Iridoids isolated from Viticis Fructus inhibit paclitaxel-induced mechanical allodynia in mice.

abstract：:Curcuma comosa is widely used as a traditional herbal medicine for gynecological diseases in South East Asia. Previous studies reported that it has phytoestrogenic activity, and several diarylheptanoids were found to be the active constituents. In this study, the pharmacokinetics profile and organ distribution of thre...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Su J,Sripanidkulchai K,Suksamrarn A,Hu Y,Piyachuturawat P,Sripanidkulchai B

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the 1-BuOH-soluble fraction of a MeOH extract of Euphorbia hirta, collected in the Okinawa islands, three new megastigmane glucoside gallates, named hirtionosides A-C, 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid glucosides and a phenylpropanoid glucoside were isolated along with 15 known compounds. The structures of the new compounds...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Nomoto Y,Sugimoto S,Matsunami K,Otsuka H

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of the antioxidant, anti-secretory and anti-inflammatory potentials of the ethyl acetate fraction (ELC) from the root bark of Lycium chinense against ethanol-induced gastric ulcer in mice and the possible mechanisms underlying this action was performed. The results indicated that oral administration of ...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Chen H,Olatunji OJ,Zhou Y

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydroalcoholic extract of fruits of Ziziphus jujuba (ZJ) was investigated for its anti-inflammatory effect using acute and chronic models of inflammation in rat. Wistar albino rats of either sex were employed in the present study (n = 6). Acute inflammation was induced by subplantar administration of carrageenan (...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Goyal R,Sharma PL,Singh M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The root of Angelica acutiloba Kitagawa is an important crude drug in Kampo medicines (traditional Japanese medicine). Chemical evaluation of crude drugs is crucial to ensuring the safety and efficacy of herbal medicine; however, there is currently no chemical standard for the A. acutiloba crude drug in Japanese pharm...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Shinjyo N,Fuchino H,Kawahara N,Hishida A

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stem of the Akebia plant, "Mokutsu", is a crude diuretic and antiphlogistic drug. Japanese products prepared from wild Akebia plants cover most of the Mokutsu market. Two Akebia plants, Akebia quinata Decaisne (Aq) and A. trifoliata Koidzumi (At) of Lardizabalaceae, are standardized as Mokutsu in Japanese pharmaco...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Kitaoka F,Kakiuchi N,Long C,Itoga M,Yoshimatsu H,Mitsue A,Atsumi T,Mouri C,Mikage M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We screened water and methanol extracts of 28 Indonesian medicinal plants for their protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) inhibitory activities. Nine water extracts, i.e., Alstonia scholaris leaf, Blumea balsamifera, Cinnamomum burmannii, Cymbopogon nardus, Melaleuca leucadendra, Phyllanthus niruri, Piper nigrum, Sy...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Saifudin A,Kadota S,Tezuka Y

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:We investigated the cytotoxicity of six neolignans (1-6), which are similar in structure to furanocyclohexenone with an angular allyl group, in human neuroblastoma cell lines (IMR-32, LA-N-1, NB-39, SK-N-SH) and normal cells [human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and human dermal fibroblasts (HDF)] using a 3-...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Hayama T,Tabata K,Uchiyama T,Fujimoto Y,Suzuki T

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poria, a dried sclerotium of Wolfiporia cocos Ryvarden et Gilbertson (Polyporaceae) has been used as a crude drug in both Chinese and Japanese (Kampo) traditional medicines. Recently, cultivated products of Chinese Poria strains have accounted for most of the market, while the cultivation of Ja...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Kobira S,Atsumi T,Kakiuchi N,Mikage M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven oleanane-type triterpene saponin bisdesmosides, perennisaponins N-T (1-7), were newly isolated from a methanol extract of daisy, the flowers of Bellis perennis L. (Asteraceae). The structures were determined based on chemical and physicochemical data and confirmed using previously isolated related compounds as r...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Ninomiya K,Motai C,Nishida E,Kitagawa N,Yoshihara K,Hayakawa T,Muraoka O,Li X,Nakamura S,Yoshikawa M,Matsuda H,Morikawa T

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antihypertensive treatment is highly important to prevent the progression of chronic kidney disease. Shichimotsukokato (SKT), a traditional Japanese medicine (i.e., Kampo formula), lowered systolic blood pressure (SBP) in experimental animal models of hypertension. However, its mechanism of action has not been fully e...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Ma Y,Fujimoto M,Watari H,Kimura M,Shimada Y

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:Two new diterpenoids, 14α-hydroxy-9α,13α-epoxylabd-5(6)-en-7-on-16,15-olide (1) and 13ξ-hydroxylabd-5(6),8(9)-dien-7-on-16,15-olide (2) along with six known diterpenoids were isolated from the aerial parts of Leonotis leonurus R. Br. These structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic analyses. Some of the ...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Narukawa Y,Komori M,Niimura A,Noguchi H,Kiuchi F

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：:A new phenylethanoid, 1-O-β-D-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-ethyl-6-O-vanilloyl-glucopyranoside (1), and a new furofuran lignan, (7R,7'R,7''S,8S,8'S,8''R)-4', 4''-dihydroxy-3,3',3'',5-tetramethoxy-7,9':7'9-diepoxy-4,8''-oxy-8,8'-sesquineolignan-7'',9''-diol (2), along with five known compounds (3-7) were isolated from the roots o...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Xiong H,Zhao F,Bi J,Zhang Y,Zhao G,Chen X,Li Y,Yan R,Zhao Q,Qiao H,Zhang G

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successive oral administration (50 mg/kg) of a 50% ethanolic extract (HP-ext) of devil's claw, the secondary root of Harpagophytum procumbens, showed a significant anti-inflammatory effect in the rat adjuvant-induced chronic arthritis model. HP-ext dose-dependently suppressed the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced produ...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Inaba K,Murata K,Naruto S,Matsuda H

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：: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：: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：:A new oxygenated lanostane-type triterpene, named lucidumol C, together with six known compounds, was isolated from the chloroform extract of the fruiting bodies of Ganoderma lingzhi. Structures were established based on extensive spectroscopic and chemical studies. Potential cytotoxic activities of the isolated compo...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Amen YM,Zhu Q,Tran HB,Afifi MS,Halim AF,Ashour A,Mira A,Shimizu K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) possesses two distinct enzymatic activities: those of RNA- and DNA-dependent DNA polymerases and RNase H. In the current HIV-1 therapy, all HIV-1 RT inhibitors inhibit the activity of DNA polymerase, but not that of RNase H. We previously reported ...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Hisayoshi T,Shinomura M,Yokokawa K,Kuze I,Konishi A,Kawaji K,Kodama EN,Hata K,Takahashi S,Nirasawa S,Sakuda S,Yasukawa K

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed out to establish the antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties of an aqueous extract of Dicranopteris linearis leaves in experimental animals. The antinociceptive activity was measured using the abdominal constriction, hot plate, and formalin tests. The anti-inflammatory a...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Zakaria ZA,Ghani ZD,Nor RN,Gopalan HK,Sulaiman MR,Jais AM,Somchit MN,Kader AA,Ripin J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral obesity induces insulin resistance and is recognized as an important risk factor for metabolic syndrome (MS). Therefore, inhibition of lipid absorption from the intestine is regarded as an effective way of preventing MS. Terminalia bellirica is extensively used in Ayurvedic medicine in India and neighboring c...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Makihara H,Shimada T,Machida E,Oota M,Nagamine R,Tsubata M,Kinoshita K,Takahashi K,Aburada M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A methanolic extract of Argusia (or Messerschmidia or Tournefortia) argentea (Boraginaceae) significantly inhibited hemorrhage induced by crude venom of Trimeresurus flavoviridis. The extract was then separated according to antivenom activity by using silica gel column chromatography and HPLC equipped with an octadecy...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Aung HT,Nikai T,Niwa M,Takaya Y

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recruitment of immune cells to adipose tissue is altered dramatically in obesity, which results in chronic inflammation of the adipose tissue that leads to metabolic disorders, such as insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The regulation of immune cell infiltration into adipose tissue has prophylactic and t...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Tsuhako R,Yoshida H,Sugita C,Kurokawa M

更新日期：2020-01-01 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

abstract：:Ephedra Herb is a crude drug defined as the terrestrial stem of Ephedra sinica, E. intermedia, or E. equisetina. It is often used to treat headaches, bronchial asthma, nasal inflammation, and the common cold. In this study, we isolated characteristic non-alkaloidal constituents from the extracts and identified them in...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Oshima N,Yamashita T,Uchiyama N,Hyuga S,Hyuga M,Yang J,Hakamatsuka T,Hanawa T,Goda Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrandrine is a cytotoxic compound capable of exerting remarkable antitumor activity against many cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. However, little is known about its effect on human renal cell carcinoma (RCC). In the present study, using RCC 786-O, 769-P and ACHN cell lines as the model system, we demonstrated the ...

journal_title：Journal of natural medicines

authors： Chen T,Ji B,Chen Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00