Gene expression profiles of inducible nitric oxide synthase and cytokines in Leishmania major-infected macrophage-like RAW 264.7 cells treated with gallic acid.

abstract：:Based on the inhibition of Cu(2+)-induced LDL oxidation as marker, the major antioxidants in the fruits of Forsythia suspensa and the stems of Magnolia coco were identified. Of these bioactive tetrahydrofurofuran lignans, pinoresinol, phillygenin, and syringaresinol were more potent than probucol. Sesamin and fargesin...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Chen CC,Chen HY,Shiao MS,Lin YL,Kuo YH,Ou JC

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stabilization of growth factors in a wound environment is critical to the wound healing process. Here we report on the stabilization of key growth factors by a unique plant cell wall biomaterial. MicroSheets are clear cell wall fragments isolated from the non-living water storage cells in the pulp or inner gel of Aloe...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ni Y,Turner D,Yates K,Tizard I

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：:A reinvestigation of the rhizomes of ATRACTYLIS KOREANA afforded in addition to 1,3-diacetoxytetradeca-6,12-diene-8,10-diyne reported previously (1) two new C (14)-polyacetylenes with an ene-diyn-ene-chromophor and one new C (14)-polyacetylene beside two known compounds with an ene-diyne-diene-chromophor. Their struct...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Pachaly P,Lansing A,Neugebauer M,Sin KS

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA technology provides a powerful tool to complement chemical analyses for authentication of Chinese medicinal plants and to ensure that herbal materials are not contaminated with ineffective or potentially harmful substitutes or adulterants. In the last two decades molecular biotechnology has provided sophisticated ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Heubl G

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new phenolic glycosides characterized as idesin salicylate (1) and 2-hydroxyphenol-1-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(6-->1)- alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside (2) were isolated with four known compounds, idescarpin (3), idesin (4), 1-hydroxy-6-oxocyclohex-2-enecarboxylic acid methyl ester (5) and salirepin (6), from the fruits of...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Kim SH,Jang YP,Sung SH,Kim YC

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P57AS3 (P57), an oxypregnane steroidal glycoside, is known to be responsible for the appetite suppressing activity of HOODIA GORDONII, a dietary supplement used for weight loss. In this study, bioavailability, pharmacokinetics, and tissue distribution of P57 were determined in CD1 female mice after administration of a...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Madgula VL,Ashfaq MK,Wang YH,Avula B,Khan IA,Walker LA,Khan SI

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytotoxicity and immunosuppressive activities of jaborosalactone-L and three 16 alpha-oxygenated withanolides from the leaves of Discopodium penninervium were studied. Jaborosalactone-L showed cytotoxicity only to the murine macrophage cell line, RAW 264.7, but the 16 alpha-oxygenated withanolides exhibited cytoto...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Habtemariam S

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volatile oils of the leaves, fruits and stem-bark of CLEISTOPHOLIS PATENTS Engl. et Diels. (Annonacae) were analysed by means of gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). A total of sixty-one components were identified; qualitative and quantitative differences in the oil composition wer...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ekundayo O,Laakso I,Oguntimein B,Hiltunen R

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of isoselagine, isolated from the Chinese medicinal plant LYCOPODIUM SERRATUM Thunb. var. longipetiolatum Spring, was shown to be identical with huperzine A ( 1) and to have an exocyclic double bond in the E -configuration from NOE data. In the process of extraction of isoselagine, we also isolated and i...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Sun CM,Ho LK,Sun ML

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytotoxic compound was purified from the root of Angelica gigas Nakai by normal phase HPLC. As a result of the structure analysis by mass, IR, 1H-NMR, and 13C-NMR spectrometry, the compound was identified as decursinol angelate, a structural isomer of decursin, and characterized originally from Sesei grandivittatum....

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ahn KS,Sim WS,Lee IK,Seu YB,Kim IH

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ent-11alpha-hydroxy-16-kauren-15-one (1) induced apoptosis in a human leukemia cell line (HL-60 cells), however, the apoptosis-inducing properties of 1 and its related compounds remain to be proved. We examined the involvement of caspases, a family of cysteine aspartic proteases, which play a central role in induction...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Nagashima F,Kondoh M,Kawase M,Simizu S,Osada H,Fujii M,Watanabe Y,Sato M,Asakawa Y

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new coumaryloxy triterpenoids, neriucoumaric and isoneriucoumaric acids, have been isolated from fresh, undried and uncrushed leaves of NERIUM OLEANDER and their structures established as 3beta-hydroxy-2alpha-cis- P-coumaryloxy-urs-12-en-28-oic acid and 3beta-hydroxy-2alpha- TRANS- P-coumaryloxy-urs-12-en-28-oic a...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Siddiqui S,Siddiqui BS,Hafeez F,Begum S

更新日期：1987-10-01 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：:A cell-based method for screening drug candidates from herbal extracts that have possible anti-type II diabetic effects was established. The differentiation of preadipocytes into adipocytes was used as a sensitive primary indicator of a drug's potential effect on type II diabetes. We established a quantitative method ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Xu ME,Xiao SZ,Sun YH,Ou-yang Y,Guan C,Zheng XX

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential oil composition of three Zingiberaceae widely used as medicinal aromatic plants from S. Tomé and Príncipe: Aframomum danielli (Hook. f.) K. Schum., Curcuma longa L. and Zingiber officinale Rosc. was studied. Two samples of the essential oils from fruit of A. danielli and from rhizomes of the other two sp...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Martins AP,Salgueiro L,Gonçalves MJ,da Cunha AP,Vila R,Cañigueral S,Mazzoni V,Tomi F,Casanova J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune complex binding to macrophages was enhanced by treatment with an E. kansui extract. Systematic fractionation of the extract led to the characterization of 3-O-(2'E,4'Z-decadienoyl)- and 3-O-(2,3-dimethylbutyryl)-13- O-n-dodecanoyl-13-hydroxyingenol as the active principles. Immune complex binding to macrophages...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Matsumoto T,Cyong JC,Yamada H

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leaves of Myrcia ovata, popularly known as "laranjinha do mato", are frequently used as an infusion in folk medicine. The essential oil obtained from these leaves is rich in citral, a mixture of neral and geranial isomers, known for its analgesic effect. Male Swiss mice (20-22 g) were tested in models of acute pai...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Dos Santos GC,Gomes GA,Gonçalves GM,de Sousa LM,Santiago GM,de Carvalho MG,Marinho BG

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examined in vitro were the effects of some triterpenoids from Panax (Araliaceae) and Glycyrrhiza (Leguminosae) spp. on the sensitivity to daunomycin (DAU) and vinblastine (VBL) of adriamycin (ADM)-resistant P388 leukemia cells (P388/ADM), which were resistant to multiple anticancer drugs. Quasipanaxatriol, 20(S)-proto...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Hasegawa H,Sung JH,Matsumiya S,Uchiyama M,Inouye Y,Kasai R,Yamasaki K

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brazil, Plectranthus species are known as "boldo" and have been used in popular medicine for analgesic and dyspeptic purposes. Plectranthus need to be well identified in order to be used as commercially genuine medicinal plants. Here we describe AFLP DNA patterns able to distinguish among different Pectranthus spec...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Passinho-Soares H,Felix D,Kaplan MA,Margis-Pinheiro M,Margis R

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:Ten alkaloids were isolated from the bulb of CORYDALIS HSUCHOWENSIS W. Y. Lian nov. ined. Among them nine alkaloids are known, identified as (-)-stylopine ( 1), cheilanthifoline ( 2), (+)-adlumidine ( 3), (+)-bicuculline ( 4), sibiricine ( 5), humosine A ( 6), (+)-bulbocapnine ( 7), (-)-scoulerine ( 8), and protopine ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Zhou JY,Tong XJ,Lian WY,Fang QC

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baicalein, berberine, curcumin and hesperidin are the major components derived from Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis japonica, Curcuma longa and Poncirus trifoliata, respectively. These plants have been used for the treatment of diverse chronic inflammatory diseases including respiratory disease in oriental medicine an...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lee CJ,Lee JH,Seok JH,Hur GM,Park YC,Seol IC,Kim YH

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:Flavonoids, important components of human diet, have been claimed to possess a significant antiplatelet potential, in particular due to their effects on the arachidonic acid cascade. Due to variable and incomplete results, this study was aimed at delivering a detailed analysis of the effects of 29 structurally relevan...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Karlíčková J,Říha M,Filipský T,Macáková K,Hrdina R,Mladěnka P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dioscoretine isolated from the aqueous fraction of the methanol extract of Dioscorea dumetorum tubers when administered intra-peritoneally to normal and alloxan diabetic rabbits produces significant hypoglycaemic effects at a dose of 20 mg/kg. The fasting blood sugar in normoglycaemic rabbits was reduced from 112 mg/1...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Iwu MM,Okunji CO,Ohiaeri GO,Akah P,Corley D,Tempesta MS

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an exploratory investigation of antimicrobial promoting compounds, 3- O-acyl-(-)-epicatechins and 3- O-acyl-(+)-catechins possessing various aromatic groups and aliphatic chains of varying length from C4 to C16 for increasing lipophilicity were synthesized and tested for antimicrobial activities against Gram-positi...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Park KD,Park YS,Cho SJ,Sun WS,Kim SH,Jung DH,Kim JH

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human vascular endothelial cells (HUVECs) were exposed to CoCl2 as an in vitro model of hypoxia. Expression of VCAM-1 (vascular cell adhesion molecule), reduction of PECAM-1 (platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule) and cytoskeletal changes without alterations in cell viability were observed. HUVECs were also expo...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Montopoli M,Froldi G,Comelli MC,Prosdocimi M,Caparrotta L

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury is a common and severe complication of acute myocardial infarction and cardiac surgery. It results in increased mortality, morbidity, and duration of hospitalization. Baicalein is a component of the root of Scutellaria baicalensis, which has traditionally been used to treat cardiovascular and liver...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lai CC,Huang PH,Yang AH,Chiang SC,Tang CY,Tseng KW,Huang CH

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shoot-tips from several genotypes of the cardenolide-producing perennial shrub Digitalis obscura L. were successfully cryopreserved using the encapsulation-dehydration technique. Precultivation on MS medium containing 0.5 M sucrose, followed by 2.5 h dehydration (final weight 30 %) induced shoot regrowth in 42 % of cr...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Sales E,Nebauer SG,Arrillaga I,Segura J

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00