Isolation and Characterization of the Major Anthraquinone Pigments from Rumex abysinica.

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：:Two new acylated secoiridoid glycosides were isolated from the aqueous acetone extract of the whole herb of Gentiana algida. The structures of these new products were established by spectral and chemical methods as 6'-(2,3-dihydroxybenzoyl)sweroside and 6'-(2,3-dihydroxybenzoyl)swertiamarin, respectively. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Tan RX,Hu J,Dong LD,Wolfender JL,Hostettmann K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro propagation protocol for rapidly producing Hydrastis canadensis L., Goldenseal, plantlets from disk tissue of young leaves was developed. Leaf explants were inoculated on MS medium supplemented with various concentrations of NAA and TDZ for production of callus. Two-month-old calli were sub-cultured on MS ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Bedir E,Lata H,Schaneberg B,Khan IA,Moraes RM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new iridoids viz., plumeridoids A, B, and C and epiplumeridoid C were isolated from the stem bark of Plumeria rubra Linn. together with twenty-four known compounds viz., 1-( P-hydroxyphenyl)propan-1-one, isoplumericin, plumericin, dihydroplumericin, allamcin, fulvoplumerin, allamandin, plumieride, P- E-coumaric a...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Kuigoua GM,Kouam SF,Ngadjui BT,Schulz B,Green IR,Choudhary MI,Krohn K

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the water extract of the roots of Urtica dioica (stinging nettle) a polysaccharide fraction was isolated which revealed activity in the carrageenan rat paw edema model and lymphocyte transformation test. Ion exchange chromatography and gel filtration of this fraction afforded 4 different polysaccharides, one of w...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Wagner H,Willer F,Kreher B

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

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：:From the roots of Aconitum crassicaule, two new diterpenoid alkaloids, crassicaulisine and crassicaulidine, were isolated. The structure of crassicaulisine, C (24)H (39)O (7)N, has been elucidated as 3 on the basis of chemical and spectral data, while the structure of crassicaulidine, C (24)H (39)O (8)N, has been show...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Fengpeng W,Qicheng F

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：:We have previously reported that saiboku-to, an Oriental herbal remedy composed of a mixture of 10 different herbal extracts, possesses anti-histamine release effect on mast cells in rats. This effect may be due mainly to the extract of the bark of Magnolia obovata (M. obovata), a constituent herb of saiboku-to. In th...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ikarashi Y,Yuzurihara M,Sakakibara I,Nakai Y,Hattori N,Maruyama Y

更新日期：2001-11-01 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 study of secondary metabolites from the bark of Alnus glutinosa led to the isolation of fourteen diarylheptanoids: oregonin (1), platyphylloside (2), rubranoside A (3), rubranoside B (4), hirsutanonol (5), hirsutenone (6), hirsutanonol-5-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (7), platyphyllonol-5-O-β-D-xylopyranoside (8), aceroside...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Novaković M,Stanković M,Vučković I,Todorović N,Trifunović S,Tešević V,Vajs V,Milosavljević S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isovitexin exhibits potent antioxidant activities. In this study, the activity of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated RAW264.7 macrophages after incubation with isovitexin was investigated. Isovitexin was able to reduce the production of hydrogen peroxide induced by LPS in mouse macropha...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lin CM,Huang ST,Liang YC,Lin MS,Shih CM,Chang YC,Chen TY,Chen CT

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to investigate the mechanism of action of n-butylidenephthalide on the deficits of inhibitory avoidance performance induced by drugs in rats with piracetam as a positive control. n-Butylidenephthalide attenuated the scopolamine-induced and mecamylamine-induced acquisition impairment, and...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Hsieh MT,Wu CR,Lin LW,Hsieh CC,Tsai CH

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:O-Methyl (1), O-ethyl (2), and O-butyl (3) 4-[(α-L-rhamnosyloxy) benzyl] thiocarbamate (E), along with 4-(α-L-rhamnosyloxy) benzyl isothiocyanate (4) have been isolated from the aerial parts of Moringa peregrina. The compounds were tested for in vitro activity against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and cytotoxicity in...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ayyari M,Salehi P,Ebrahimi SN,Zimmermann S,Portmann L,Krauth-Siegel RL,Kaiser M,Brun R,Rezadoost H,Rezazadeh S,Hamburger M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutively activated STAT3 plays a pivotal role in oncogenesis and metastasis in many human cancers, and STAT3 has been validated as a novel anticancer drug target. Thus, the identification of small molecules that modulate STAT3 activity could be of great therapeutic importance. The aim of this study was to isolat...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Liu J,Zhang Q,Chen K,Liu J,Kuang S,Chen W,Yu Q

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The studies were carried out to evaluate the constituents in the aerial part of Aconitum chiisanense (Ranunculaceae). From the butanol fraction of the methanol extract, kaempferol 3- O-beta-glucopyranoside-7- O-(6-trans-caffeoyl)-beta-glucopyranosyl-(1-->2)-alpha-rhamnopyranoside (I), quercetin 3- O-beta-glucopyranosi...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Jeong HJ,Whang WK,Kim IH

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of gene action for biomass yield and tropane alkaloid content was ascertained through diallel analysis in Egyptian henbane, HYOSCYAMUS MUTICUS L. Dominance variation was preponderant over additive genetic variance, dominance being in the overdominance range for both traits. On an overall basis, recessive al...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Misra HO,Sharma JR,Lal RK

更新日期：1992-02-01 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：:High molecular compounds from Chinese herbal medicines, including ribosome-inactivating proteins and polysaccharides from both fungi and high plants have been tested for the treatment of malignant diseases. Polysaccharides possessing immunostimulating activities can be used as adjuvants in tumor treatment. The fungi c...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Tang W,Hemm I,Bertram B

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nor-kaurane diterpene Atractyliretin was obtained by acid hydrolysis of Atractyloside, a toxic substance isolated from ATRACTYLIS GUMMIFERA L (Compositae). On the basis of spectral (IR, (1)H-NMR, (13)C-NMR and MS) analysis and chemical degradation its structure and stereochemistry was identified as 4. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Camarda L,Ceraulo L,Ferrugia M,Pascual C,Sprio V

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilobium sp. are commonly used in traditional medicine in the treatment of early stages of benign prostatic hyperplasia and inflammation. It is suggested that a dominating constituent, oenothein B, is responsible for the extracts therapeutic effects. Several bioactivities were established for extracts and oenothein B...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Piwowarski JP,Bobrowska-Korczak B,Stanisławska I,Bielecki W,Wrzesien R,Granica S,Krupa K,Kiss AK

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of action, leakage of cytochrome c from mitochondria into cytosol, for the antineoplastic compound glyfoline was examined. Additionally, our current studies revealed that glyfoline induced apoptotic changes and arrested cell cycle procession at the G2/M phase in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). A reverse ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Su TL,Huang HM,Wang CK,Wu HC,Lin CT

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five new compounds, including one new xanthone, 1-hydroxy-5-methoxyxanthone 6-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (1), one new lignan, 3-(β-D-glucopyranosyloxymethyl)-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-(3-acetoxypropyl)-7-methoxy-(2R,3S)-dihydrobenzofuran (2), and three new γ-pyrones, japonicumone A 4'-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (3), japon...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Zhou GS,Ma XL,Zeng KW,Tu PF,Jiang Y

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic goal in liver fibrosis is the reversal of fibrosis and the selective clearance of activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) by inducing apoptosis. Over the past several years, we have screened for natural products that mediate apoptosis in activated HSCs. Among the candidate compounds, honokiol, isolated...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Park EJ,Zhao YZ,Kim YH,Lee BH,Sohn DH

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Reinvestigating the constituents of the roots of Vitis thunbergii Sieb. & Zucc. led to the isolation of three new resveratrol derivatives, vitisinols E-G (1-3), together with 14 known compounds. The structures of compounds 1-3 were established by application of spectroscopic analyses (NMR, MS, UV, and IR). ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Chiou WF,Shen CC,Chen CC,Lin CH,Huang YL

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified eight diterpenes from Cryptomeria japonica (Taxodiaceae), which inhibit the activity of the androgen receptor (AR) in human prostate cancer (PCa) 22Rv1-derived 103E cells. The compounds 6,12-dihydroxyabieta-5,8,11,13-tetraen-7-one ( 2), sugiol ( 3), ferruginol ( 4), and 5-epixanthoperol ( 7) have near 10...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Tu WC,Wang SY,Chien SC,Lin FM,Chen LR,Chiu CY,Hsiao PW

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Andrographolide (Andro) is a potentially anti-inflammatory diterpenoid lactone isolated from the traditional herbal medicine ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA, which has been effectively used for the treatment of infection, inflammation, cold, fever and diarrhea in China for centuries. In the current study, we found that Andro ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ji L,Liu T,Liu J,Chen Y,Wang Z

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper studies the effect of different concentrations of ethephon on the levels of the sesquiterpene, nootkatone, and of the flavanones, naringin and narirutin, in grapefruit fruits. The results show that nootkatone synthesis and/or accumulation was stimulated by all the concentrations of ethephon assayed, while t...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Puig DG,Pérez ML,Fuster MD,Ortuño A,Sabater F,Porras I,Lidón AG,Del Río JA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Valeriana officinalis L. is a popular herbal treatment for mild sleep disorders. Clinical and non-clinical studies found contradictory results for valerian extracts and single constituents regarding the influence on sleep parameters. It was the aim of this study to investigate the sedative effects of a valerian root e...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Chow NK,Fretz M,Hamburger M,Butterweck V

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00