Unusual amino acids and monofluoroacetate from Dichapetalum michelsonii (Umutambasha), a toxic plant from Rwanda.

abstract：:Different oil-samples of Melissa officinalis L. were analysed by capillary GC/MS, using fused silica columns and E.I.-Mass-spectrometry. Comparing the observed mass-spectra with those of a spectral collection, 70 compounds of the oil were identified. Geranial, neral, 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, citronellal, geranyl-aceta...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Tittel G,Wagner H,Bos R

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction is characterised by the low bioavailability of nitric oxide with a relevant negative impact on the nitric oxide/cGMP pathway. The loss of nitric oxide/cGMP signaling may be caused by an increased arginase activity. Plant-derived substances, especially polyphenols, are compounds that have the po...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Minozzo BR,Fernandes D,Beltrame FL

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural products research is increasingly turning to marine animals, plants, and microbes as source organisms. Several marine natural products are currently in preclinical and clinical evaluation, others show promising biological activities in in vitro and in vivo assays. Investigations of biological and chemical ecol...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： König GM,Wright AD

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both borneol and menthol are bioactive substances derived from Chinese herbal medicines. In order to understand the pharmacokinetics of borneol and menthol in Qingyan drop pills, a rapid, sensitive, and simple gas chromatographic (GC) method with flame ionization detection (FID) was developed for the simultaneous dete...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Xu X,Li Y,Hou J,Zhang S,Xu Y,Wang Y,Zhang Y,Liu C,He X

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochemical investigations of the stem of Kadsura heteroclita (Roxb) Craib (Schizandraceae) resulted in the isolation and structure elucidation of six new triterpenoidal compounds named heteroclitalactones A-E (1-5) as well as heteroclic acid (6) and heteroclitalactone F (7), which was isolated for the first time fr...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Wang W,Liu J,Han J,Xu Z,Liu R,Liu P,Wang W,Ma X,Guan S,Guo D

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate standardized ethanol extracts of fruit and leaves of Piper sarmentosum for their in vivo antioxidant activity in rats using a CCl (4)-induced oxidative stress model. The standardization was based on the quantification of the markers pellitorine, sarmentine and sarmentosine by hig...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Hussain K,Ismail Z,Sadikun A,Ibrahim P

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microdilution technique was developed for the assessment of in vitro cytotoxicity against KB cells derived from a human epidermoid carcinoma of the nasopharynx. The test was used to determine the cytotoxicity of a series of quassinoids, isolated from Brucea javanica, and which have previously been shown to demonstra...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Anderson MM,O'Neill MJ,Phillipson JD,Warhurst DC

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protopanaxatriol and protopanaxadiol exhibit limited oral bioavailability due to the poor solubility and intestinal cytochromes P450-mediated metabolism. This study set out to develop a novel cytochromes P450 inhibitory excipient(s)-based self-microemulsion to encapsulate protopanaxatriol and protopanaxadiol so as to ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Yang F,Zhou J,Liu C,Hu X,Pan R,Chang Q,Liu X,Liao Y

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several synthetic aromatase inhibitors are currently in clinical use for the treatment of postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor positive breast cancer. However, these treatments may lead to untoward side effects and so the search for new aromatase inhibitors continues, especially those for which the activity is p...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Balunas MJ,Kinghorn AD

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high number of citations of the previous review on anti-HIV compounds from plants published in 1998 in Planta Medica indicates the importance of natural products research in the battle against HIV. Therefore, we have decided to write an update of our previous review paper, this time covering the time span 1998 - 2...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Cos P,Maes L,Vlietinck A,Pieters L

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This perspective describes some commonly used animal models for the evaluation of potential chemopreventive agents in colon carcinogenesis. Special emphasis is given to the azoxymethane (AOM)/1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) rat model and APCMIN mice, carrying a mutation in APC, a key gene in human carcinogenesis. In the A...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Femia AP,Caderni G

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative analysis using (1)H-NMR (Q-NMR) has been developed for the determination of strychnine and brucine in Strychnos nux-vomica seeds and stems. The advantages of the method are that no reference alkaloids are needed for calibration curves, the quantification could be directly realized on a crude extract, st...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Frédérich M,Choi YH,Verpoorte R

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the early drug discovery stage, the high-throughput parallel artificial membrane permeability assay is one of the most frequently used in vitro models to predict transcellular passive absorption. While thousands of new chemical entities have been screened with the parallel artificial membrane permeability assay, in...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Petit C,Bujard A,Skalicka-Woźniak K,Cretton S,Houriet J,Christen P,Carrupt PA,Wolfender JL

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geniposide, a main iridoid glucoside component of gardenia fruit, has been shown to possess anti-inflammatory activity. However, its potential use for acute lung injury (ALI) has not yet been studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory properties of geniposide using a mouse ALI model. ALI was ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Xiaofeng Y,Qinren C,Jingping H,Xiao C,Miaomiao W,Xiangru F,Xianxing X,Meixia H,Jing L,Jingyuan W,Xinxin C,Hongyu L,Yanhong D,Lanxiang J,Xuming D

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Halimium halimifolium (Hh) is a shrub used in Algerian folk medicine to treat gastrointestinal pain. An UHPLC-PDA-ESI/MSn method was developed to identify the metabolic profile of the traditionally used infusion (Hh-A) from the aerial parts. The structures of flavanols were confirmed by NMR analysis after the isolatio...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Kerbab K,Sansone F,Zaiter L,Esposito T,Celano R,Franceschelli S,Pecoraro M,Benayache F,Rastrelli L,Picerno P,Aquino RP,Mencherini T

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A methanolic extract of Commelina communis showed potent inhibitory activity against alpha-glucosidase. One pyrrolidine alkaloid, 2,5-dihydroxymethyl-3,4-dihydroxypyrrolidine (DMDP, 1) and four piperidine alkaloids, 1-deoxymannojirimycin (2), 1-deoxynojirimycin (3), alpha-homonojirimycin (4) and 7-O-beta-D-glucopyrano...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Kim HS,Kim YH,Hong YS,Paek NS,Lee HS,Kim TH,Kim KW,Lee JJ

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of 7-epiclusianone (7-epi) on specific virulence attributes of Streptococcus mutans in vitro and on development of dental caries in vivo. 7-Epi was obtained and purified from fruits of Rheedia brasiliensis. We investigated its influence on surface-adsorbed glucosyltran...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Branco-de-Almeida LS,Murata RM,Franco EM,dos Santos MH,de Alencar SM,Koo H,Rosalen PL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of four fractions, a hexane fraction, an ethyl acetate fraction, an N-butanol fraction and a water fraction, from a water extract of Herba Visci were investigated to find the fraction, in IN VITRO experiments, with the greatest ability to inhibit the formation of osteoclast-like multinucleated cells from m...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Yin J,Han N,Xu X,Liu Z,Zhang B,Kadota S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fractionation of the aqueous extract of Derris scandens stems extract using tests for eicosanoid inhibition resulted in the isolation of three isoflavonoids, genistein, its 7- O-alpha-rhamno(1-->6)-beta-glucosyl glycoside, a new compound, and two known isoprenyl derivatives 3'-gamma,gamma-dimethylallylweighteone and s...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Laupattarakasem P,Houghton PJ,Hoult JR

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new tetrahydrofuranoketone lignan (1) and two new tetrahydrofuranoketone lignan glycosides (2, 3) were isolated from the ethanol extract of the aerial part of Mananthes patentiflora. The structure elucidations of these compounds were mainly established on the basis of 1D, 2D NMR and HR-mass spectroscopic analysis. A...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Tian J,Yang X,Di Y,Ma Y,Li L,Li L,He H,Hao X

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of a lignan-enriched extract of the fruits of Schisandra chinensis (FS) on hepatic glutathione (GSH) status was examined in both control and carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-treated rats. FS treatment caused a dose-dependent enhancement in hepatic GSH status, as evidenced by significant increases in hepatic GSH ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ko KM,Ip SP,Poon MK,Wu SS,Che CT,Ng KH,Kong YC

更新日期：1995-04-01 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

abstract：:Ten new polyhydroxyolean-12-ene pentacyclic triterpenoidal saponins, named rogchaponins 1-10, were isolated from the methanolic extract of the roots of Camellia sinensis by a series of chromatographic methods (silica gel flash column and C18 MPLC followed by C18 HPLC). Their structures were established by 1D and 2D-NM...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Varughese T,Manir MM,Rahaman M,Kim JK,Lee BG,Moon SS

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barbaloin levels in the exudates from the leaves of 68 species of ALOE in the Kew collection have been determined by light absorption at 375 nm following separation by HPLC. The exudates from most species contained between 10-20% although a few concentrations of around 30% were found. The level in the leaf was usually...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Groom QJ,Reynolds T

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crocin is a pharmacologically active component of Crocus sativus. It is an unusual water-soluble carotenoid responsible for the red color of saffron. In various studies, the anticancer effect of saffron and its constituents has been established. Polyethylene glycolated nanoliposomes with a size range up to 200 nm are ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Rastgoo M,Hosseinzadeh H,Alavizadeh H,Abbasi A,Ayati Z,Jaafari MR

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six diarylheptanoids were isolated from the rhizome of Alpinia officinarum (Zingiberaceae) as inhibitors of nitric oxide (NO) production in the lipopolysaccharide-activated macrophage cell line RAW 264.7. A double bond at C-4 of the linker between two aromatic rings was found to be essential for activity. Furthermore,...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lee HJ,Kim JS,Ryu JH

更新日期：2006-01-01 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 fruit of Ziziphus jujuba Mill., known as jujube or Chinese date, is commonly consumed as health supplement or herbal medicine worldwide. To study the beneficial role of jujube in enhancing hematopoietic function, we investigated its roles on the expression of erythropoietin in cultured Hep3B human hepatocellular c...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Chen J,Lam CT,Kong AY,Zhang WL,Zhan JY,Bi CW,Chan GK,Lam KY,Yao P,Dong TT,Tsim KW

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angelicae Sinensis Radix is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. Pharmacological studies show that Angelicae Sinensis Radix has clear anticoagulant activity. Therefore, in this study, the anticoagulant activity of crude Angelicae Sinensis Radix extracts was investigated by measuring the thrombin times of the...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Wang L,Huang S,Chen B,Zang XY,Su D,Liang J,Xu F,Liu GX,Shang MY,Cai SQ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chloroform extract of Valeriana officinalis led to the isolation of clionasterol-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside and a mixture of 6'-O-acyl-beta-D-glucosyl-clionasterols. The acyl moieties were identified as hexadecanoyl, 8 E,11 E-octadecadienoyl and 14-methylpentadecanoyl by alkaline hydrolysis followed by GC-MS analy...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Pullela SV,Choi YW,Khan SI,Khan IA

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00