS,Lucas CR,Mariana E,de Santis Ferreira L,Guaratini T,Barbosa EG,Zuanazzi JA,Hallwass F,de Souza Borges W,de Paula Oliveira R,Giordani RB

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the flavonoid constituents of a traditional Chinese medical plant Ziziphora clinopodioides Lam. by using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadruple time-of-flight mass spectrometry and screened the active components in regulating autophagy.Normal rat kidney (NRK) cells trans...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Zhang XM,An DQ,Guo LL,Yang NH,Zhang H

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new eremophilane sesquiterpene was isolated from the roots of Senecio nemorensis. Its structure was established as 10alpha-hydroxy-6beta-propionyloxy-1-oxoeremophila-7(11),8-dieno-12,8-lactone on the basis of spectral analysis. ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Meng FJ,Xiao YN,Zhao RJ,Zhao H,Ma QL,Xie WD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of continuing our research on diverse C-7 derivatives of camptothecin (CPT), 16 CPT derivatives bearing piperazinyl-thiourea chemical scaffold and different substituent groups have been designed, synthesized and evaluated in vitro for cytotoxicity against five tumor cell lines (A-549, MDA-MB-231, MCF-7, KB and...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Song ZL,Yang GZ,Li JC,Liu YQ,Yang CJ,Goto M,Zhang ZJ,Morris-Natschke SL,Liu H,Lee KH

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aqueous methanolic extracts of Melastoma malabathricum L. exhibited antibacterial activity when assayed against seven microorganisms by the agar diffusion method. Solvent fractionation afforded active chloroform and ethyl acetate fractions from the leaves and the flowers, respectively. A phytochemical study result...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Wong KC,Hag Ali DM,Boey PL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the increasing emergence of resistance of bacterial pathogens to current antibiotics, we have examined the marine fungi present in sea sediments obtained 200 m offshore to discover new antibacterial compounds active against multidrug-resistant bacteria. One strain, identified as Emericellopsis minima, was isola...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Inostroza A,Lara L,Paz C,Perez A,Galleguillos F,Hernandez V,Becerra J,González-Rocha G,Silva M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main purpose of this study was the characterisation of 'Serra da Lousã' heather honey by using novel statistical methodology, relevant principal component analysis, in order to assess the correlations between production year, locality and composition. Herein, we also report its chemical composition in terms of sug...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Martins RC,Lopes VV,Valentão P,Carvalho JC,Isabel P,Amaral MT,Batista MT,Andrade PB,Silva BM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new compound, jolynamine (1), was isolated from the marine brown alga Jolyna laminarioides collected from the coast of Karachi, Pakistan. In addition, four known compounds, namely saringosterol (2), loliolide (3), methyl-4-hydroxybenzoate (4) and propyl-4-hydroxybenzoate (5), were isolated for the first time from th...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Khan AM,Noreen S,Imran ZP,Choudhary MI

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ethanolic extract of the bulbs of Fritillaria imperialis was subjected to fractionation by solvent-solvent extraction. The nonpolar fraction showed inhibitory activity against prolyl endopeptidase (PEP) (EC.3.4.21.26), a large intracellular enzyme that preferentially hydrolyze proline-containing oligopeptidase at ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Atta-ur-Rahman,Akhtar MN,Choudhary MI,Tsuda Y,Yasin A,Sener B,Parvez M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochemical investigations on Phyllanthus emblica have resulted in the isolation of the two new flavonoids, kaempferol-3-O-alpha-L-(6''-methyl)-rhamnopyranoside (1) and kaempferol-3-O-alpha-L-(6''-ethyl)-rhamnopyranoside (2). Their structures were determined on the basis of extensive spectroscopic studies including ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Habib-ur-Rehman,Yasin KA,Choudhary MA,Khaliq N,Atta-ur-Rahman,Choudhary MI,Malik S

更新日期：2007-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A phytochemical reinvestigation of the whole plant of Euphorbia segetalis yielded five tetracyclic triterpenes: 3beta-hydroxy-cycloart-25-en-24-one (1), cycloart-25-ene-3beta,24-diol (2), cycloart-23-ene-3beta,25-diol (3), lanosta-7,9(11),24-trien-3beta-ol (4) and lanosta-7,9(11),24(31)-trien-3beta-ol (5). beta-acetox...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Madureira AM,Ascenso JR,Valdeira L,Duarte A,Frade JP,Freitas G,Ferreira MJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new sphingofungins G (1) and H (2) with a five-membered lactone ring were identified from the solid-state fermentation of Aspergillus penicilliodes Speg., a dominant microorganism isolated previously from the post-fermentation of ripe Pu-er tea, together with six known metabolites. Their structures were elucidated...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Zhang H,Zhu HT,Wang D,Yang CR,Zhang YJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phytochemical study of the aerial parts of Viburnum chinshanense Graebn., a species growing in Western and Central China, led to the isolation of six iridoid glucosides: the novel 10,2'-diacetylpatrinoside, 1, and the known 2'-acetyldihydropenstemide, 2'-trans- p-coumaroyl-dihydropenstemide, 2'-acetylpatrinoside, ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Tomassini L,Gao J,Foddai S,Serafini M,Ventrone A,Nicoletti M

更新日期：2006-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A new isopimarane-type diterpenoid, crolaevinoid A, along with four known analogues was isolated from the twigs and leaves of Croton laevigatus. The structures of the isolated compounds were established on the basis of NMR and MS spectroscopic analyses. The isolated compounds were examined the antibacterial activities...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Li MY,Han ZZ,Liu LF,Wu XZ,Huang WJ,Wang K,Yang F,Yuan CS

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) is a common condition in elderly men that impairs quality of life and leads to a number of medical complications. The use of phytotherapeutic compounds in patients with relatively moderate BPH symptoms has been growing steadily. In the present study, acute toxicity of lyophilised aqu...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Vitali F,Pennisi G,Attaguile G,Savoca F,Tita B

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of pregnane oligoglycosides, namely rocinine (1) and marsdinine (11), which have been isolated from the chloroform soluble extract of the dried stem of Marsdenia roylei, were elucidated using MS, (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR, (1)H-(1)H COSY, HSQC and TOCSY experiments as well as chemical degradation and derivatis...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Gupta V,Kumar A,Khare A,Khare NK

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to study the effect of seeds of Asteracantha longifolia on the sexual behaviour of male albino rats. The ethanolic extract of seeds of A. longifolia was administered to groups of rats in 100, 150 and 200 mg kg⁻¹ doses for a period of 28 days, and the action compared with control rats. ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Chauhan NS,Sharma V,Dixit VK

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two flavonoid glycosides containing acetylated allose, and two iridoid glucosides were obtained from a EtOH extract of Stachys corsica, an endemic plant of Sardinia and Corsica. All the compounds have previously been isolated from other species of Stachys. ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Serrilli AM,Ramunno A,Piccioni F,Serafini M,Ballero M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new xanthone derivatives, penixanthones A (1) and B (2), together with three known compounds, aspenicillide (3), 1,5-dihydroxy-3-methoxy-7-methyl-anthracene-9,10-dione (4) and 1,2-indandiol (5), were isolated from the ethyl acetate extract of a culture of the fungus Penicillium sp. SYFz-1, which was separated from...

journal_title：Natural product research

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

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new 19-hydroxy bufadienolides, named bufohydrolide A (1) and bufohydrolide B (2), and four known analogs (3-6) were isolated from the aqueous extracts of the skins of Bufo melanosticus. Their structures were established by spectral data analyses, such as UV, IR, 1 D/2D NMR and mass spectra. Compounds 1-6 were eval...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Meng L,Li S,Kong Q,Wang M,Zhang X,Zhu X,Yu W,Jiang N,Chun Z,Li N,Liu Y

更新日期：2020-03-23 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：:Citrinin dimeric derivatives are bioactive polyketides previously reported from Penicillium, Aspergillus and Monascus fungi species. Due to the large distance between the stereogenic centers of the two monomer units, it was difficult to determine the absolute configuration of the whole molecule (1). In previous work, ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Cao F,Sun TT,Yang JK,Zhao GZ,Liu QA,Hu LD,Ma ZY,Zhu HJ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new diterpenoid, 15-epi-(4E)-jatrogrossidentadione acetate, along with several known constituents has been isolated from the stem of Jatropha multifida. The structure of the new compound was settled by a detailed analysis of its 1D- and 2D-NMR spectra. ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Das B,Satya Kumar A,Narayan Kumar J,Venugopal Raju T

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00