In vitro antimicrobial activity of Brazilian medicinal plant extracts against pathogenic microorganisms of interest to dentistry.

abstract：:Ten new nervogenic acid derivatives (1-4, 6-11) and one known compound (5) have been isolated from Liparis nervosa. Their structures were determined using extensive spectroscopic analysis, including 1D and 2D NMR experiments. Compounds 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11 were evaluated for their cytotoxicity against A549, H460, Hela,...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Huang S,Zhou XL,Wang CJ,Wang HY,Wang YS,Shan LH,Weng J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When added to suspension cultures of CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS, abscisic acid (ABA) stimulated intracellular accumulation of the indole alkaloids catharanthine and ajmalicine in both flask and 30 litre fermenter-scale systems. The response varied, and depended upon the cell line, the concentration and source of the ABA, and...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Smith JI,Smart NJ,Kurz WG,Misawa M

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compelling evidence suggests that infiltrating CD4+ type I helper T (Th1) cells in the pancreatic islets play a pivotal role in the progression of diabetes in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice. We demonstrate in the present report that a butanol fraction of B. pilosa suppressed the development of diabetes, helped maintain...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Chang SL,Chang CL,Chiang YM,Hsieh RH,Tzeng CR,Wu TK,Sytwu HK,Shyur LF,Yang WC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe in this paper that the alkaloid 4-methylaaptamine, isolated from the marine sponge Aaptos aaptos, inhibited HSV-1 infection. We initially observed that 4-methylaaptamine inhibited HSV-1 replication in Vero cells in a dose-dependent manner with an EC50 value of 2.4 microM. Moreover, the concentration requir...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Souza TM,Abrantes JL,de A Epifanio R,Leite Fontes CF,Frugulhetti IC

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioimmunoassay as well as an enzyme immunoassay for the quantitation of fmol amounts of the alkaloid colchicine have been developed. The antiserum used for both assays was raised against a conjugate of colchicoside-bovine serum albumin. The crude serum was satisfactory for the performance of the radioimmunoassay. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Poulev A,Deus-Neumann B,Bombardelli E,Zenk MH

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two indole alkaloids were isolated from the culture of Aspergillus fumigatus (strain No. CY018), an endophytic fungus harboring inside the elder leaf of Cynodon dactylon. These two chemicals were identified as fumigaclavine C and fumitremorgin C. In screening the bioactivity of these two indole alkaloids, their vasore...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ma HY,Song YC,Mao YY,Jiang JH,Tan RX,Luo L

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：: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：: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 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：: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：:Natural products can exhibit many beneficial effects on human health. As far as cancer is concerned, naturally occurring compounds have been reported to prevent tumorigenesis and also to suppress the growth of established tumors. As cancer cells have evolved multiple mechanisms to resist the induction of programmed ce...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Fulda S

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:Olive mill waste water is the major byproduct of the olive oil industry containing a range of compounds related to Olea europaea and olive oil constituents. Olive mill waste water comprises an important environmental problem in olive oil producing countries, but it is also a valuable material for the isolation of high...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Vougogiannopoulou K,Angelopoulou MT,Pratsinis H,Grougnet R,Halabalaki M,Kletsas D,Deguin B,Skaltsounis LA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory condition whose treatment includes aminosalicylates, corticosteroids, and immunomodulators. Medicinal plants seem to be an important alternative treatment for this condition. They have been the subject of a great number of studies in recent years. This study was conducted t...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Santana MT,Cercato LM,Oliveira JP,Camargo EA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the extremely skin irritant and caustic latex of Excoecaria agallocha the major part of the polyfunctional diterpene esters (DTE) (group I) are aliphatic polyunsaturated 9,13,14-orthoesters of the daphnane-type parent alcohol 5 beta-hydroxyresiniferonol-6 alpha, 7 alpha-epoxide, esterified simultaneously in their 2...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Karalai C,Wiriyachitra P,Opferkuch HJ,Hecker E

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using exhaustive chromatographic separation we have isolated (-)-tigloyl-deangeloyl-gomisin F as a novel dibenzocyclooctadiene lignan from schisandra chinensis. With the help of HPLC, we further isolated (+)-schisandrin, (+)-deoxyschisandrin, (+)-γ-schisandrin, (-)-gomisin J, (+)-gomisin A, (-)-gomisin N, (-)-tigloyl-...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Smejkal K,Slapetová T,Krmenčík P,Babula P,Dall'Acqua S,Innocenti G,Vančo J,Casarin E,Carrara M,Kalvarová K,Dvorská M,Slanina J,Kramářová E,Julínek O,Urbanová M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The configurations of the component amino acids in ginseng tetrapeptide 1 isolated from Panax ginseng were determined by HPLC with an optical resolution column and the structure of 1 was established to be H-L-Val-gamma-D-Glu-D-Arg- Gly-OH. Synthesis of the ginseng tetrapeptide, 1, and of the configuration and conjugat...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Yagi A,Ishizu T,Okamura N,Noguchi S,Itoh H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emodin, chrysophanol and physcion have been shown to be the major anthraquinone pigments present in the dry roots of RUMEX ABYSINICA. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Munavu RM,Mudamba LO,Ogur JA

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven new clerodane diterpenoids, dysoxydensins A-G (1-7), together with six known clerodanes, were isolated from Dysoxylum densiflorum. The structures of all the compounds were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis. These compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxic activities against five human cancer cell ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Gu J,Cheng GG,Qian SY,Li Y,Liu YP,Luo XD

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:The present study investigated the role of adenosine in the stimulatory action of paeoniflorin on in vitro glucose transport. Paeoniflorin increased the uptake of a radiolabeled, non-metabolizable glucose derivative into isolated white adipocytes of Wistar rat in a concentration-dependent manner and this action was ab...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Tang LM,Liu IM,Cheng JT

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bamboo, Phyllostachys edulis produces well known edible shoots in Asia. Immunostimulating anticomplementary (complement activating) substances have been recognized as a characteristic biological response modifier (BRM). In the present study, we isolated and characterized three anticomplementary beta-glucans (BS-BGA, B...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Kweon MH,Hwang HJ,Sung HC

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:A callus was induced from the petiole of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer by treatment with 2,4-D. The callus has been maintained on the synthetic media containing 2,4-D as growth factor. Habituated ginseng callus which required no auxin for its growth was induced from a 2,4-D callus by successive treatments with a low conce...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Furuya T,Yoshikawa T,Ishii T,Kajii K

更新日期：1983-03-01 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 the course of our investigations on Umutambasha in order to identify its convulsant principles, small quantities of monofluoroacetate were observed in stem bark, leaves, and fruits of this plant newly identified as Dichapetalum michelsonii Hauman. Conclusive evidence for a monofluoroacetate presence came from its i...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Esters V,Karangwa C,Tits M,Francotte P,Pirotte B,Servais AC,Fillet M,Crommen J,Robbrecht E,Minet A,Grisar T,Angenot L,Frederich M

更新日期：2013-03-01 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

abstract：:The antihyperglycemic action of andrographolide, an active principle in the leaves of Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Nees, was investigated in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats (STZ-diabetic rats). Oral treatment of andrographolide decreased the plasma glucose concentrations of STZ-diabetic rats in a dose-depen...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Yu BC,Hung CR,Chen WC,Cheng JT

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phytochemical investigation of the aerial parts of LACTUCA SALIGNA L. revealed the presence of lactucin, lactucopicrin, and a new guaianolide named 11beta,13-dihydrolactucopicrin. The structural configuration was established through spectral data. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Khalil AT,El-Fattah HA,Mansour ES

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00