Labdane-type diterpenoids from Vitex limonifolia and their antivirus activities.

abstract：:A new indole alkaloid, leucoridine A N-oxide (1), consisting of two units of a strychnan type of skeleton, was isolated from the leaves of Leuconotis griffithii. Its structure was elucidated by various spectroscopic means such as NMR and MS, and also by chemical means. Antiplasmodial activity against Plasmodium falcip...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Nugroho AE,Hirasawa Y,Piow WC,Kaneda T,Hadi AH,Shirota O,Ekasari W,Widyawaruyanti A,Morita H

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioassay-guided fractionation led to the isolation of six new flavonol glycosides, floramanosides A (1), B (2), C (3), D (4), E (5), and F (6), from the flowers of Abelmouschus manihot. Their structures were elucidated by chemical and spectroscopic methods (UV, IR, HRESI-TOF-MS, 1D- and 2D-NMR). Activity screening res...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Zhang Y,He W,Li C,Chen Q,Han L,Liu E,Wang T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to determine the protective effects of Yucca schidigera (Ys) against oxidative damage induced by acute nitrite intoxication as well as the histopathological evaluation of Ys in rats. The rats were divided into three groups each containing 12 rats: control (C); nitrite intoxication (N); Y...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Cigerci IH,Fidan AF,Konuk M,Yuksel H,Kucukkurt I,Eryavuz A,Sozbilir NB

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight bastadins, tetramers of brominated-tyrosine derivatives, were isolated from the marine sponge Ianthella basta, and their anti-proliferative activities against endothelial cells were examined. A structure-activity relationship study of these compounds revealed that a macrocyclic structure was crucial, and a basta...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Aoki S,Cho SH,Hiramatsu A,Kotoku N,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article Comparison of glycyrrhizin content in 25 major kinds of Kampo extracts containing Glycyrrhizae Radix used clinically in Japan, written by Mitsuhiko Nose, Momoka Tada, Rika Kojima, Kumiko Nagata, Shinsuke Hisaka, Sayaka Masada, Masato Homma and Takashi Hakamatsuka, was originally published Online First with...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Nose M,Tada M,Kojima R,Nagata K,Hisaka S,Masada S,Homma M,Hakamatsuka T

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taxol is produced by a few microorganisms and plants such as yew (Taxus sp.). Recent researches have shown that hazel (Corylus avellana L.) is also able to produce Taxol. In the present study, effects of different concentrations of phenylalanine (Phe) on the production of Taxol, antioxidant activity, and cytotoxic eff...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Bemani E,Ghanati F,Rezaei A,Jamshidi M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aconitum vilmorinianum Komarov is a local medicinal plant used in many well-known clinical preparations to treat rheumatism and pains in Yunnan Province, China. Phytochemical examination of the roots of A. vilmorinianum led to the isolation of three novel imine-type norditerpenoid alkaloids named vilmorrianines E-G (1...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Chen CL,Tan WH,Wang Y,Xue ZG,Wan CP,Yang ZY,Zhou ZH,Ma XX

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phellodendri Cortex (Obaku in Japanese) and Coptidis Rhizoma (Oren), both of which contain berberine, have been used to prepare the kampo formula orengedokuto to treat inflammatory diseases, including dermatitis, gastric ulcers, and gastritis. These drugs are blended differently in other formulas, such as the use of P...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Fujii A,Okuyama T,Wakame K,Okumura T,Ikeya Y,Nishizawa M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aloperine (ALO), one of the alkaloids isolated from Sophora alopecuroides L., is traditionally used for various diseases including neuronal disorders. This study investigated the protective effects of ALO on neonatal rat primary-cultured hippocampal neurons injured by oxygen-glucose deprivation and reperfusion (OGD/RP...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Ma NT,Zhou R,Chang RY,Hao YJ,Ma L,Jin SJ,Du J,Zheng J,Zhao CJ,Niu Y,Sun T,Li W,Koike K,Yu JQ,Li YX

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) manifests as mechanical allodynia and hyperalgesia, and is one of the main adverse effects of chemotherapeutic agents. Currently available therapeutic drugs are not sufficiently effective for the management of this adverse effect in the clinic. Therefore, the developme...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Yu H,Toume K,Kurokawa Y,Andoh T,Komatsu K

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pine needle extract (PE) and fermented pine needle extract (FPE) have been reported to show various biological and pharmacological activities such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-cholesterol, gastrointestinal motility control, and fibrinolytic effect. The aims of our research were to isolate fi...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Park J,Lee B,Choi H,Kim W,Kim HJ,Cheong H

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports on the determination of 11 elements in 33 medicinal plants from Sudan and discusses a possible correlation between their curative effects and their trace elements content. Further, a possible accumulation of adverse heavy metals could be excluded. A total of 11 elements (cadmium, lead, mercury, tin,...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Ebrahim AM,Eltayeb MH,Khalid H,Mohamed H,Abdalla W,Grill P,Michalke B

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six cycloartane glycosides, named tareciliosides N-S, and a known iridoid glucoside, ixoroside, were isolated in further extensive studies on the 1-BuOH-soluble fraction of a MeOH extract of the leaves of Tarenna gracilipes. From the EtOAc-soluble fraction, three known triterpenes were isolated. Their toxicities towar...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Zhao Z,Matsunami K,Otsuka H,Shinzato T,Takeda Y

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceramicines are a series of limonoids which were isolated from the bark of Malaysian Chisocheton ceramicus (Meliaceae) and show various biological activities. Ceramicine B, in particular, has been reported to show a strong lipid droplet accumulation (LDA) inhibitory activity on a mouse pre-adipocyte cell line (MC3T3-G...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Nugroho AE,Hashimoto A,Wong CP,Yokoe H,Tsubuki M,Kaneda T,Hadi AHA,Morita H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkaline hydrolysis of the ether-insoluble resin glycoside (convolvulin) fraction of the seeds of Quamoclit × multifida (syn. Q. sloteri House, Convolvulaceae), a hybrid between Q. pennat and Q. coccinea, gave three new glycosidic acids (maltifidinic acids C, D, and E) along with three known glycosidic acids (quamocli...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Ono M,Kishida M,Ikegami Y,Takaki Y,Okawa M,Kinjo J,Yoshimitsu H,Nohara T,Miyahara K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evodiae fructus (EF), a fruit of Evodia rutaecarpa Bentham, has long been used as an analgesic drug in traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine. However, the underlying molecular mechanism of its pharmacological action is unclear. Here, using calcium imaging, whole-cell patch-clamp recording, and behavioral analysis,...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Iwaoka E,Wang S,Matsuyoshi N,Kogure Y,Aoki S,Yamamoto S,Noguchi K,Dai Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celastrus orbiculatus is a medicinal plant belonging to the Celastraceae family. In this survey on the secondary metabolites of plants for obtaining antitumor substances, the chemical constituents of the stems of C. orbiculatus were investigated. Nortriptonoterpene (1), a new C19-norabietane diterpenoid, together with...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Jiang W,Shan TZ,Xu JJ,Chen WJ,Miao L,Lv MY,Tao L,Liu YQ

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Radix Angelicae dahuricae (Angelica) has been traditionally used in patients with rheumatism arthralgia, its bioactive ingredients remain to be determined. In this study, the essential oil extract of Radix Angelicae dahuricae (EOAD) was assessed for its anti-inflammatory activities against xylene-induced acut...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Wang C,Sun J,Li H,Yang X,Liu H,Chen J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous study, piperlonguminine from the fruit of Piper chaba was reported to promote adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 cells like the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) agonist, troglitazone. In the present study, the mode of action of piperlonguminine in cells was examined. Piperlonguminine increased ...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Yamaguchi I,Matsuda H,Zhang H,Hamao M,Yamashita C,Kogami Y,Kon'I H,Murata M,Nakamura S,Yoshikawa M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a catabolic process for degradation of intracellular components and plays an important role in the development and growth of cancer. Our preliminary screening confirmed that an extract from the root of Saussurea lappa remarkably suppressed the proliferation of HepG2 hepatocellular carcinoma cells and inhi...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Okubo S,Ohta T,Fujita H,Shoyama Y,Uto T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed at investigating the effect of carvacrol on hepatic mitochondrial enzyme activities and DNA damage in D: -galactosamine (D: -GalN)-induced hepatotoxicity in male albino Wistar rats. The activities of hepatic mitochondrial enzymes such as isocitrate dehydrogenase, α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase, ...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Aristatile B,Al-Numair KS,Al-Assaf AH,Pugalendi KV

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy combined with chemometrics has been utilized in predictions of natural medicine content without destroying samples. Suppositories (oren powdered extract content 0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5, 10, 12.5, and 15%) were produced by mixing oren powdered extract with macrogol mixture consisting of 1 part...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Teraoka R,Abe H,Sugama T,Ito K,Aburada M,Otsuka M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An acyclic diterpene (plaunotol; 1) and two furanoditerpenes (plaunolide, 2 and plaunol E, 3), were isolated from Croton stellatopilosus leaves, and assessed for their inhibitory activity on nitric oxide (NO) production by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced RAW264.7 cells. Plaunotol, plaunolide and plaunol E exhibited i...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Premprasert C,Tewtrakul S,Plubrukarn A,Wungsintaweekul J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new phenolic compounds (1 and 2, named as teasperol and teasperin, respectively) were isolated from fermented tea (Camellia sinensis L.) products, together with known phenolic compounds. Teasperol (1) was isolated from Chinese traditional post-fermented tea leaves (Liu-pao tea) and teasperin (2) was from a Japanes...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Kanegae A,Sakamoto A,Nakayama H,Nakazono Y,Yakashiro I,Matsuo Y,Tanaka T,Ishimaru K

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Euphorbia hirta L. has been widely used in India and Chinese society. The molecular pharmacology basis of its anti-inflammatory effect is revealed in this work. The ethanol extract of Euphorbia hirta L. (Eh) and its active component were studied in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated macrophage cells (RAW 264.7) as an ...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Shih MF,Cheng YD,Shen CR,Cherng JY

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I investigated the causative agents of licorice-induced pseudoaldosteronism, which is a frequent side effect of Japanese traditional Kampo medicines. Glycyrrhizin (GL), the main ingredient of licorice, is absorbed after being metabolized to glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) by intestinal bacteria, and then metabolized in liver...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Makino T

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new compounds, citrusauranosides A (1), B (2), and C (3), along with 22 known compounds (4-25) were obtained from the 70% ethanol-water extract of the fruits of Citrus aurantium L.. Their structures were identified by spectroscopic methods. Among the known compounds, 14, 15, 17 and 23 were firstly obtained from ...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Zhang Y,Huang P,He W,Sakah KJ,Ruan J,Li Z,Wang T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the dried rhizomes of Curcuma comosa cultivating in Thailand, 26 known sesquiterpenes were isolated: zederone, zederone epoxide, furanodienone, isofuranodienone, 1(10)Z,4Z-furanodiene-6-one, glechomanolide, dehydrocurdione, neocurdione, curdione, 7 alpha-hydroxyneocurdione, 7 beta-hydroxycurdione, germacrone-1(10...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Qu Y,Xu F,Nakamura S,Matsuda H,Pongpiriyadacha Y,Wu L,Yoshikawa M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new diterpenoid was isolated from the leaves of Clerodendron trichotomumThunb. (Verbenaceae) along with one each of a known diterpenoid, phenylethanoid glycoside, and sterol and two known flavonoids. Their chemical structures were characterized on the basis of spectroscopic data and X-ray analysis. In addition, thei...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Ono M,Furusawa C,Matsumura K,Noguchi S,Yasuda S,Okawa M,Kinjo J,Eto M,Yamaguchi K,Yoshimitsu H,Nohara T

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smallanthus sonchifolius (yacon) is a perennial plant mostly cultivated in South America, primarily for use of the tubers as a food crop and the leaves as fodder for livestock. The antibacterial activities of the methanol extract of yacon leaves (S. sonchifolius) and its n-hexane, ethyl acetate, n-butanol and water fr...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Joung H,Kwon DY,Choi JG,Shin DY,Chun SS,Yu YB,Shin DW

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00