Cytotoxic and antibacterial flavonoids from dragon's blood of Dracaena cambodiana.

abstract：:Cissampentine A (1), an enantiomer of cissampentin, three new cycleatjehenine-type bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids, cissampentine B-D (2-4), and five known alkaloids were isolated from the roots of Cyclea tonkinensis. Their structures were established by interpretation of NMR, high-resolution ESI-MS data, and CD spect...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Wang JZ,Liao J,Xu WL,Chen XB

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new secoiridoid glucosides, jasamplexosides A, B and C, were isolated from the crude drug "Niu du teng", the leaves and stems of JASMINUM AMPLEXICAULE, together with the known secoiridoid glucosides, 10-hydroxyligstroside and jasminoside. Their structural elucidation by spectroscopic studies is described. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Tanahashi T,Shimada A,Nagakura N,Nayeshiro H

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of 28-hydroxyolean-12-enes with N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) in acetonitrile at room temperature afforded 12 alpha-bromooleanan-13beta, 28-epoxides in high yield. This reaction resulted in the formation of olean-9 (11), 12-diene-18alpha, 29-epoxides from 29-hydroxy isomers but recovered only starting materials f...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Woo WS,Kang SS,Jew SS

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The investigation of the roots and aerial parts of EUPATORIUM CANNABIUM afforded, in addition to the sesquiterpene lactones eupatolide, eupatoriopicrin, and eucannabinolide isolated previously, eight further lactones, three of which are new. Furthermore, in addition to known compounds, a new clerodane derivative and t...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Zdero C,Bohlmann F

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1)H- and (13)C-NMR spectral data are presented for six p-terphenylquinone derivatives (and for two monosubstituted quinones 1 and 2, used as model compounds) and for 9,10-phenanthraquinone and retenequinone. The chemical shifts were confirmed through correlation spectroscopy and NOE measurements. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Jokela R,Lounasmaa M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major alkaloids of PAPAVER TRINIIFOLIUM collected in two different parts of Anatolia have proved to be of the aporphine, morphinane and rhoeadine types. The two collections possessed different major alkaloids and the existence of chemical strains is indicated. In addition to the aporphine-(floripavidine), the morp...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Sariyar G

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new hydroquinone terpenoids with benzogeijerene skeletons, euchroquinols A-C (1- 3), and a new monoterpenylbenzenoid, 9,17-epoxyarnebinol (4), along with five known compounds were isolated from the stem bark of ARNEBIA EUCHROMA. Shikonin (6) exhibited potent anti-HCV activity with a selective index of 43.56, and...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Li HM,Tang YL,Zhang ZH,Liu CJ,Li HZ,Li RT,Xia XS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pure compounds were isolated from plant extracts with antimalarial activity. The extracts were obtained from the tubers of Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae), the rootbark of Zanthoxylum gilletii (De Wild) Waterm. (Rutaceae), and the rootbark of Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) Webster (Euphorbiaceae). The most active co...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Weenen H,Nkunya MH,Bray DH,Mwasumbi LB,Kinabo LS,Kilimali VA,Wijnberg JB

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paeoniae Radix (the roots of Paeonia lactiflora Pallas) is a crude drug that is used in Asia and Europe to improve blood flow. We studied its vasodilator effect and mechanisms of action in vitro. The extract from Paeoniae Radix (PRE) relaxed prostaglandin F2a-precontracted aortic ring preparations of isolated rat aort...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Goto H,Shimada Y,Akechi Y,Kohta K,Hattori M,Terasawa K

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of our continuing study on the Calophyllum species, a number of coumarins, xanthones and chromene acids from different Calophyllum species of Sri Lanka were tested for inhibitory activity against the HIV-1 and its virally-encoded reverse transcriptase (RT). These compounds were found to be inactive in both the...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Dharmaratne HR,Tan GT,Marasinghe GP,Pezzuto JM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study assessed the absolute and relative bioavailabilities of dodeca-2 E,4 E,8 Z,10 E/ Z-tetraenoic acid isobutylamides (tetraenes), the main bioactive constituents in Echinacea, administered as pure compounds or in the form of an Echinacea purpurea root extract preparation. Tetraenes were administered ora...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ardjomand-Woelkart K,Kollroser M,Magnes C,Sinner F,Frye RF,Derendorf H,Bauer R,Butterweck V

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury is a common and severe complication of acute myocardial infarction and cardiac surgery. It results in increased mortality, morbidity, and duration of hospitalization. Baicalein is a component of the root of Scutellaria baicalensis, which has traditionally been used to treat cardiovascular and liver...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lai CC,Huang PH,Yang AH,Chiang SC,Tang CY,Tseng KW,Huang CH

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six pentacyclic triterpenic acid methyl esters have been isolated from the methylated ethyl acetate extract of the trunk wood of MUSANGA CECROPIOIDES, as well as a triterpene saponin of the same group. One of them, cecropic acid methyl ester, is new. The structures of these compounds have been established from interpr...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lontsi D,Sondengam BL,Ayafor JF,Tsoupras MG,Tabacchi R

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Panaxytriol, a polyacetylenic compound, isolated from red ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer), was studied to determine its effects on the growth and cell cycle of tumor cell lines. The compound showed both significant cytotoxicity and inhibition of DNA syntheses in various tumor cells tested. For P388D1, a mouse lymph...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Kim JY,Lee KW,Kim SH,Wee JJ,Kim YS,Lee HJ

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic preconditioning, which is mediated by cell signaling molecules, protects the heart from ischemia-reperfusion injury by limiting the infarct size. Oleuropein, the main polyphenolic constituent of olives, reduced the infarct size in normal and cholesterol-fed rabbits when it was administered at a nutritional do...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Andreadou I,Benaki D,Efentakis P,Bibli SI,Milioni AI,Papachristodoulou A,Zoga A,Skaltsounis AL,Mikros E,Iliodromitis EK

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：:The therapy of type-2 diabetes mellitus is one of the major challenges of our age. A possible strategy to prevent the progression of this disease is the inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B), a major negative regulator in the insulin and leptin signalling pathway. Phellodendri amurensis cortex is a wel...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Steinmann D,Baumgartner RR,Heiss EH,Bartenstein S,Atanasov AG,Dirsch VM,Ganzera M,Stuppner H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three previously undescribed natural products, phomopsinin A - C (1:  - 3: ), together with three known compounds, namely, cis-hydroxymellein (4: ), phomoxanthone A (5: ) and cytochalasin L-696,474 (6: ), were isolated from the solid culture of Phomopsis sp. CAM212, an endophytic fungus obtained from Garcinia xanthoch...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Jouda JB,Njoya EM,Fobofou SAT,Zhou ZY,Qiang Z,Mbazoa CD,Brandt W,Zhang GL,Wandji J,Wang F

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten clones of dark-leaved willows ( Salix myrsinifolia Salisb.) were grown for two years on two different sites, Luikonlahti and Punkaharju, using various combinations of soil cultivation, fertilization and mulch treatments, with the objective of comparing the effect of different cultivation methods on the growth and ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Heiska S,Rousi M,Turtola S,Meier B,Tirkkonen V,Julkunen-Tiitto R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lime flowers, traditionally used for medical purposes for the treatment of symptoms of the common cold and mental stress, consist of the dried inflorescences including the floral bracts of Tilia cordata, Tilia platyphyllos, Tilia × vulgaris, or mixtures thereof. During phytochemical investigations, 6 different alkaloi...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Symma N,Bütergerds M,Sendker J,Petereit F,Hake A,Düfer M,Hensel A

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory action of the major constituent of Sebastiania schottiana (Euphorbiaceae), 2-hydroxy-4,6-dimethoxyacetophenone (xanthoxyline) on contractions induced by agonists and electrical stimulation of smooth and cardiac muscle preparations was analysed. Xanthoxyline (30 to 300 microM) inhibited contractions of t...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Calixto JB,Miguel OG,Yunes RA,Rae GA

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capsaicin and 6-gingerol, pungent components of chilli pepper and ginger, are known as dietary agonists of transient receptor potential vanilloid-1. Transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 nerve fibers are recognized to play a role in gastric mucosal integrity in rats. In the present studies, we examined the acute ef...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Okumi H,Tashima K,Matsumoto K,Namiki T,Terasawa K,Horie S

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:A new minor diterpenoid alkaloid, caeruline, was isolated from DELPHINIUM CAERULEUM Jacq. ex Camb. Its structure was elucidated as 1 on the basis of spectral evidence. Along with this new compound, three known diterpenoid alkaloids were also isolated from this plant and identified as tatsiensine, delcosine, and lycoct...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Pan YJ,Wang R,Chen SN,Chen YZ

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA barcoding methods originally developed for the identification of plant specimens have been applied to the authentication of herbal drug materials for industrial quality assurance. These methods are intended to be complementary to current morphological and chemical methods of identification. The adoption of these m...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Sgamma T,Lockie-Williams C,Kreuzer M,Williams S,Scheyhing U,Koch E,Slater A,Howard C

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of demethylbellidifolin (DMB), a major xanthone compound of Swertia davidi franch, on nitroglycerin (NTG) tolerance. In the in vivo portion of the study, pretreatment of Sprague-Dawley rats with NTG (10 mg/kg) for 8 days caused tolerance to the depressor effect of NT...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Shi RZ,Li XH,Jia SJ,Fu QM,Chen YR,Chen J,Chen A,Li SX,Tan GS,Li YJ,Zhang GG

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：:Chemical investigation of the stems of Casearia velutina led to the isolation and structural elucidation of three new acylated glycosides, casearicosides A-C (1-3), together with 13 known compounds. The structures of the new compounds were established by spectroscopic and chemical methods. These isolates were evaluate...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Chai XY,Li FF,Bai CC,Xu ZR,Shi HM,Tu PF

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new heliangolides, incomptines C (3) and D (4), were isolated from the leaves of Decachaeta incompta. The structures were established by spectroscopic methods and confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The antiprotozoal activity of incomptines C and D was evaluated. Additionally, the chromatographic profile of the le...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Bautista E,Calzada F,Yepez-Mulia L,Chavez-Soto M,Ortega A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hot water extract (ALR-0) of rhizomes of Atractylodes lanceo DC. was fractionated into MeOH-soluble fraction (ALR-1), supernatant fraction of EtOH precipitation (ALR-3 + 4), and crude polysaccharide fraction (ALR-5). Among these fractions, only ALR-5 showed potent stimulating activity for proliferation of bone marrow ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Yu KW,Kiyohara H,Matsumoto T,Yang HC,Yamada H

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00