Bioactive triterpenoids from the leaves of Eriobotrya japonica as the natural PDE4 inhibitors.

abstract：:The current study introduces a new idea of utilising several bio/chemoinformatics tools in comparing two bio-similar natural molecules viz. curcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin (BDMC) in order to select a potential nose-to-brain remedy for Alzheimer disease. The comparison comprised several bio/chemo informatics tools. I...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Hathout RM,El-Ahmady SH,Metwally AA

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three anthraquinones, Cdc25B phosphatase inhibitors, were isolated from the methanolic extract of the roots of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. (Polygonaceae). Anthraquinones, physcion (1), emodin (2), and questin (3), inhibited the enzymatic activity of Cdc25B phosphatase with IC(50) values of 62.5, 30, and 34 microg mL(...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Choi SG,Kim J,Sung ND,Son KH,Cheon HG,Kim KR,Kwon BM

更新日期：2007-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential oils derived from six different phenophases, namely early vegetative stage, late vegetative stage, early flowering stage, full flowering stage (FFS), late flowering stage and seed shattering stage of Origanum vulgare L. grown in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India were investigated by GC and GC-MS. A total o...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Verma RS,Padalia RC,Chauhan A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To search for possible cancer chemopreventive agents from natural sources, we performed primary screening of metabolites of Alternaria porri by examining their possible inhibitory effects on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in Raji cells. The et...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Horiuchi M,Tokuda H,Ohnishi K,Yamashita M,Nishino H,Maoka T

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical composition of the volatile extract (yield ≈ 0.13%, v/w) from the bark of Quercus leucotrichophora (Fagaceae) was analysed for the first time by GC-MS. Twenty-three constituents, amounting to 93.0% of the total detected contents of the volatile extract, were identified. The volatile extract contained appr...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Sati SC,Sati N,Sati OP,Biswas D,Chauhan BS

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:A new eremophilane sesquiterpene, capnodiumone (1), along with five known eremophilane sesquiterpenes (2-6) and eight other compounds (7-14), have been isolated from a mangrove-associated fungus Capnodium sp. SZ-F22. The chemical structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis. The broth ex...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： He H,Ma Z,Wang Q,Liu Y,Xu H

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morus nigra, popularly known as mulberry, has been traditionally used as anti-diabetic herbal medication. This study focused on hexane fraction from Brazilian M. nigra leaves (Hex-Mn) effects on digestion and absorption of carbohydrate in diabetic mice. The high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis was pe...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Silva DHAD,Barbosa HM,Beltrão RLA,Silva CFO,Moura CA,Castro RN,Almeida JRGDS,Gomes DA,Lira EC

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:(+) Benzomalvins E (1) and (-) Benzomalvins E (2), a pair of epimeric derivatives, together with three known benzomalvins (3-5), were isolated from solid cultures of a interrhizospheric fungus Penicillium sp. SYPF 8411. The planar structure of (+) Benzomalvins E (1) has been previously reported. While, the absolute co...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Feng QM,Feng Y,Zhang TY,Wang HF,Zhang MY,Wu YY,Chen G,Zhang YX,Pei YH

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new phenanthrenes, stemophenanthrenes A-C (1-3), along with one new stilbenoid, isopinosylvin A (4) and a known compound methyl ferulate (5), were isolated and identified from the roots of Stemona tuberosa Lour. plants, collected in Attapu province (Laos). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analys...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Khamko VA,Quang DN,Dien PH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cedronella canariensis is a lemon-scented species of the family Lamiaceae endemic to the Canary Islands where it is used in the traditional medicine to prepare infusions or inhalations for anti-catarrhal, tonic, diuretic, hypoglycaemiant, hypotensive, anti-inflammatory and decongestant of the respiratory tract. In thi...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Zorzetto C,Sánchez-Mateo CC,Rabanal RM,Lupidi G,Bramucci M,Quassinti L,Iannarelli R,Papa F,Maggi F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigments synthesised by Chryseobacterium sp. kr6 growing on feather waste were extracted and characterised. The pigment extract was characterised by KOH test, UV-vis, CIELAB colour system, HPLC-DAD-MS, FTIR and its antioxidant capacity was evaluated. A positive bathochromic shift was observed when kr6 colonies or pigm...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Jiménez MEP,Pinilla CMB,Rodrigues E,Brandelli A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the eighth more common cancer in men. The development of new and more efficient drugs is needed. Plants of the genus Piper are popularly used in the treatment of many diseases. This study evaluated the antitumor effect of extract, fraction and isolated compounds from leaves o...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Fonseca ACCD,de Queiroz LN,Sales Felisberto J,Jessé Ramos Y,Mesquita Marques A,Wermelinger GF,Pontes B,de Lima Moreira D,Robbs BK

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study explored the schizonticidal potential of traditionally used Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex. Pierre flowers, identifying constituents of interest. The extraction of phytoconstituents was carried out by microwave-assisted technique, isolated via column chromatography, and characterised by various phy...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Mehrotra E,Vishwakarma J,Tripathi AC,Sonar PK,Saraf SK

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was focused on in vitro cytotoxicity screening of the raspberry seeds methanol extract towards a number of cancer cell lines of human origin. The tested extract at the preferred concentrations (IC50 <30 µg/mL) inhibited only the growth of the lung cancer A-549 cells (IC50 = 14.07 ± 0.96 µg/mL). At the same ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Simonovic M,Kojic V,Jakimov D,Glumac M,Pejin B

更新日期：2019-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to investigate the biomedicinal potential of aqueous extract (1.25 and 2.5%) of three henna ecotypes (Shahdad, Roodbar and Bam) against Two types of Gram positive and negative bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923), Streptococcus agalactiae (ATCC 29933), Bacillus cereus (ATCC 14579), C...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Pasandi Pour A,Farahbakhsh H

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:Phytochemical investigation of methanolic extract of Adenium obesum led to the isolation of 42 (1-42) compounds belongs to cardiac glycosides, triterpenoids and steroids. The chemical structures of isolated compounds were elucidated by spectral techniques UV, IR, NMR and FAB MS. The cardiac glycosides were tested agai...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Ahmed SK,Versiani MA,Ikram A,Sattar SA,Faizi S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus L. (Moench), also known as Lady's Fingers, gombo, or bamje, is an annual plant belonging to the Malvaceae family. Traditional olistic medicine since centuries directly associates this plant and its parts to a beneficial health hypoglycemic effect. Since the abscisic acid (ABA) has been ass...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Daliu P,Annunziata G,Tenore GC,Santini A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two triterpenes (14S,17S,20S,24R)-25-hydroxy-14,17-cyclo-20,24-epoxy-malabarican-3-one (CEM, 1a) and (14S,17S,20S,24R)-20,24,25-trihydroxy-14,17-cyclomalabarican-3-one (CM, 2a) with a cyclobutane ring were reported, which have the same NMR data as ocotillone (1b) and gardaubryone C (2b), respectively. An incorrect str...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Duan ZK,Lv TM,Song GS,Wang YX,Lin B,Huang XX

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new monoterpene glucosides: xanmonoter A (1) and xanmonoter B (2) were isolated from Xanthium strumarium. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of 1D and 2D NMR, MS and CD analysis. Compounds 1 and 2 were tested for their anti-inflammatory activity with IC50 values of 17.4, 22.1 μM, respectively. ...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Jiang H,Xing X,Yan M,Guo X,Yang L,Yang L

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical composition and antioxidant activities of the essential oil from Nandina domestica fruits were studied for the first time. Twenty-two compounds, representing 82.79% of the oil, were identified from the oil. The major compounds were 3-hexen-1-ol (12.9%), linalool (12.3%), 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (9.9%), ol...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Bi SF,Zhu GQ,Wu J,Li ZK,Lv YZ,Fang L

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Artemisia alba Turra (Asteraceae) is an Euro-Mediterranean plant used in Veneto (North-East of Italy) as traditional medicine for the treatment of various diseases. A. alba is a taxonomically problematic species, characterised by common polymorphism leading to a quite high variability in secondary metabolites content....

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Peron G,Baldan V,Sut S,Faggian M,Roccabruna L,Zanini D,Manzini P,Maggi F,Dall'Acqua S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic neuroinflammation is a key component of many neurodegenerative disorders. Chronic activation of this process produces pro-inflammatory cytokines, prostaglandins and reactive oxygen species that induce brain injury and neuronal dysfunction. Agave species contain saponins, compounds with anti-inflammatory activi...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Herrera-Ruiz M,Jiménez-Ferrer E,Tortoriello J,Zamilpa A,Alegría-Herrera E,Jiménez-Aparicio AR,Arenas-Ocampo ML,Martínez-Duncker I,Monterrosas-Brisson N

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new steroidal alkaloids, salonine-A [(20S)-20-(N,N-dimethylamino)-3beta-(tigloylamino)-5alpha-pregn-14-en-2beta,4beta-diol] (1), and salonine-B [(20S)-20-(N,N-dimethylamino)-3beta-methoxy-pregn-5,16-diene] (2), were isolated from the MeOH extract of Sarcococca saligna, along with a known base, alkaloid-C (3). Thei...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Atta-ur-Rahman,Feroz F,Zaheer-ul-Haq,Nawaz SA,Khan MR,Choudhary MI

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three flavonoid compounds were isolated from the roots of medicinal plant Tadehagi triquetrum (L.) H.Ohashi, also known as Desmodium triquetrum (Fabaceae). On the basis of the chemical and spectral analysis, the compounds were identified as baicalein (Flavone), naringin and neohesperidin (Flavonone). To the best of ou...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Vedpal,Jayaram U,Wadhwani A,Dhanabal SP

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:A new triterpene saponin (1) was isolated from a methanol extract of Swartzia apetala Raddi var. glabra, together with the flavonoids mauritianin (2), kaempferol (3) and the triterpene saponin β-D-glucopyranosyl 3β-hydroxy-olean-12-en-28-oate (4). These compounds were characterised on the basis of their spectral data,...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： de Araújo MF,Curcino Vieira IJ,Sant'Anna CM,da Silva DR,Vitorino Maia AI,Braz-Filho R,Vieira-da-Motta O,Mathias L

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work reports the results and the comparison concerning the chemical and biomolecular analyses and the antifungal activity of three wild Pistacia species (Anacardiaceae) from Sardinia. Volatile oils from leaves and twigs of Pistacia x saportae, Pistacia lentiscus and Pistacia terebinthus were characterised using G...

journal_title：Natural product research

authors： Marengo A,Piras A,Falconieri D,Porcedda S,Caboni P,Cortis P,Foddis C,Loi C,Gonçalves MJ,Salgueiro L,Maxia A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00