Dihydro-β-agarofuran sesquiterpenoid derivatives with neuroprotective activity from the leaves of Tripterygium wilfordii.

abstract：:The effect of berberine hydrochloride (BBR) on inducible cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in small intestinal mucosa and related mechanisms was investigated in a rat model of acute endotoxemia. The results showed that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) increased COX-2 expression, whereas SB202190 and BBR curtailed it. LPS increased pho...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Feng AW,Yu C,Mao Q,Li N,Li QR,Li JS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous study, RAPD (Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA) analysis revealed species-specific markers for three medicinal Echinacea species (Asteraceae): E. angustifolia DC., E. pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. and E. purpurea (L.) Moench. In the present work, we have converted a RAPD marker (750 bp) for E. purpurea into a S...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Adinolfi B,Chicca A,Martinotti E,Breschi MC,Nieri P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigators and sponsors of dietary supplement research need to know the relevant regulatory requirements and how to comply with them. This brief review describes how research on dietary supplements is regulated by FDA. In general, whether an FDA sanctioned Investigational New Drug (IND) application is required for ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Chen ST

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight new dihydrobenzofuran neolignans, pinnatifidanin C I-VIII (1-8), together with two known analogs (9-10) were isolated from the seeds of Crataegus pinnatifida. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analyses, especially 1D, 2D NMR and CD spectra. The cytotoxic activities of all isolates against human c...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Huang XX,Zhou CC,Li LZ,Peng Y,Lou LL,Liu S,Li DM,Ikejima T,Song SJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new sesquiterpene coumarin with a novel sesquiterpene carbon framework, Sinkiangenorin D, and ten known sesquiterpene coumarins were isolated from the seeds of Ferula sinkiangensis. The structures of these compounds, including the relative stereochemistry, were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data. All of t...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Li G,Li X,Cao L,Zhang L,Shen L,Zhu J,Wang J,Si J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Cyclopia (Fabaceae family) includes a number of shrubs endemic to Cape Fynbos region of South Africa. The most common of these plants is Cyclopia intermedia E. Mey., used together with other Cyclopia species (mainly C. subternata and C. sessiliflora) to manufacture the honeybush herbal tea which has been pro...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Kokotkiewicz A,Luczkiewicz M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five new benzylphenanthrenes, cremaphenanthrenes L-P (1-5) were isolated from the EtOAc-soluble extract of the tubers of Cremastra appendiculata. Their structures were elucidated based on the spectroscopic data and chemical methods. Compounds 1-5 were tested in vitro for their cytotoxic effects against colon (HCT-116)...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Liu L,Li J,Zeng KW,Jiang Y,Tu PF

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fractions prepared from the methanol extract of Buchholzia coriacea stem bark exhibited a high concentration-dependent antibacterial and antifungal activity compared to the standard antibiotics, ampicillin and tioconazole. In the brine shrimp lethality (BSL) assay, the methanol extract was found to be non-toxic with a...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Ajaiyeoba EO,Onocha PA,Nwozo SO,Sama W

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：AIM:The current study was designed to explore the mechanism of the prokinetic activity of Gentiopicroside (Ge), from Gentiana macrophylla Pall which is widely used to strengthen gastric motility in clinic. METHODS:Gastrointestinal motility disorder rats were induced by stress stimulation and the rats were treated with...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Ruan M,Yu B,Xu L,Zhang L,Long J,Shen X

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the goal of unravelling antimicrobial agents and mixtures inspired by plant defences, we investigated the antibacterial and antifungal efficacy of Hirtellina lobelii DC. essential oil (EO), both alone and in combination with antimicrobial drugs. Hirtellina lobelii DC. EO was analysed by GC, GC-MS and partial frac...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Khoury M,El Beyrouthy M,Ouaini N,Eparvier V,Stien D

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five rare dichloro aromatic polyketides (1-5) were obtained from an endophytic fungus Penicillium sp., along with five known metabolites (6-10). Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis, Mosher methods, as well as [Rh2(OCOCF3)4]-induced electronic circular dichroism (ECD) experiments. Compo...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Yang MH,Li TX,Wang Y,Liu RH,Luo J,Kong LY

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Australian native plants have a long history of therapeutic use in indigenous cultures, however, they have been poorly studied scientifically. We analysed the effects of 14 plant derived compounds from the species Pilidiostigma glabrum, Myoporum montanum, Geijera parviflora, and Rhodomyrtus psidioides for their potent...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Adams DH,Shou Q,Wohlmuth H,Cowin AJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antioxidant activity of Agrimonia eupatoria (Agrimony) and Agrimonia procera (Fragrant agrimony) extracts was assessed by measuring in DPPH radical scavenging and ABTS(+) radical decolourisation reaction systems. Radical scavenging capacity of agrimony extracts varied in a wide range (9.1-97.5% in DPPH reaction an...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Venskutonis PR,Skemaite M,Ragazinskiene O

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An endophytic fungal strain named Trichoderma atroviride was isolated from the bulb of Lycoris radiata. Following cultivation on rice medium, a novel 3-amino-5-hydroxy-5-vinyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one dimer, atrichodermone A (1), a new cyclopentenone derivative, atrichodermone B (2), and a new sesquiterpene, atrichodermone...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zhou P,Wu Z,Tan D,Yang J,Zhou Q,Zeng F,Zhang M,Bie Q,Chen C,Xue Y,Luo Z,Wang J,Zhu H,Zhang Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The furanocoumarin imperatorin has been reported to have hypotensive effect, and we have investigated its activity on myocardial hypertrophy. Imperatorin displayed similar chromatographic retention peak to verapamil in the model of cardiac muscle/cell membrane chromatography, and could reduce in a concentration-depend...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zhang Y,Cao Y,Zhan Y,Duan H,He L

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochemical investigation of methanolic extract of the whole plants of Vaccinium emarginatum allowed for the characterization of one epicatechin derivative (1) that was isolated from a natural source for the first time and three new flavonoids, emarginin A (2), emarginin B (3), and emarginin C (4), together with 11 ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Tu PC,Liang YC,Huang GJ,Huang HC,Kao MC,Lu TL,Kuo YH

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochemical study on rhizomes of Cimicifuga dahurica resulted in the isolation of nine new neolignan and phenylpropanoid glycosides, cimicifugasides A-E (1, 2, 7-9), cimicifugamides B-D (3-5), shomaside G (6) along with four known compounds (10-13). Their structures were identified by extensive spectroscopic analyse...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Lu Q,Zhang WY,Pan DB,Shi DF,Pang QQ,Li HB,Yao XJ,Yao ZH,Yu Y,Yao XS

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five crude extracts from 11 Panamanian plants, distributed in 10 genera and five families, were evaluated for their in vitro cytotoxicity. Four extracts exhibited an inhibition of cellular growth at IC(50) values lower than 25 microg/ml which was considered a significant activity. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Calderón AI,Terreaux C,Gupta MP,Hostettmann K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexane, ethyl acetate, chloroform and methanol successive extracts of Jatropha multifida yellow rootbark, red rootbark and rootwood effectively inhibited the growth of B. subtilis and S. aureus at concentration of 200 microg/disk. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Aiyelaagbe OO

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leaf essential oil of Filipendula vulgaris, consisting mainly of salicylaldehyde (68.6%), was screened for its antimicrobial activity by the disk diffusion and microdilution broth assays. The essential oil remarkably inhibited the growth of all of the tested bacteria and fungi. It seems that the antimicrobial natu...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Radulović N,Misić M,Aleksić J,Doković D,Palić R,Stojanović G

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bakuchicin is a furanocoumarin isolated from the seeds of Psoralea corylifolia, which is used in oriental medicine. However, limited information on the pharmacokinetics of bakuchicin is available and in addition, no determined method has been devised to quantify bakuchicin levels in the plasma. In the present study, w...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Jo JH,Kim JH,Lee HS,Jeong GS,Lee JM,Lee S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation of 14 known triterpenoids and phytosterols from the trunk bark of Maquira coriacea, and complete spectral data of a cardenolide, k-strophanthin-beta (1), are reported. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Mitaine-Offer AC,Sauvain M,Petermann C,Zèches-Hanrot M

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One new resveratrol analogue, 1-(3',4',5'-trimethoxyphenyl)-2-methoxy-2-(4″-methoxyphenyl)-ethane-1-ol (1), and two new prenylisoflavones, 4'-hydroxy-5,7-dimethoxy-6-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-isoflavone (2), and derrubon 5-methyl ether (3), together with 17 known compounds including one new natural product, 5,7-dihydroxy-3...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Zhang HX,Lunga PK,Li ZJ,Dai Q,Du ZZ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alkaloidal fraction obtained from an ethanolic extract of the leaves of Mikania cordata exhibited significant in vivo antiulcer activity in diclofenac sodium-induced gastric erosions in Long Evans rats. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Paul RK,Jabbar A,Rashid MA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solanum nigrum L. (also called as European black nightshade) has been traditionally used as folk medicine and food in some regions. Phytochemical investigations of the immature fruits of S. nigrum yielded five steroidal alkaloid glycosides (1-5), including an unprecedented nor-spirosolane type steroidal alkaloid with ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Xiang L,Wang Y,Yi X,He X

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of the fruits of Khaya senegalensis resulted in the isolation of three new mexicanolide limonoids containing a rare conjugated diene lactone system named seneganolide A (1), 2-hydroxyseneganolide A (2) and 2-acetoxyseneganolide A (3). Two known limonoids, 3-deacetyl-7-deacetoxy-7-oxokhivorin (4) and meth...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Abdelgaleil SA,Iwagawa T,Doe M,Nakatani M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new sesquiterpenes (1-2, 6-7), a new pyranone glycoside (10) along with six known compounds, were isolated from the whole plant of Erigeron breviscapus. Their planar structures were elucidated using extensive spectroscopic analyses. Brevisterpene A (1) and brevisterpene B (2) were proved to be a pair of diastereo...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Han S,Liu Y,Hou Z,Sun X,Yao G,Gao P,Li L,Song S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tunicyclin L (1), cyclo (L-Pro1-Gly-L-Phe1-L-Ile-L-Pro2-L-Phe2 -L-Thr-L-Val), and 11 known compounds, including one cyclic peptide (2), eight carboline alkaloids (3 -10), one lignan (11) and one flavone (12) were isolated from the roots of Psammosilene tunicoides. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of exten...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Hou Y,Wang M,Sun C,Peng C,Zhang Y,Li X

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new sesquiterpene lactone, 7alpha,10alpha-epoxy-1alpha(H),5alpha(H)-guaia-3,11(13)-dien-8alpha,12-olide, was isolated from the leaves of Hedyosmum arborescens. The structure of this unusual 7,10-epoxy-guaianolide was determined by spectroscopic methods, particularly one- and two-dimensional 1H and 13C NMR. ...

journal_title：Fitoterapia

authors： Bercion S,Couppe de K Martin MA,Baltaze JP,Bourgeois P

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00