Sundarbanxylogranins A-E, five new limonoids from the Sundarban Mangrove, Xylocarpus granatum.

abstract：:Ethanolic extract of Rungia repens aerials parts (300 and 600 mg/kg p.o) showed diuretic activity in rats. The acute toxicity, orally evaluated in mice, was found to be higher than 3000 mg/kg. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Basu SK,Arivukkarasu R

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five pyrrolizidine alkaloids have been isolated from Heliotropium subulatum and tested for their antimicrobial activity. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Singh B,Sahu PM,Singh S

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new phenylpropanoid glucoside and two new neolignans, namely (1S, 2R)-1-(3, 4, 5-trimethoxyphenyl)-3-(β-d-glucopyranosyloxy)-1, 2, 3-propanetriol (1), and (7R, 8R)-4, 7, 9, 9'-tetrahydroxy-3, 5, 3', 5'-tetramethoxy-8-4'-oxyneolignan 4-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (2) and 3', 9, 9'-trihydroxy-3, 5-dimethoxy-8-O-4'-neolignan...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Shu J,Liang F,Liang J,Liang Y,Li F,Shao F,Liu R,Huang H

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crocetin (5-20 microg/ml), quercetin (10-40 microg/ml), and cisplatin (60-180 microg/ml) used as a positive control drug, were tested against human rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cells and African green monkey kidney (Vero) cells. The cell viability, morphological changes, and lactate dehydrogenase activity were assessed. RD c...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Jagadeeswaran R,Thirunavukkarasu C,Gunasekaran P,Ramamurty N,Sakthisekaran D

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aqueous extract of the stem bark of Mangifera indica and ethanolic extract of the roots of Pluchea ovalis has been studied on rat tracheal smooth muscle in vitro. The extract of M. indica at 1, 2 and 4 mg/ml and that of P. ovalis at 0.25, 0.5 and 1 mg/ml relaxed, dose-dependently, the rat tracheal smooth muscle strip ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Agbonon A,Eklu-Gadegbeku K,Aklikokou K,Essien K,Akpagana K,Gbeassor M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical investigation of the n-butanol extract from the methanol extract of the root bark of Artocarpus nobilis furnished four new prenylated flavonoids together with artonin E 2'-methylether (4), isoartonin E 2'-methylether (5), dihydroisoartonin E 2'-methylether (6), artonin V 2'-methylether (7), artobiloxanthone (...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Jayasinghe UL,Samarakoon TB,Kumarihamy BM,Hara N,Fujimoto Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dichloromethane extract of propolis (DCME) originating from Pitcairn Island demonstrated potent cytotoxicity against triple-negative MDA-MB-231 human breast carcinoma cells. The results from MTT assay showed that DCME inhibits the growth of the cancer cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner and upon the cell growth...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Georgieva K,Trusheva B,Uzunova V,Stoyanova T,Valcheva V,Popova M,Tzoneva R,Bankova V

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new furoquinoline alkaloids, leptanoines A-C (1-3) along with three known compounds (4-6) were isolated from the leaves of Evodia lepta. Their structures were identified by interpretation of their spectroscopic data as well as comparison with those reported in the literature. In addition, all isolated compounds ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Sichaem J,Jirasirichote A,Sapasuntikul K,Khumkratok S,Sawasdee P,Do TM,Tip-pyang S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three novel xanthonolignoid C-glycosides, glomexanthones A-C, with a trans-dihydrobenzofuran on B ring and a 2-hydroxymethyl-5-hydroxyl-2-pentenoic acid moiety in the sugar chain were isolated from an ethanol extract of Polygala glomerata. Their structures and absolute configurations were characterized by extensive NM...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Li CJ,Yang JZ,Yu SS,Zhao CY,Peng Y,Wang XL,Zhang DM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the bioactive compounds in goji have been thoroughly identified and quantified, little information is available on the bitter compounds in the berries, and no systematic works on the substances responsible for their bitterness have been performed. Herein, the substances contributing to the bitterness of berri...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Qian D,Chen J,Lai C,Kang L,Xiao S,Song J,Xie J,Huang L

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new secoiridoid aglycones of (-)-swermusic acid A (1) and B (3), and (-)-swerimuslatone A (2), and four new secoiridoid glycosides of 6'-O-formylsweroside (4), 6'-O-formylgentiopicroside (5), 6'-O-acetylamarogentin (6) and 6'-O-acetylamaronitidin (7), along with 40 known compounds (8-47) were isolated from Swert...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Cao TW,Geng CA,Ma YB,Zhang XM,Zhou J,Tao YD,Chen JJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Goniothalamus macrophyllus (Blume) Hook. f. & Thoms. is a plant widely distributed in Malaysia. The aim of this study is to identify compounds from the roots of G. macrophyllus. The ground roots were extracted with aqueous methanol and partitioned sequentially with n-hexane, chloroform and butanol. Purification from t...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Abdullah N,Sahibul-Anwar H,Ideris S,Hasuda T,Hitotsuyanagi Y,Takeya K,Diederich M,Choo C

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new sesquiterpenoids, peniterpenoids A - C (1-3), together with six known metabolites (4-9) were isolated from an entomogenous fungus Penicillium janthinellum (LB1.20090001) collected from a wheat cyst nematode. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated based on NMR and HRESIMS spectroscopic analyses. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Liu S,Fan W,Ren J,Wang W,Liu X,Liang Y,Wei T,Li E

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the results of an ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by the Thari people of the Nara Desert, Sindh, Pakistan. Fifty-one plant species distributed across 28 families and 43 genera were discovered to have medicinal uses by local inhabitants of the Nara Desert. Twenty-one of those species a...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Qureshi R,Raza Bhatti G

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new sulfur-containing iridoid glucoside, named paederoside B, was isolated from the stems of Paederia scandens. The structure of the new compound was elucidated as paederosidyl paederosidate by spectral evidence. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zou X,Peng S,Liu X,Bai B,Ding L

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new dihydrophenanthrenofuran, bleochranols A-D (1-4), along with 21 known compounds including phenanthrenes (5-14) and bibenzyls (15-25) were isolated and elucidated from the rhizomes of Bletilla ochracea. Combination of 1D/2D NMR techniques and the Electronic Circular Dichroism (ECD) spectroscopy based on the em...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Li JY,Kuang MT,Yang L,Kong QH,Hou B,Liu ZH,Chi XQ,Yuan MY,Hu JM,Zhou J

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new benzofuran derivatives, 2-(4'-hydroxybenzyl)-5,6-methylenedioxy-benzofuran (1) and 2-(4'-hydroxybenzoyl)-5,6-methylenedioxy-benzofuran (2), along with 8 known compounds were isolated from 60% EtOH extract of the fibrous roots of Liriope spicata var. prolifera. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of e...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Hu ZF,Chen LL,Qi J,Wang YH,Zhang H,Yu BY

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardioprotective effect of Prunella vulgaris ethylacetate fraction (PVEF) and its constituent rosmarinic acid (RA) was evaluated on isolated rat cardiomyocytes subjected to doxorubicin-induced oxidative stress. The cytoprotectivities of PVEF and RA were concentration-dependent in the range of 0.005 to 0.05 mg/ml a...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Psotová J,Chlopcíková S,Miketová P,Simánek V

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beyond its role in the activation of protein C, the endothelial cell protein C receptor (EPCR) plays an important role in the cytoprotective pathway. EPCR can be shed from the cell surface, which is mediated by tumor necrosis factor-α converting enzyme (TACE). Polyozellin, a major constituent of a Korea edible mushroo...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Lee W,Yang EJ,Park DH,Bae JS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza poses a particular risk of severe outcomes in the elderly, the very young and those with underlying diseases. Tea polyphenols are the natural phenolic compounds in teas, and principally consist of catechins, proanthocyanidins, flavonols, and theaflavins, which antiviral activities have been reported recently...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Yang ZF,Bai LP,Huang WB,Li XZ,Zhao SS,Zhong NS,Jiang ZH

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is a potential target in neuroinflammation. Screening a plant extract library identified Solidago nemoralis as containing methyl-quercetin derivatives that are relatively selective ligands for the alpha7 nAChR. Flavonoids are not known for this activity, so we screen...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Lutz JA,Kulshrestha M,Rogers DT,Littleton JM

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ailanthone (AIL) has many biological activities including antimalarial, antiviral and anticancer. Our previous study also found that AIL targets p23 against castration-resistant prostate cancer. In this report, the preclinical safety of AIL was evaluated by acute toxicity, subacute toxicity and toxicokinetics in mice....

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Tang S,Ma X,Lu J,Zhang Y,Liu M,Wang X

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of new Lycopodium alkaloids, namely 1-epi-malycorin A (1), 1-epi-17S-hydroxymalycorin A (2), 6α-hydroxyphlegmariurine A (3), 2S,4R-dihydroxyfawcettimine (4), and 16-hydroxylycodine (5), together with 24 known ones, have been isolated from the club moss Phlegmariurus henryi. The structures of the new compounds...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Liu YC,Su J,Wu XD,Zhang ZJ,Fan M,Zhu QF,He J,Li XN,Peng LY,Cheng X,Zhao QS

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of Cyclovirobuxine D, an active ingredient from Buxus microphylla, was investigated in the potential prevention of cardiac dysfunction in rats with congestive heart failure. Heart failure was induced by left coronary artery occlusion and verified using echocardiography. Cyclovirobuxine D was administered fo...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Yu B,Fang TH,Lü GH,Xu HQ,Lu JF

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ethanolic extracts of Lawsonia inermis leaves, Holarrhena antidysenterica bark, Swertia chirata whole plant and Mangifera indica bark were tested (in-vitro) for alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activity. M. indica extract was found to be the most potent, with an IC(50) value of 314 microg/ml. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Prashanth D,Amit A,Samiulla DS,Asha MK,Padmaja R

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new aristolochic acid derivatives aristchamic A (1), aristchamic B (2), aristochamic C (3a), aristchamic D (3b) and one new aristolactam aristolactam-CV (4), together with 10 known compounds (5-14), were isolated from the rhizomes of Aristolochia championii. Their structures were assigned by detailed analysis of ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Wang X,Shi GR,Liu YF,Li L,Chen RY,Yu DQ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various parts of Derris elliptica, Derris indica and Derris trifoliata on fractionation with a number of solvents (petrol, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, butanol and methanol) gave fractions which demonstrated a varied level of broad spectrum antibacterial activity. Good activity was exhibited by the methanol fractio...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Khan MR,Omoloso AD,Barewai Y

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, we reported the triterpenoids isolated from n-butanol fraction of Kadsura heteroclita which is a Tujia ethnomedicine with trivial name "Xuetong". This effort resulted in the isolation of six unpresented triterpenoids xuetongsu A-F (1-6), along with five known triterpenoids (7-11). The structures o...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Cao L,Li B,Shehla N,Gong LM,Jian YQ,Peng CY,Sheng WB,Liu LP,Cai X,Man RY,Liao DF,Zhu XQ,Choudhary MI,Rahman AU,Wang W

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antioxidant activity of the ethanol extract of Erigeron breviscapus (EEEB) were studied by using neuron oxidative injury model induced by superoxide radical. EEEB at the dose of 10-140 mug/ml reduced significantly the lipid peroxidation levels and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) release from neuron exposed to superoxide ra...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Liu H,Yang X,Ren T,Feng Y,Xu H

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thuja occidentalis L. is indigenous for Northern America and commonly cultivated in Europe. Raw materials obtained from this tree are widely applied in the ethnomedicine and phytotherapy of numerous ailments, incl. scurvy, cystitis, rheumatism and cancer. Despite wide medicinal applications of Thuja occidentalis, stil...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Pudełek M,Catapano J,Kochanowski P,Mrowiec K,Janik-Olchawa N,Czyż J,Ryszawy D

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00