Inhibition of thrombin activity by selected natural products in comparison to neutrophil elastase.

abstract：:Some enzymes of the terminal steps of phenylalanine and tyrosine biosyntheses were investigated in various alkaloid-forming ergot strains. All strains studied utilize both arogenate and phenylpyruvate as an intermediate in L-phenylalanine synthesis. L-Tyrosine is preferentially or exclusively synthesized via the aroge...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Schmauder HP,Gröger D

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lyophilised hydroalcoholic extract of Melissa officinalis L. (Lamiaceae) has been evaluated for behavioral effects in mice. According to the traditional use of M. officinalis, sedative properties have been confirmed for low doses by the decrease of behavioral parameters measured in a non-familiar environment test (s...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Soulimani R,Fleurentin J,Mortier F,Misslin R,Derrieu G,Pelt JM

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, hemolysis, Western blot, and real-time RT-PCR assays were performed to evaluate silibinin's activity against S. aureus α-toxin secretion. In addition, live/dead cell staining and lactate dehydrogenase activity assays were introduced to examine the influence of silibinin on α-toxin-induced cell injury in...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Wang X,Dong J,Dai X,Zhang Y,Wang J,Li H,Lu C,Tan W,Gao X,Deng X,Bu S,Niu X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fixed combination of Berberis aristata and Silybum marianum (Berberol) has been used by patients with dyslipidaemia. The aim of the present meta-analysis was to systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of a fixed combination of B. aristata and S. marianum (Berberol) on serum lipid levels compared to placebo i...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Tóth B,Németh D,Soós A,Hegyi P,Pham-Dobor G,Varga O,Varga V,Kiss T,Sarlós P,Erőss B,Csupor D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new lignans, (-)-aptosimon ( 1) and (-)-diasesamin-di-gamma-lactone ( 2), together with twenty-two known compounds, have been isolated from the stems and roots of Wikstroemia lanceolata. The structures of the new compounds were determined through spectral analyses. The proton and carbon assignments of the known se...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lin RW,Tsai IL,Duh CY,Lee KH,Chen IS

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several synthetic aromatase inhibitors are currently in clinical use for the treatment of postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor positive breast cancer. However, these treatments may lead to untoward side effects and so the search for new aromatase inhibitors continues, especially those for which the activity is p...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Balunas MJ,Kinghorn AD

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：: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：: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：:Protodioscin (NSC-698 796) is a furostanol saponin isolated from the rhizome of Dioscorea collettii var. hypoglauca (Dioscoreaceae), a Chinese herbal remedy for the treatment of cervical carcinoma, carcinoma of urinary bladder and renal tumor for centuries. To systematically evaluate its potential anticancer activity,...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Hu K,Yao X

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of taxol and related compounds in the bark and needles of Taxus cuspidata grown on Mt. Jiri, Mt. Sobaek, and Cheju Island, and T. cuspidata var. latifolia on Ullung Island in Korea were determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The taxane content significantly varied with the loca...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Choi MS,Kwak SS,Liu JR,Park YG,Lee MK,An NH

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allicin has been synthesized and was purified by liquid chromatography. HPLC chromatograms recorded at different wavelengths reveal pure allicin at similar retention times. The purity of the allicin peak could be confirmed by diode array detection. Pure synthetic allicin has been identified by infrared and mass spectr...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Jansen H,Müller B,Knobloch K

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate dermal pharmacokinetics of terpinen-4-ol in rats following topical administration of plai oil derived from the rhizomes of Zingiber cassumunar Roxb. Unbound terpinen-4-ol concentrations in dermal tissue were measured by microdialysis. The dermal pharmacokinetic study of ter...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Chooluck K,Singh RP,Sathirakul K,Derendorf H

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:Bioassay-directed fractionation of the chloroform-methanol (1:1) extract of Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq. (Sapindaceae) resulted in the isolation of four active spasmolytic principles: sakuranetin (1), 6-hydroxykaempferyl 3,7-dimethyl ether (2) hautrivaic acid (3), and ent-15, 16-epoxy-9 alpha H-labda-13(16)14-diene-3 b...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Rojas A,Cruz S,Ponce-Monter H,Mata R

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes the current status of the development of techniques combining liquid chromatography and nuclear magnetic resonance and their use in the context of natural products. HPLC-NMR methods have a rapidly growing impact on natural products research by enabling structure determination of natural products ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Jaroszewski JW

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient receptor potential channels and cannabinoid receptors are deputed to the regulation of sensory, homeostatic, and inflammatory events in the human organism. Therefore, their modulation promises to have relevant applications in important therapeutic areas such as inflammation, pain, and cancer. This review sum...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Rigano D,Formisano C,Taglialatela-Scafati O

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroalcoholic extracts and pressed juice from Echinacea pallida were phytochemically characterised by HPLC-MS analyses. Ferulic and caffeic acid derivatives were identified as major constituents. All tested extracts and pressed juice from Echinacea pallida exhibited a low cytotoxic activity on monkey kidney cells in ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Schneider S,Reichling J,Stintzing FC,Messerschmidt S,Meyer U,Schnitzler P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioassay-guided isolation of two new compounds, 3,4-methylenedioxy-3'-O-methyl-4'-O-glucoside ellagic acid (1) and the pteleoellagic acid derivative (2), from the stem bark of Pteleopsis hylodendron is reported along with 3,4-methylenedioxy-3'-O-methyl ellagic acid (3), 3,3'-di-O-methyl ellagic acid (4) and 3,3',4'-tr...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Atta-Ur-Rahman,Ngounou FN,Choudhary MI,Malik S,Makhmoor T,Nur-E-Alam M,Zareen S,Lontsi D,Ayafor JF,Sondengam BL

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teak ( Tectona grandis L.f., Verbenaceae) sawdust extract inhibited the growth of Aspergillus niger. Centrifugal partition chromatography was used to isolate the active compounds. By (1)H-NMR the active compounds were identified as deoxylapachol and tectoquinone. Two A. niger transgenic strains which show induction of...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Sumthong P,Damveld RA,Choi YH,Arentshorst M,Ram AF,van den Hondel CA,Verpoorte R

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：: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：: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：:Interleukin (IL)-5 plays an important role in the progression of allergic inflammation. Here, we have isolated 21alpha-methylmelianodiol and 21beta-methylmelianodiol from Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf., a plant of the Rutaceae family, as the inhibitors of IL-5-dependent growth of Y16 pro-B cells by bioassay-guided frac...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lee IJ,Xu GH,Ju JH,Kim JA,Kwon SW,Lee SH,Han SB,Kim Y

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antioxidants such as vitamin E may act differently on skin cells depending on the age of the skin and the level of oxidative damage induced. The effects of alpha-tocopherol (ATF) on H(2)O(2)-induced DNA damage and telomere shortening of normal human skin fibroblast cells derived from young and old individual donors we...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Makpol S,Zainuddin A,Rahim NA,Yusof YA,Ngah WZ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jujuboside A (JuA) is a glycoside extracted from the seed of Ziziphus jujuba Mill var. spinosa (Bunge) Hu ex H F Chou, a Chinese herbal medicine, which has long been known as a sedative-hypnotic drug. The present study used the method of intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) JuA in vivo to detect the effect of JuA on paire...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Shou C,Feng Z,Wang J,Zheng X

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The traditional therapeutic indications for the use of Morinda citrifolia L. (Rubiaceae) have been investigated. The lyophilised aqueous extract of roots of M. citrifolia was evaluated for analgesic and behavioural effects in mice. The extract did not exhibit any toxic effects but did show a significant, dose-related,...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Younos C,Rolland A,Fleurentin J,Lanhers MC,Misslin R,Mortier F

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2-mono- and 2,13-bis-glutathionyl adducts of helenalin and the 2-monoglutathionyl adduct of 11 alpha,13-dihydrohelenalin acetate were previously shown to be formed by spontaneous Michael addition at physiological pH. In living cells, glutathione (GSH) conjugation of many types of electrophilic agents is catalysed ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Schmidt TJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 18 purified lignans was evaluated for antiviral activity against murine cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Sindbis virus, by means of different treatment regimens. Podophyllotoxin and alpha-peltatin were the most potent compounds, and they apparently inhibited murine CMV at an essential early step in the replication...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： MacRae WD,Hudson JB,Towers GH

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study the first supercritical fluid based protocol for the extraction, analysis, and isolation of six polar compounds, i.e., o-vanillin (1), styracin (2), vanillin (3), trans-cinnamic acid (4), vanillic acid (5), and shikimic acid (6), was developed. First, eight styrax resin products (R1-R8) obtained from var...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Scheuba J,Wronski VK,Rollinger JM,Grienke U

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00