Anti-inflammatory effect of the oligomeric stilbene alpha-Viniferin and its mode of the action through inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 and inducible nitric oxide synthase.

abstract：:It has been reported that cedarwood oil has sedative effects when inhaled. In this study, we evaluated sedative effects of inhaled cedrol, which is a major component of cedarwood oil. Accumulative spontaneous motor activity was significantly decreased in the cedrol-exposed Wistar rats. Similar results were confirmed i...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Kagawa D,Jokura H,Ochiai R,Tokimitsu I,Tsubone H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agnus Castus Fruit is defined in the European Pharmacopoeia as the dried ripe fruit of Vitex agnus-castus. In Europe it is used as a medicine targeting premenstrual syndrome and climacteric disorder. In Japan, Agnus Castus Fruit is becoming popular as a raw material for over-the-counter drugs and health food products,...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Oshima N,Masada S,Suzuki R,Yagi K,Matsufuji H,Suenaga E,Takahashi Y,Yahagi T,Watanabe M,Yahara S,Iida O,Kawahara N,Maruyama T,Goda Y,Hakamatsuka T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annona purpurea has been traditionally used by indigenous and socioeconomically disadvantaged people to treat infectious and parasitic diseases, including amoebiasis. The goal of this study was to assess the effect of a crude methanolic extract, an alkaloid extract, and aporphine alkaloids from leaves of A. purpurea o...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Díaz-Godínez C,Ontiveros-Rodríguez JC,Ríos-Valencia DG,Herbert-Pucheta JE,Zepeda-Vallejo LG,Carrero JC

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A museum collection of Cinchonae cortex samples (n = 117), from the period 1850-1950, was extracted with a mixture of chloroform-d1, methanol-d4, water-d2, and perchloric acid in the ratios 5 : 5 : 1 : 1. The extracts were directly analyzed using 1H NMR spectroscopy (600 MHz) and the spectra evaluated using principal ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Yilmaz A,Nyberg NT,Jaroszewski JW

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our investigations into the stability of tincture preparations of milk thistle fruit [ Silybum marianum L. Gaertn. (Asteraceae)] have led to the characterization of a new flavonolignan 4-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-7-[(2 R,3 R)-3,5,7-trihydroxy-4-oxochroman-2-yl]-1-oxo-1,3,3a,4,5,7a-hexahydro-2-benzofuran-5-carboxylic...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： MacKinnon SL,Hodder M,Craft C,Simmons-Boyce J

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:The specific physiological responses induced by inhaling R-(-)- as well as S-(+)-linalool in 24 human subjects undergoing experimental stress were investigated in this study. Various physiological parameters of the autonomous nervous system (heart rate, blood pressure, electrodermal activity) as well as the endocrine ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Höferl M,Krist S,Buchbauer G

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased osteoclastic bone resorption plays a central role in the pathogenesis of many bone diseases. Ganoderma lucidum is known for medicinal effects such as anti-inflammatory and anti-bone resorption activities. In this study, we investigated the inhibitory effects of ganoderic acids isolated from G. lucidum on ost...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Liu J,Shiono J,Shimizu K,Kondo R

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aerial parts of DODONAEA VISCOSA afforded a new diterpenoid, dodonic acid, the structure and stereochemistry of which have been established by chemical and spectroscopic means. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Sachdev K,Kulshreshtha DK

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the phytochemical investigation of the 50% aq. EtOH extract of Houttuynia cordata, an effective TCM and functional food in China, which led to the isolation of 17 flavonoids including four new ones. The four new compounds were flavonoid derivatives tethered with houttuynin (3-oxododecanal). Each of ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Chen SD,Li T,Gao H,Zhu QC,Lu CJ,Wu HL,Peng T,Yao XS

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of mainly marine derived natural products were tested for their activities against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. avium. Of the thirty-nine compounds tested fifteen demonstrated minimum inhibition concentrations (MICs) of 32 micrograms/ml or less, and eleven had MICs of 16 micrograms/ml or less. The most a...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： König GM,Wright AD,Franzblau SG

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geniposide, a main iridoid glucoside component of gardenia fruit, has been shown to possess anti-inflammatory activity. However, its potential use for acute lung injury (ALI) has not yet been studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory properties of geniposide using a mouse ALI model. ALI was ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Xiaofeng Y,Qinren C,Jingping H,Xiao C,Miaomiao W,Xiangru F,Xianxing X,Meixia H,Jing L,Jingyuan W,Xinxin C,Hongyu L,Yanhong D,Lanxiang J,Xuming D

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of Viscum album L. produced by a specific homogenization procedure contain viscotoxins (VT) and liposome-like membrane vesicles, formed from cellular membranes. Interactions between these membrane structures and viscotoxins are characterized in this work. Binding properties of viscotoxins with mistletoe extra...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Winkler K,Jäger S,Leneweit G,Schubert R

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientific achievements in the last two decades have revolutionized the treatment and prevention of breast cancer. This is mainly because of targeted therapies and a better understanding of the relationship between estrogen, its receptor, and breast cancer. One of these discoveries is the use of synthetic selective es...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Oseni T,Patel R,Pyle J,Jordan VC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the leaves of DIGITALIS LANATA Ehrh. two new Cardenolides have been found and structurally elucidated as Digoxigenin-3-O-beta- D-digitoxosido-beta- D-digitoxosido-beta- D-xyloside bei TLC and spectroscopic methods. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Krüger D,Wichtl M

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetonylgeraniin, an active principle isolated from the seeds of Euphoria longana Lam. (Sapindaceae), reversed the fall in arterial blood pressure in conscious hypertensive rats (SHRs) with orthostatic hypotension induced by injection of hexamethonium into animals subjected to 90 degrees head-up tilts for 60 seconds. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Hsu FL,Lu FH,Cheng JT

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaticol, an unusual bis-sesquiterpene was isolated from the medicinal plant Veronica anagallis-aquatica, in addition to 11 known compounds, aucubin, geniposidic acid, mussaenoside, catalposide, verproside, amphicoside, catalpol, boschnaloside, shanzhiside methyl ester, sitosterol and beta-stigmast-4-en-6 beta-ol-3-o...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Su BN,Yang L,Gao K,Jia ZJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of unfolded protein response (UPR) activation in tumor survival and resistance to chemotherapies suggests a new anticancer strategy targeting UPR pathway. Arctigenin, a natural product, has been recently identified for its antitumor activity with selective toxicity against cancer cells under glucose st...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Sun S,Wang X,Wang C,Nawaz A,Wei W,Li J,Wang L,Yu DH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several procyanidin dimers and an epicatechin trimer purified from Douglas fir bark tannins were compared with their monomer components (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin for their abilities to inhibit the biochemical effects of the potent tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) in mouse epidermis in v...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Gali HU,Perchellet EM,Gao XM,Karchesy JJ,Perchellet JP

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new neolignan glucosides, longiflorosides A, B, C and D, in addition to one known neolignan glucoside, dehydro-diconiferyl alcohol-4-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside were obtained from whole plants of Pedicularis longiflora. The structures of these compounds were determined mainly on spectral evidence. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Wang CZ,Jia ZJ

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new xanthones, caledonixanthone M 1 and caloxanthone L 2, and one new acid, caledonic acid 6 were isolated from the hexane-soluble extract of the stem bark of Calophyllum caledonicum. In the course of this phytochemical study, seven other known compounds - calothwaitesixanthone, calozeyloxanthone, allanxanthone, i...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Hay AE,Guilet D,Morel C,Larcher G,Macherel D,Le Ray AM,Litaudon M,Richomme P

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic barcode ITS2 (ITS: internal transcribed spacer) and pollen morphology were used for the identification of the pharmacologically valuable wild Araliaceae species Panax ginseng, Oplopanax elatus, Aralia elata, Aralia continentalis, Eleutherococcus senticosus, and Eleutherococcus sessiliflorus inhabiting the ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Reunov A,Reunova G,Atopkin D,Reunova Y,Muzarok T,Zakharov E,Zhuravlev Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new minor diterpenoid alkaloid, caeruline, was isolated from DELPHINIUM CAERULEUM Jacq. ex Camb. Its structure was elucidated as 1 on the basis of spectral evidence. Along with this new compound, three known diterpenoid alkaloids were also isolated from this plant and identified as tatsiensine, delcosine, and lycoct...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Pan YJ,Wang R,Chen SN,Chen YZ

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous study, we reported the interesting in vitro antiplasmodial activity of some Rwandan plant extracts. This gave rise to the need for these extracts to also be evaluated in vivo and to identify the compounds responsible for their antiplasmodial activity. The aim of our study was, on the one hand, to evalu...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Muganga R,Angenot L,Tits M,Frédérich M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new compounds, 15-acetoxy-12-hydroxy-16-methyl-labda-8(17),13E-diene (1), ent-labda-8(17),13-dien-15,16-olid-19-oic acid methyl ester (2), and 12-hydroxy-labda-8(17),13-dien-15,16-olide (3), together with two known compounds, 19-acetoxy-ent-labda-8(17),13-dien-15,16-olide (4), and 16-acetoxy-12,15-epoxy-15beta-h...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Vardamides JC,Sielinou VT,Ndemangou B,Nkengfack AE,Fomum ZT,Poumale HM,Laatsch H

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperuricemia is a clinical condition characterized by an elevated level of serum uric acid and is a key risk factor for the development of gout and metabolic disorders. The existing urate-lowering therapies are often impractical for certain patient populations, providing a rationale to explore new agents with improve...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Kim JK,Kim WJ,Hyun JM,Lee JS,Kwon JG,Seo C,Song MJ,Choi CW,Hong SS,Park K,Kim P,Sung H,Lee JK,Choi Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six new triterpenoids including four new secodammarane triterpenoid glycosides (1-4), an epoxydammarane triterpenoid glycoside (5), and a new secodammarane triterpenoid (6) were isolated from the ethanolic extract of the leaves of Cyclocarya paliurus. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Li S,Cui B,Liu Q,Tang L,Yang Y,Jin X,Shen Z

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of our continuing study on the Calophyllum species, a number of coumarins, xanthones and chromene acids from different Calophyllum species of Sri Lanka were tested for inhibitory activity against the HIV-1 and its virally-encoded reverse transcriptase (RT). These compounds were found to be inactive in both the...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Dharmaratne HR,Tan GT,Marasinghe GP,Pezzuto JM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) is an annual herbaceous plant that belongs to the family Cannabaceae. Trans-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) are the two major phytocannabinoids accounting for over 40% of the cannabis plant extracts, depending on the variety. At the University of Mississippi, differ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ibrahim EA,Gul W,Gul SW,Stamper BJ,Hadad GM,Abdel Salam RA,Ibrahim AK,Ahmed SA,Chandra S,Lata H,Radwan MM,ElSohly MA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TLC autographic assays revealed in the CH(2)Cl(2) extract of Tinospora crispa Miers (Menispermaceae) the presence of three compounds exhibiting antioxidant and radical scavenging properties towards beta-carotene and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical. They were isolated and identified as N-CIS-feruloyltyrami...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Cavin A,Hostettmann K,Dyatmyko W,Potterat O

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00