Tea triterpenoidal saponins from the roots of Camellia sinensis have inhibitory effects against alcohol dehydrogenase.

abstract：:A new cytotoxic roridin-type trichothecene macrolide named roritoxin E(1) was characterized from the solid culture of Myrothecium roridum IFB-E091 (residing originally inside Artemisia annua root), together with the known compounds lumichrome (2), (22 E,24 S)-cerevisterol (3), and (22 E,24 R)-6 beta-methoxy-ergosta-7,...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Shen L,Wang JS,Shen HJ,Song YC,Tan RX

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to induce positive effects on the acclimatization of in vitro propagated Echinacea pallida, four arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, Glomus mosseae, Gigaspora ramisporophora, Scutellospora fulgida and Entrophospora colombiana were selected to aid the soil adaptation process. Fungal inocula affected the su...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lata H,De Andrade Z,Schaneberg B,Bedir E,Khan I,Moraes R

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ginkgetin, a biflavone isolated from Ginkgo biloba leaves, was previously reported as an inhibitor of group II phospholipase A2. In this study, ginkgetin was evaluated for in vivo antiarthritic and analgesic activities. Ginkgetin (10-20 mg/kg/day) strongly reduced arthritic inflammation in an animal model of rat adjuv...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Kim HK,Son KH,Chang HW,Kang SS,Kim HP

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography (MEKC) method for the determination of xanthyletin and xanthoxyletin in the roots bark of three Citrus plants was developed for the first time. The electrophoresis buffer was 10 mmol/L sodium borate containing 50 mmol/L sodium dodecyl sulfate, 20% (v/v) acetonitrile a...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Wang SF,Ju Y,Chen XG,Hu ZD

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fruits of OSTEOPHLOEUM PLATYSPERMUM (Myristicaceae) contain sitosterol, eperu-8(20),13-dien-3alpha,15-diol, glyceryl laurodimyristate, glyceryl 1,3-lauromyristate and five neolignans: dihydroguaiaretic acid, hydroxyotobain, hydroxyoxootobain, guaiacin and otobaphenol. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Fo RB,de Carvalho MG,Gottlieb OR

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytotoxicity of goniothalamin was found to be strong towards both cancerous (HGC-27, MCF-7, PANC-1, HeLa), and non-cancerous (3T3) cell lines, especially in cases of dividing cells. Drug exposure studies indicated that the cytotoxic action of goniothalamin was time- and dose-dependent. At the ultrastructural level...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ali AM,Mackeen MM,Hamid M,Aun QB,Zauyah Y,Azimahtol HL,Kawazu K

更新日期：1997-02-01 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：:Novel therapies are needed to address the public health problem posed by methicillin-resistant STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA). In this study, we determined the effects of combinations of antibiotics and plant polyphenols against 20 clinical isolates of MRSA. The IN VITRO activities of 10 antibiotics and 15 natural polyp...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lin RD,Chin YP,Hou WC,Lee MH

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flower buds of Lonicera japonica are widely used in Chinese medicine for their anti-inflammatory properties. The reason why L. japonica has potent and significant effects is that it contains various active components, especially chlorogenic acid (CGA). In the present study, we isolated a hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA quina...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Peng X,Li W,Wang W,Bai G

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water-soluble and alkaline-soluble polysaccharide fractions, prepared from roots and leaves of PANAX GINSENG C.A. Meyer, were fractionated into strongly acidic, weakly acidic, and neutral polysaccharide fractions by cetyltrimethyammonium bromide, respectively. The roots contained a larger amount of crude polysaccharid...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Gao QP,Kiyohara H,Cyong JC,Yamada H

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids are known to affect immune responses as well as inflammatory responses, and have been used for the treatment of inflammatory symptoms in China. This study is aimed at elucidating the inhibitory effects of two alkaloids, fangchinoline and isotetrandrine, on the induction of the proinflam...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Onai N,Tsunokawa Y,Suda M,Watanabe N,Nakamura K,Sugimoto Y,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crude ethanol extract from the leaves of Dendropanax arboreus (Araliaceae) from Monteverde, Costa Rica, exhibits cytotoxic activity against Hep-G2, A-431, H-4IIE, and L-1210 tumor cell lines, but is not toxic against normal hepatocytes. The active component has been isolated by activity-directed separation and ide...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Setzer WN,Green TJ,Whitaker KW,Moriarity DM,Yancey CA,Lawton RO,Bates RB

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of Podachaenium eminens afforded nine sesquiterpene lactones (Sls) from which costunolide, 7-hydroxycostunolide, santamarin as well as 3-chlorodehydroleucodin are new for this plant and 3,4-dehydro-4-dehydroxypodachaenin (= 3-costoyloxydehydroleucodin) is found for the first time in nature. All isolated ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Castro V,Murillo R,Klaas CA,Meunier C,Mora G,Pahl HL,Merfort I

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five new triterpenoid saponins (1-5) and four known triterpenoid saponins, ginsenoside Re5 (6), majonoside R1 (7), 24(R)-majonoside R1 (8), and ginsenoside Rf (9), were isolated from the rhizomes of Panacis majoris. The structures of new compounds were elucidated as (20S,24S,25R*)-6-O-[β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-β-D-g...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Li M,Liu F,Jin YR,Wang XZ,Wu Q,Liu Y,Li XW

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aggregation of the microtubule-associated protein tau is a significant event in many neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease. The inhibition or reversal of tau aggregation is therefore a potential therapeutic strategy for these diseases. Fungal natural products have proven to be a rich source of u...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Paranjape SR,Chiang YM,Sanchez JF,Entwistle R,Wang CC,Oakley BR,Gamblin TC

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Three new glycosides, 1,4,8-trihydroxynaphthalene-1-O-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->6)-beta-D- xylopyranoside (1), 1,4,8-trihydroxynaphthalene-1-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->6)-alph a-L- arabinopyranoside (2), 1-hydroxy-4-methoxynaphthalene-1-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->6)- alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside (3), were isolated from th...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lee SW,Lee KS,Son JK

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three compounds with anti-inflammatory activity were isolated from Schinus molle fruits. Two of the compounds were identified as 3- epi-isomasticadienolalic acid ( 1), isomasticadienonalic acid ( 2) and chamaejasmin ( 3). Triterpenes 1 and 2, and biflavanone 3 were tested on two models of mice paw inflammation: one of...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Yueqin Z,Recio MC,Máñez S,Giner RM,Cerdá-Nicolás M,Ríos JL

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five compounds representative of major structural classes of lichen polyketides, VIZ. (+)-usnic (1), salazinic (2), vulpinic (3), gyrophoric (4), and evernic acids (5), were investigated for their ability to affect cell proliferation or wound healing, two functional targets of relevance for research on cancer or tissu...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Burlando B,Ranzato E,Volante A,Appendino G,Pollastro F,Verotta L

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipophilic extracts of Isatis tinctoria L. exhibit significant activity against several clinically relevant targets of inflammation. The alkaloid tryptanthrin was identified as one of the active principles in woad and characterised as a potent dual inhibitor of COX-2 and 5-LOX. Here, the anti-inflammatory efficacy of ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Heinemann C,Schliemann-Willers S,Oberthür C,Hamburger M,Elsner P

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:(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：:In this study we examined the ability of the furofuran lignan yangambin to influence the local and systemic responses induced by antigen or PAF in actively sensitized or normal rats. Given intraperitoneally 1 h before stimulation, yangambin inhibited the pleural neutrophil and eosinophil infiltration evoked by the i.p...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Serra MF,Diaz BL,Barreto EO,Pereira AP,Lima MC,Barbosa-Filho JM,Cordeiro RS,Martins MA,de Silva PM

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous study, we reported the interesting in vitro antiplasmodial activity of some Rwandan plant extracts. This gave rise to the need for these extracts to also be evaluated in vivo and to identify the compounds responsible for their antiplasmodial activity. The aim of our study was, on the one hand, to evalu...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Muganga R,Angenot L,Tits M,Frédérich M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural compound tyropeptin A, a new peptidyl aldehyde proteasome inhibitor, was tested for its trypanocidal activity in vitro using culture-adapted bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei. The concentrations of tyropeptin A required to reduce the growth rate by 50 % and to kill all cells were 10 and 100 times low...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Steverding D,Pemberton AJ,Royle H,Spackman RW,Rivett AJ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenylpropanoid dibenzylbutyrolactone lignan arctigenin, a key component found in Arctium lappa, or burdock, has been reported with a variety of therapeutic effects including anticancer, anti-inflammation, and antivirus effects. Using LC/MS/MS, three novel metabolites of arctigenin, namely, arctigenic acid, arctig...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Gao Q,Zhang Y,Wo S,Zuo Z

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Qianhu, the dried roots of Peucedanum praeruptorum, is a well-known traditional Chinese medicinal herb which was officially listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. Praeruptorin A is the major active constituent of Qianhu. Our previous studies show that praeruptorin effectively transactivated the protein expression and ca...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Huang L,Bi HC,Li YH,Zhang JQ,Kuang SY,Zhang L,Wang YT,Huang M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Products derived from Noni fruit (Morinda citrifolia) have been commercialised in the USA since the 1990s and are increasingly distributed all over the world. A large number of beneficial effects have been claimed for Noni. Fruit juice of Noni has been approved as a Novel Food by the European Commission in 2003. This ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Potterat O,Hamburger M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new resveratrol dimer, (+)-vitisinol E (1) which demonstrated inhibitory activity on BACE-1 (beta-site APP-cleaving enzyme 1) in vitro, was isolated from the stembark extract of Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) together with four known resveratrol oligomers, (+)-epsilon-viniferin (2), (+)-ampelopsin A (3), (+)-vitisin A (4...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Choi YH,Yoo MY,Choi CW,Cha MR,Yon GH,Kwon DY,Kim YS,Park WK,Ryu SY

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our ongoing research into anti-inflammatory compounds from Tanacetum microphyllum, four naturally occurring flavonoids (santin, ermanin, centaureidin and 5,3'-dihydroxy-4'-methoxy-7-methoxycarbonylflavonol) and one sesquiterpene lactone (hydroxyachillin) isolated from this plant, were evaluated as potential inhibit...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Abad MJ,Bermejo P,Alvarez M,Guerra JA,Silván AM,Villar AM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00