Flavonoids from Litsea japonica Inhibit AGEs Formation and Rat Lense Aldose Reductase In Vitro and Vessel Dilation in Zebrafish.

abstract：:A sensitive and rapid liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric method for the determination of ophiopogonin D in rat plasma was developed and validated. Chromatographic separation was performed on a C (18) column using a step gradient program with the mobile phase of 0.5 mmol/L ammonium chloride solution and acetonitr...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Xia CH,Sun JG,Hao HP,Wang GJ,Yan B,Gu SH,Zheng CN,Shang LL,Roberts MS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Casearin X (CAS X) is the major clerodane diterpene isolated from the leaves of Casearia sylvestris and has been extensively studied due to its powerful cytotoxic activity at low concentrations. Promising results for in vivo antitumor action have also been described when CAS X was administered intraperitoneally in mic...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Moreira da Silva R,de Gaitani CM,Marques LMM,Fraige Baraco K,Cavalheiro AJ,de Moraes LAB,Lopes NP,de Oliveira ARM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient receptor potential channels and cannabinoid receptors are deputed to the regulation of sensory, homeostatic, and inflammatory events in the human organism. Therefore, their modulation promises to have relevant applications in important therapeutic areas such as inflammation, pain, and cancer. This review sum...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Rigano D,Formisano C,Taglialatela-Scafati O

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dried rhizome of Panax notoginseng is a traditional Chinese herb extensively used for treatment of cardiovascular diseases and other ailments. Panax notoginseng saponins (PNS) are known as the major pharmacologically active constituents. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cardioprotective effects of ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Liu L,Shi R,Shi Q,Cheng Y,Huo Y

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibition of butyrylcholinesterase activity in human serum by protoberberine, benzophenanthridine and aporphine alkaloids as well as four model compounds has been studied. The mechanism of the inhibition is discussed on the basis of the different types of interaction of these compounds with butyrylcholinesterase ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ulrichová J,Walterová D,Preininger V,Simánek V

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocimum basilicum L. is an aromatic herb used in Brazil to treat illnesses such as respiratory and rheumatic problems, vomiting, and pain. In the present study, the chemical composition, acute toxicity, and antinociceptive effects of the essential oil (EO) of the cultivar "Maria Bonita" obtained from O. basilicum L. PI...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Venâncio AM,Onofre AS,Lira AF,Alves PB,Blank AF,Antoniolli AR,Marchioro M,Estevam Cdos S,de Araujo BS

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teak ( Tectona grandis L.f., Verbenaceae) sawdust extract inhibited the growth of Aspergillus niger. Centrifugal partition chromatography was used to isolate the active compounds. By (1)H-NMR the active compounds were identified as deoxylapachol and tectoquinone. Two A. niger transgenic strains which show induction of...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Sumthong P,Damveld RA,Choi YH,Arentshorst M,Ram AF,van den Hondel CA,Verpoorte R

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new diterpenoids, candesalvoquinone, 12- O-methylcandesalvone B, candesalvone B methyl ester with the 3,4-secoabietane skeleton, and candelabroquinone with the abietane skeleton were isolated from the aerial parts of Salvia candelabrum, together with the known compound candelabrone. The structures were established...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Hohmann J,Janicsák G,Forgo P,Rédei D,Máthé I,Bartók T

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new β-indoloquinazoline alkaloids, orirenierine A (1), B (2) and C (4), together with eleven known compounds were isolated from the methanol extract of the stems of Oricia renieri. The structures of all compounds were determined by comprehensive analyses of their spectroscopic data and comparison with literature...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Wansi JD,Happi EN,Bavoua JL,Devkota KP,Sewald N

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Piper methysticum (Kava) is a plant whose roots are used in the preparation of traditional beverages with spiritual, medicinal, and social importance for the Pacific Islanders. Kava is also sold as a herbal supplement or recreational beverage consumed for its mild inebriating effect in Europe and North America. With a...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Liu Y,Lund JA,Murch SJ,Brown PN

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of bitter secoiridoid glucosides isolated from various GENTIANA species (Gentianaceae) have been investigated by D/CI-MS. Amarogentin, amaropanin, amaroswerin, deglucosyltrifloroside, desacetylcentapicrin, gentiopicrin, swertiamarin and sweroside have been characterized by quasimolecular ions and typical frag...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Schaufelberger D,Domon B,Hostettmann K

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indole alkaloid contents were investigated in leaves of Tabernaemontana pachysiphon (Apocynaceae) trees in the natural habitat, Shimba Hills National Reserve, Kenya. The contents of the major alkaloids apparicine, tubotaiwine, tubotaiwine- N-oxide, and isovoacangine varied with site, leaf age, leaf growth form, positi...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Höft M,Verpoorte R,Beck E

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medicinal plants, Coutarea latiflora Sesse & Moc. ex. DC. (Hintonia latiflora Bullock) (Rubiaceae) and Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. et Schult. (Rubiaceae) were examined for antimalarial properties. Among different crude solvent extracts of the stem bark, the hydrolysed ethyl acetate extracts were shown to have...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Noster S,Kraus L

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In garlic (Allium sativum L.) the enzyme alliin lyase catalyzes the cleavage of alliin into allicin which reacts further to furnish ajoene. A simultaneous determination of allicin and ajoene is introduced which, in contrast to the determination of alliin only, allows for the testing of the activity of alliin lyase. It...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Blania G,Spangenberg B

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the fact that Synadenium grantii is used in folk medicine for the treatment of peptic ulcers and inflammatory diseases, this work describes its chemical and pharmacological properties. Pharmacological investigation of the crude bark extract showed a high antioxidant activity over several scavenger systems, su...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Munhoz AC,Minozzo BR,Cruz LS,Oliveira TL,Machado WM,Pereira AV,Fernandes D,Manente FA,Vellosa JC,Nepel A,Barison A,Beltrame FL

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydroalcoholic extract (HE) obtained from stems and leaves of Hedyosmum brasiliense, given i.p., produced significant inhibition of acetic acid-induced abdominal constriction in mice, with a mean ID50 of 12.7 mg/kg. This effect installed rapidly (0.5 h) and lasted for up to 2 h. Given orally up to 1000 mg/kg, the ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Trentin AP,Santos AR,Guedes A,Pizzolatti MG,Yunes RA,Calixto JB

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection can result in oxidative stress through production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Simultaneously, oxidative stress is able to activate the replication of virus and lead to the apoptosis of T lymphocytes which is the defense of the immune function. Ampelopsin, belonging to...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ye J,Guan Y,Zeng S,Liu D

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel diterpenoid taxol (paclitaxel) is now well-established as a potent chemotherapeutic agent. Total synthesis of the drug is not commercially feasible and, in the foreseeable future, the supply of taxol and its synthetically useful progenitors must rely on biological methods of production. The first three steps...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Hezari M,Croteau R

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis is the main cause of death from a single infectious agent. Globally, according to the World Health Organization, in 2018, there were an estimated 1.2 million tuberculosis deaths. Moreover, there is a continuous appearance of drug-resistant strains. Thus, development of new antituberculosis medicines shoul...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Guzmán-Gutiérrez SL,Silva-Miranda M,Krengel F,Huerta-Salazar E,León-Santiago M,Díaz-Cantón JK,Espitia Pinzón C,Reyes-Chilpa R

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Ideally, metabolomics should deal with all the metabolites that are found within cells and biological systems. The most common technologies for metabolomics include mass spectrometry, and in most cases, hyphenated to chromatographic separations (liquid chromatography- or gas chromatography-mass spectrometry) and nucle...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ge Y,Chen X,Gođevac D,Bueno PCP,Salomé Abarca LF,Jang YP,Wang M,Choi YH

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochemical investigation of the dichloromethane extract of the leaves of Peltophorum pterocarpum, a tropical ornamental tree, led to the isolation of twelve compounds (1-12). One new derivative of peltogynoid ophioglonin (1) and a new 2-phenoxychromone (2) with its 3'-O-β-D-glucoside derivative (3) are described he...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Polasek J,Queiroz EF,Marcourt L,Meligova AK,Halabalaki M,Skaltsounis AL,Alexis MN,Prajogo B,Wolfender JL,Hostettmann K

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochemical investigation of the ethyl acetate extract from the aerial parts of Eryngium triquetrum Vahl resulted in the isolation of new polyacetylenes, triquetridiol (6) and trans-epoxy-triquetrol (7a/7b, diastereomeric mixture), and the lignan demethoxy carolignan Z (8a/8b, erythro/threo pair), together with a se...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Bouzergoune F,Ciavatta ML,Bitam F,Carbone M,Aberkane MC,Gavagnin M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A known sesquiterpene lactone, encelin, isolated from the Mexican species Montanoa speciosa (Compositae), was assayed for biocidal activity on fungal cells of Mucor rouxii. The results indicate that encelin has a determining action on growth and the morphogenetic process of fungal cells. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Sabanero M,Quijano L,Rios T,Trejo R

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuroprotective effects of spiramine T, an atisine-type diterpenoid alkaloid isolated from the Chinese herbal medicine Spiraea japonica var. acuta (Rosaceaee), on cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury produced by 10-min bilateral occlusion of the common carotid arteries followed by 5-day reperfusion in gerbils were...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Li L,Nie J,Shen Z,Wu W,Chen Z,Hao X

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic structure-activity relationship of 3beta-hydroxy-27- P- E-coumaroyloxyurs-12-en-28-oic acid ( 7), a triterpene ester isolated from UNCARIA RHYNCHOPHYLLA as a phospholipase Cgamma1 inhibitor, was undertaken with a view toward elucidating its chemical mode of action on PLCgamma1. Related derivatives and ana...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lee JS,Yoo H,Suh YG,Jung JK,Kim J

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ECa 233, a standardized extract of Centella asiatica, has been found to exhibit various positive neurological effects and to have a good safety profile. The present study aimed to explore the disposition kinetics of ECa 233, containing madecassoside (53.1 %) and asiaticoside (32.3 %), in rats. The extract was intraven...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Anukunwithaya T,Tantisira MH,Tantisira B,Khemawoot P

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the bulbs of Vietnamese Hippeastrum equestre Herb. (Amaryllidaceae), besides the well known alkaloids lycorine, tazettine, and hippeastrine, a new alkaloid, phamine, has been isolated. Its structure was established by spectroscopic methods. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Döpke W,Pham LH,Gründemann E,Bartoszek M,Flatau S

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rice bran, a by-product of brown rice milling, is a rich source of dietary fiber and protein, and its usage as a functional food is expected to increase. In this study, immunomodulatory effects of glycoprotein obtained from rice bran were studied in normal mice and mouse models of cyclophosphamide-induced immunosuppre...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Park HY,Yu AR,Hong HD,Kim HH,Lee KW,Choi HD

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiviral activities of two saponins, soyasaponin I and II, isolated from soybean (Glycine max Merrill) were studied in vitro against herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). Soyasaponin II was more potent than soyasaponin I as shown by reduction of HSV-1 production. Soyasaponin II was also found to inhibit the replic...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Hayashi K,Hayashi H,Hiraoka N,Ikeshiro Y

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we demonstrate that saucernetin-8 ( 1) and saucernetin-7 ( 2), isolated from the underground parts of Saururus chinensis (Saururaceae), exerted potent inhibitory effects on LPS-induced nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E (2) (PGE (2)) production in RAW 264.7 cells. Both compounds 1 and 2, known...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Park HJ,Kim RG,Seo BR,Ha J,Ahn BT,Bok SH,Lee YS,Kim HJ,Lee KT

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00