Two new protopines argemexicaines A and B and the anti-HIV alkaloid 6-acetonyldihydrochelerythrine from formosan Argemone mexicana.

abstract：:The acylphloroglucinol derivative hyperforin is a major constituent of St. John's wort extracts ( Hypericum perforatum L.), which has been demonstrated to contribute to the antidepressant action of this herbal drug. In previous investigations we observed that hyperforin causes a rapid stimulation of intracellular calc...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Schrattenholz A,Schroer K,Chatterjee SS,Koch E

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For quantitative determination of grayanotoxin I (1) in plant material, a GC/MS method was developed after trimethylsilyl derivatisation of the analytes. Forskolin (5) was used as an internal standard for quantification. ICH-compliant method validation indicated sufficient specificity, precision, quantitation (15 µg/m...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lechtenberg M,Dierks F,Sendker J,Louis A,Schepker H,Hensel A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the fresh rhizomes of Tamus communis five phenanthrenes (1 - 5) were isolated under the guidance of cytotoxic assays in HeLa cells. The compounds were obtained from the highly active CHCl (3) fraction of the MeOH extract by using multistep chromatographic purifications, including VLC, preparative TLC, HPLC and ge...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Réthy B,Kovács A,Zupkó I,Forgo P,Vasas A,Falkay G,Hohmann J

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we investigate the active constituents of the rhizome of Zingiber officinale, Roscoe (ginger) and determine their activity on glucose uptake in cultured L6 myotubes and the molecular mechanism underlying this action. Freeze-dried ginger powder was extracted with ethyl acetate (1 kg/3 L) to give the total...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Li Y,Tran VH,Duke CC,Roufogalis BD

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extract of Tan-Shen (Salvia miltiorrhiza, Labiatae), a Chinese traditional crude drug, was reported to show beneficial activity for heart disease. Chemical examination on the extract was performed on the basis of screening for protective action on the ischemic myocardium. Isolated hearts were subjected to hypoxic perf...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Yagi A,Fujimoto K,Tanonaka K,Hirai K,Takeo S

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new BIS-1-oxaquinolizidine alkaloid, 9'- EPI-3 β,3' β-dimethylxestospongin C (2), and three known related analogues have been isolated from the Hainan sponge Neopetrosia exigua. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Li Y,Qin S,Guo YW,Gu YC,van Soest RW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Qianhu, the dried roots of Peucedanum praeruptorum, is a well-known traditional Chinese medicinal herb which was officially listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. Praeruptorin A is the major active constituent of Qianhu. Our previous studies show that praeruptorin effectively transactivated the protein expression and ca...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Huang L,Bi HC,Li YH,Zhang JQ,Kuang SY,Zhang L,Wang YT,Huang M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preventive effects of hydroxychalcone derivatives on ulcer formation induced by severe necrotizing agents such as 60% ethanol in 150 mM HCl (HCl-ethanol) and 0.2 N NaOH in rats were examined. Among the compounds tested, 2',4'-dihydroxychalcone gave the strongest activity in both experimental models and protected t...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Yamamoto K,Kakegawa H,Ueda H,Matsumoto H,Sudo T,Miki T,Satoh T

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of bitter secoiridoid glucosides isolated from various GENTIANA species (Gentianaceae) have been investigated by D/CI-MS. Amarogentin, amaropanin, amaroswerin, deglucosyltrifloroside, desacetylcentapicrin, gentiopicrin, swertiamarin and sweroside have been characterized by quasimolecular ions and typical frag...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Schaufelberger D,Domon B,Hostettmann K

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four diterpenoids, carnosic acid (1), carnosol (2), rosmanol (3), and epirosmanol (4), were isolated as antioxidative agents from the leaves of Rosmarinus officinalis by bioassay-directed fractionation. These diterpenoids inhibited superoxide anion production in the xanthine/xanthine oxidase system. Mitochondrial and ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Haraguchi H,Saito T,Okamura N,Yagi A

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerial parts of Persicaria lapathifolia S.F. Gray (Polygonaceae) exhibited an inhibitory effect on superoxide production in unopsonized zymosan-stimulated human monocytes. Two known compounds, quercetin 3-O-beta-(2"-galloyl)-glucopyranoside and quercetin 3-O-beta-(2"-galloyl)-rhamnopyranoside, and a new compound, quer...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Kim Y,Jang DS,Park SH,Yun J,Min BK,Min KR,Lee HK

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：:Strictosidine synthase was partially purified from Catharanthus roseus cell suspension cultures and immobilized on CNBr-activated Sepharose. The immobilized enzyme exhibits a thermostability increased 300 fold over that of the soluble enzyme and catalyses exclusively the formation of the 3alpha(S)-isomer, strictosidin...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Pfitzner U,Zenk MH

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of huperzine A in dogs after single intravenous and oral administrations was investigated. Concentrations of huperzine A were determined by a validated liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method. Pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated by non-compartmental methods. After s...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Chu D,Liu W,Li Y,Li P,Gu J,Liu K

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and thirty-eight medicinal herbal drugs obtained from different suppliers were examined for microbial contaminants and for the detectability of pathogenic microorganisms. For this purpose, several microbiological standard parameters (total aerobic mesophilic count, enterobacteria, coliforms, aerobic sporef...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Czech E,Kneifel W,Kopp B

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absolute stereostructure of a novel skeletal diterpene, standishinal (1), from the bark of Thuja standishii was confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analyses of 1 and its p-bromobenzoate derivative. Aromatase inhibitory activities of standishinal, eight known diterpenes, totarol, 12-methoxyabieta-8,11,13-trien-11-o...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Minami T,Iwamoto M,Ohtsu H,Ohishi H,Tanaka R,Yoshitake A

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the fact that Synadenium grantii is used in folk medicine for the treatment of peptic ulcers and inflammatory diseases, this work describes its chemical and pharmacological properties. Pharmacological investigation of the crude bark extract showed a high antioxidant activity over several scavenger systems, su...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Munhoz AC,Minozzo BR,Cruz LS,Oliveira TL,Machado WM,Pereira AV,Fernandes D,Manente FA,Vellosa JC,Nepel A,Barison A,Beltrame FL

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) are the major mediators produced in activated macrophages which contribute to the circulatory failure associated with septic shock. An activity-guided fractionation of an MeOH extract of stem bark of Magnolia obovata afforded two inhibitors of NO production...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Son HJ,Lee HJ,Yun-Choi HS,Ryu JH

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：:The activity-guided fractionation of the hydroalcoholic extract of trunk bark of Cedrelopsis grevei led to the isolation of five coumarins, norbraylin (1), methyl-O-cedrelopsin (2), cedrecoumarin A (3), scoparone (4) and braylin (5) as a part of the constituents responsible for the vasorelaxing activity observed for t...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Rakotoarison O,Rabenau I,Lobstein A,Um BH,Schott C,Anton R,Randriantsoa A,Andriantsitohaina R

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 80% and 70% acetone extracts from fruits and leaves of Crataegus sinaica Boiss (Rosaceae) and the ethyl acetate-, butanol-, and water-fractions obtained from these initial extracts as well as the isolated compounds, quercetin (1) (1), hyperoside (quercetin 3-O-galactoside) (2) (2), rutin (quercetin 3-O-rutinoside)...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Shahat AA,Hammouda F,Ismail SI,Azzam SA,De Bruyne T,Lasure A,Van Poel B,Pieters L,Vlietinck AJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of herbal dietary supplements by the public is common and has been happening for centuries. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has a limited scope of regulation over marketed herbal dietary supplements, which may contain toxic botanical compounds that pose a public health risk. While the Food a...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Hudson A,Lopez E,Almalki AJ,Roe AL,Calderón AI

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, an increasing number of pharmacists had to supply medicinal products based on Cannabis sativa L. (Cannabaceae), prescribed by physicians to individual patients. Cannabis olive oil preparation is the first choice as a concentrated extract of cannabinoids, even though standardized operative conditions for obta...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Casiraghi A,Roda G,Casagni E,Cristina C,Musazzi UM,Franzè S,Rocco P,Giuliani C,Fico G,Minghetti P,Gambaro V

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Two new naphtho-pyrone glycosides, 9-[(beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1----6)-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-10- hydroxy-7-methoxy-3-methyl-1H-naphtho[2,3-c]pyran-1 -one (5) and 6-[(alpha-apiofuranosyl-(1----6)-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy]- rubrofusarin (6), together with cassiaside (3) and rubrofusarin-6-beta-gentiobioside (4)...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Wong SM,Wong MM,Seligmann O,Wagner H

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to elucidate the mechanisms of nuciferine (a main aporphine alkaloid of lotus leaf extract), which can induce relaxation in contracted tracheal rings. Under Ca2+-free and 2 mM Ca2+ conditions, we found that nuciferine had no effect on the resting muscle tone of tracheal rings. In contrast, nuciferine ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Yang X,Yu MF,Lei J,Peng YB,Zhao P,Xue L,Chen W,Ma LQ,Liu QH,Shen J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five new xanthone glycosides, comastomasides A-E (1-5), were isolated from aqueous ethanol extracts of the aerial portions of Comastoma pedunculatum. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis methods. Compounds 1-5 were evaluated for their hepatoprotective activity and cytotoxicity ag...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Qiao Y,Yuan Y,Cui B,Zhang Y,Chen H,Li S,Li Y

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the bulbs of Vietnamese Hippeastrum equestre Herb. (Amaryllidaceae), besides the well known alkaloids lycorine, tazettine, and hippeastrine, a new alkaloid, phamine, has been isolated. Its structure was established by spectroscopic methods. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Döpke W,Pham LH,Gründemann E,Bartoszek M,Flatau S

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HPLC determinations of the aescin contents in calli and embryoids from leaf explants of AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM L. were carried out in order to determine whether it was possible to obtain aescin-forming proliferations IN VITRO. The results indicate that embryogenic calli and embryoids derived from them produce an amoun...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Profumo P,Caviglia AM,Gastaldo P,Dameri RM

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural products can exhibit many beneficial effects on human health. As far as cancer is concerned, naturally occurring compounds have been reported to prevent tumorigenesis and also to suppress the growth of established tumors. As cancer cells have evolved multiple mechanisms to resist the induction of programmed ce...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Fulda S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00