Cytotoxic heterodimers of meroterpene phenol from the fruits of Psoralea corylifolia.

abstract：:The new concept that Na/K-ATPase acts as a receptor prompted us to look for new ligands from Callicarpa kwangtungensis Chun. Using column chromatography, an undescribed phenethyl alcohol glycoside, callicarpanoside A, and an undescribed benzyl alcohol glycoside, callicarpanoside B, along with twelve known polyphenols ...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Xu Y,Jiang X,Xu J,Qu W,Xie Z,Jiang RW,Feng F

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four tetracyclic oxindole alkaloids, 7(R)- and 7(S)-geissoschizol oxindole (1 and 2), 7(R),16(R)- and 7(S),16(R)-19(E)-isositsirikine oxindole (3 and 4), in addition to a taberpsychine derivative, N(4)-demethyltaberpsychine (5), were isolated from the Malayan Tabernaemontana corymbosa and the structures were establish...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Lim KH,Sim KM,Tan GH,Kam TS

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 80% acetone extract of Monarda punctata showed an inhibitory effect on lipase activity in isolated mouse plasma in vitro and carvacrol was obtained as the active constituent. It had an IC₅₀ value of 4.07 mM invitro and suppressed elevations in blood triacylglycerol levels in olive oil-loaded mice. Furthermore, from...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Yamada K,Murata T,Kobayashi K,Miyase T,Yoshizaki F

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Arabidopsis thaliana irregular xylem4 (irx4) cinnamoyl-CoA reductase 1 (CCR1) mutant was reassessed for its purported exclusive rate-limiting or key effects on lignification. Analyses of gross growth characteristics and stem cross-section anatomy, from seedling emergence to senescence, revealed that stunted irx4 m...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Patten AM,Cardenas CL,Cochrane FC,Laskar DD,Bedgar DL,Davin LB,Lewis NG

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seed oil from castor bean (Ricinus communis) contains high amounts of hydroxy fatty acid rich triacylglycerols (TAGs) that can serve as raw material for production of bio-based products such as nylon, cosmetics, lubricants, foams, and surfactants. Diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) catalyses the terminal reaction i...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Kroon JT,Wei W,Simon WJ,Slabas AR

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen steroidal saponins were isolated from the leaves of Beaucarnea recurvata Lem. Their structures were established using one- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Six of them were identified as: 26-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl (25S)-furosta-5,20(22)-diene 1β,3β,26-triol 1-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Eskander J,Lavaud C,Harakat D

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chaga mushroom, Inonotus obliquus, was used as food and nutrient food and traditional herbs in Russia, China and Japan, with anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities. Chemical investigations of the fruiting bodies of Chaga were carried to uncover the bioactive metabolites. As a result, seven undescribed lanostane-t...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Kou RW,Han R,Gao YQ,Li D,Yin X,Gao JM

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucosinolates are plant secondary metabolites that are part of a plant defence system against pathogens and pests, the myrosinase-glucosinolate system, in which glucosinolates get activated by enzymic degradation through thioglucoside glucohydrolases called myrosinases. Epithiospecifier protein (ESP) and nitrile-spec...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Kong XY,Kissen R,Bones AM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular plants have evolved with remarkable ways to form and protect the vasculature apparatus. In certain woody shrubs, the secondary xylem can have within its center a hollowed pith surrounded by secondary xylem, whereas in most trees there is a solid core of heartwood. Both types of woody systems have, however, th...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Kwon M,Davin LB,Lewis NG

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential oil from the leaves of Callicarpa japonica was analyzed by GC-MS, and 84 compounds were identified. The main constituents of the essential oil were spathulenol (18.1%), germacrene B (13.0%), bicyclogermacrene (11.0%), globulol (3.3%), viridiflorol (2.6%), alpha-guaiene (2.3%), and gamma-elemene (2.0%). T...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Kobaisy M,Tellez MR,Dayan FE,Duke SO

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allelopathy is the chemical mediated communication among plants. While on one hand there is growing interest in the field, on the other hand it is still debated as doubts exist at different levels. A number of compounds have been reported for their ability to influence plant growth, but the existence of this phenomeno...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Scognamiglio M,Fiumano V,D'Abrosca B,Esposito A,Choi YH,Verpoorte R,Fiorentino A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibition of wheat Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase (CDPK) by substituted acridines and substituted 5-, 6-, 7- and 8-azaacridines (5-AA, 6-AA, 7-AA and 8-AA) was examined. Of a total of 71 substituted acridines and azaacridines examined, only 20 have IC50 values for wheat CDPK of less than 200 microM. Of these, ef...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Chen Q,Deady LW,Polya GM

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amorphane sesquiterpenes, deoxyarteannuin B and dihydro-deoxyarteannuin B, were isolated from Artemisia annua and their structures mainly determined by two-dimensional NMR spectoscopic analyses. The irregular monoterpene, trans-5-hydroxy-2-isopropenyl-5-methylhex-3-en-1-ol, was also characterized in the same way, ...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Sy LK,Brown GD

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Karanjin [IUPAC: 3-methoxy-2-phenylfuro-(2,3-h-chrome-4-ol)], a bioactive furanoflavonoid and a potent biomolecule, was first isolated from Pongamia pinnata (L.). The crude extracts from root, leaf and seed having active constituent karanjin is highly valued in both traditional and modern knowledge systems. This revie...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Singh A,Bhatt G,Gujre N,Mitra S,Swaminathan R,Limaye AM,Rangan L

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Two bitter stigmastane derivatives, vernoguinosterol (1) and vernoguinoside (2), have been isolated from the stem bark of Vernonia guineensis and their structures eludicated using spectroscopic methods. The new compounds exhibit trypanocidal activity. ...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Tchinda AT,Tsopmo A,Tane P,Ayafor JF,Connolly JD,Sterner O

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five undescribed xanthones, 4-methoxypyranojacareubin, 4-hydroxy-3-prenylpyranoxanthone, 1-hydroxy-5,7-dimethoxyxanthone, 5-hydroxy-1,6,7-trimethoxyxanthone and 2-hydroxy-1,5-dimethoxyxanthone, together with thirty-three known xanthones were isolated from the roots of Mesua ferrea L. The structures of all isolated xan...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Chukaew A,Saithong S,Chusri S,Limsuwan S,Watanapokasin R,Voravuthikunchai SP,Chakthong S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new sweet triterpene glycoside, periandrin V, was isolated from the roots of Periandra dulcis and identified as 3 beta-O-[beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-glucuronopyranosyl]-25 -al-olean-18(19)-en-30-oic acid on the basis of chemical and spectral evidence. The structure of an acid-rearranged product of periandri...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Suttisri R,Chung MS,Kinghorn AD,Sticher O,Hashimoto Y

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visible symptoms of tepal senescence in cut Iris x hollandica (cv. Blue Magic) flowers were delayed by placing one cut daffodil flower (Narcissus pseudonarcissus, cv. Carlton) in the same vase. Addition of mucilage, exuded by daffodil stems, to the vase water had the same effect as the flowering daffodil stem. The act...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： van Doorn WG,Sinz A,Tomassen MM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Madagascar periwinkle produces a large palette of Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloids (MIAs), a class of complex alkaloids including some of the most valuable plant natural products with precious therapeutical values. Evolutionary pressure on one of the hotspots of biodiversity has obviously turned this endemic Malagas...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Dugé de Bernonville T,Clastre M,Besseau S,Oudin A,Burlat V,Glévarec G,Lanoue A,Papon N,Giglioli-Guivarc'h N,St-Pierre B,Courdavault V

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six species of Portuguese Ulex L. in a total of nineteen populations were studied by GC-EIMS as to their content in quinolizidine alkaloids. Sparteine, beta-isosparteine, jussiaeiine A, N-methylcytisine, cytisine, 5,6-dehydrolupanine, rhombifoline, lupanine, jussiaeiine B, N-formylcytisine, N-acetylcytisine, anagyrine...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Máximo P,Lourenço A,Tei A,Wink M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An activity-guided separation for inhibitors of rat platelet 12-lipoxygenase led to the isolation of two compounds, 4-O-feruloyl-5-O-caffeoylquinic acid (IC50; 5.5 microM) and methyl 4-O-feruloyl-5-O-caffeoylquinate (IC50; 1.9 microM) from the peel of Ponkan fruit (Citrus reticulata). The complete structure of each ph...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Nogata Y,Sekiya K,Ohta H,Kusumoto K,Ishizu T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botrytis cinerea (strain AM235) was used to investigate the transformations of testosterone and related steroids. It was found that the position and stereochemistry of the introduced hydroxyl group, as well as the yield of products, depended on the structure of the substrate. Botrytis cinerea converts the examined sub...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Huszcza E,Dmochowska-Gładysz J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analytical strategy based on the sensitivity of electrospray tandem mass spectrometry following a simplified and reproducible sample preparation procedure was evaluated for the determination of Cd-induced phytochelatins (PC) and related peptides in four maize varieties. In addition to the three known families of PC...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Chassaigne H,Vacchina V,Kutchan TM,Zenk MH

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The allene oxide cyclase (AOC) catalyzes the formation of cis-(+)-12-oxophytodienoic acid, an intermediate in jasmonate biosynthesis and is encoded by a single copy gene in tomato. The full length AOC promoter isolated by genome walk contains 3600 bp. Transgenic tomato lines carrying a 1000 bp promoter fragment and th...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Stenzel I,Hause B,Proels R,Miersch O,Oka M,Roitsch T,Wasternack C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six chromene stilbenoids and one chromane stilbenoid were isolated from the African tree Hymenocardia acida. Several were moderately active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolate MRSA-108, including hymenocardichromanic acid, which was active at 8 μg/ml. None had IC50 values <20 μM in ant...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Starks CM,Williams RB,Norman VL,Rice SM,O'Neil-Johnson M,Lawrence JA,Eldridge GR

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triterpenoid saponins, impatienosides A-G, together with 12 known saponins, were isolated from the whole plants of Impatiens siculifer. Their structures were established on the basis of extensive 1D and 2D NMR and MS analyses coupled with chemical degradation. Cytotoxic activities of the isolated saponins were evaluat...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Li W,Bi X,Wang K,Li D,Satou T,Koike K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three anthocyanins, all acylated delphinidin 3,7,3',5'-tetraglucosides, and a naphthalene glycoside, 2-acetyl-1,5-dihydroxy-3 methyl-8-O(xylosyl-(1-->6)-glucosyl) naphthalene, have been isolated from the berries of two Dianella species, D. nigra and D. tasmanica. The anthocyanins show exceptional blueness at in vivo p...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Bloor SJ

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two pimarane diterpenes structurally related to sphaeropsidins were isolated from the liquid culture of Sphaeropsis sapinea f. sp. cupressi, a plant pathogenic fungus causing a form of canker disease of Italian cypress (Cupressus sempervirens L.). The two metabolites, characterised by spectroscopic methods, were named...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Evidente A,Sparapano L,Bruno G,Motta A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From dengue to herpes and influenza to AIDS, the phytoestrogens that are present in many fruits and vegetables have been shown to exert anti-viral properties. Here we review the various different anti-viral mechanisms employed by phytoestrogens. ...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Martin JH,Crotty S,Warren P,Nelson PN

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-inflammatory activity guided fractionation of the n-hexane soluble fraction of a 70% aqueous methanolic extract of the dried fruits of Forsythia suspensa afforded two new triterpenes. The structures of these compounds were elucidated as 3beta-acetyl-20,25-epoxydammarane-24alpha-ol (1) and 3beta-acetyl-20,25-epoxy...

journal_title：Phytochemistry

authors： Rouf AS,Ozaki Y,Rashid MA,Rui J

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00