Effect of abietane diterpenes from Plectranthus grandidentatus on the growth of human cancer cell lines.

abstract：:Chemical studies on the constituents from the dragon's blood of Dracaena cambodiana led to the discovery of three new flavonoid derivatives (1- 3) and six known compounds (4- 9). The structures of the three new compounds were elucidated by NMR and MS spectroscopic analyses. All compounds were evaluated for their growt...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Luo Y,Wang H,Zhao YX,Zeng YB,Shen HY,Dai HF,Mei WL

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new I-3', II-3, 3', II-4', I-5, II-5, I-7, II-7-octahydroxy-I-4'-methoxy-I-3, II-8-biflavanone together with known biflavanones GB-1 and GB-2 were isolated from the bark of GARCINIA KOLA. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Kabangu K,Galeffi C,Aonzo E,Nicoletti M,Messana I

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the leading causes of malignancy-related death in China. Its therapy in clinics is a big challenge. Ginsenoside Rh2 is one of the most notable cancer-preventing components from red ginseng and it has been reported that ginsenoside Rh2 exhibited potent cytotoxicity against human hepat...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lv Q,Rong N,Liu LJ,Xu XL,Liu JT,Jin FX,Wang CM

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnesium lithospermate B (MLB), sodium rosmarinate (SR), and magnesium lithospermate (ML) are biologically active components isolated from aqueous extracts of the Chinese medicine Danshen, the dried root and rhizome of SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA Bunge (Labiatae). These compounds share similar chemical structures of polyphen...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Chen L,Xuan LJ,Wang YP

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:The therapy of type-2 diabetes mellitus is one of the major challenges of our age. A possible strategy to prevent the progression of this disease is the inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B), a major negative regulator in the insulin and leptin signalling pathway. Phellodendri amurensis cortex is a wel...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Steinmann D,Baumgartner RR,Heiss EH,Bartenstein S,Atanasov AG,Dirsch VM,Ganzera M,Stuppner H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A crude polysaccharide fraction (DAP-1) was prepared from roots of Dipsacus asperoides by hot water extraction and EtOH precipitation, and tested for anti-complementary activity, mitogenic activity of lymphocytes, and effects on acid phosphatase and phagocytic activities of macrophages. DAP-1 showed not only anti-comp...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Zhang Y,Kiyohara H,Matsumoto T,Yamada H

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mexican species GALPHIMIA GLAUCA (Cav.) Kuntze (Malphigiaceae) synthesises a family of sedative and anxiolytic nor-secofriedelanes, designated as galphimines. These active principles accumulate at low concentration in the aerial parts of plants from wild populations. Transformed calluses and cell suspension cultur...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ortíz A,Cardoso-Taketa A,Monroy MR,Arellano J,Hernández G,Villarreal ML

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen radical injury and lipid peroxidation have been suggested as major causes of atherosclerosis, cancer, liver disease, and the aging process. More specifically, oxidative modification of low density lipoprotein (LDL) has been recognized as an important process of atherosclerosis. In this study, we determined the ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ide N,Nelson AB,Lau BH

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：:Five new triterpenoid saponins (1-5) and four known triterpenoid saponins, ginsenoside Re5 (6), majonoside R1 (7), 24(R)-majonoside R1 (8), and ginsenoside Rf (9), were isolated from the rhizomes of Panacis majoris. The structures of new compounds were elucidated as (20S,24S,25R*)-6-O-[β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-β-D-g...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Li M,Liu F,Jin YR,Wang XZ,Wu Q,Liu Y,Li XW

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive inotropic effects induced by 6-benzylaminopurine (6-BAP), kinetin and zeatin were studied in rat atria. The potency order observed was 6-BAP > or = kinetin > zeatin. Suramin, a P2-purinoceptor antagonist, inhibited the positive effect of 6-BAP suggesting the involvement of P2-purinoceptors in the positive eff...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Froldi G,Gallo U,Ragazzi E,Caparrotta L

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly, as a result of recent biochemical work, there exists a realistic possibility of taking a molecular genetic approach to the manipulation of alkaloid-producing pathways in plant tissue cultures. In the pathways forming indole alkaloids in CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS, tropane alkaloids in DATURA and HYOSCYAMUS spec...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Robins RJ,Waltons NJ,Hamill JD,Parr AJ,Rhodes MJ

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：: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：: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：:A quantitative analysis using (1)H-NMR (Q-NMR) has been developed for the determination of strychnine and brucine in Strychnos nux-vomica seeds and stems. The advantages of the method are that no reference alkaloids are needed for calibration curves, the quantification could be directly realized on a crude extract, st...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Frédérich M,Choi YH,Verpoorte R

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Khat (Catha edulis Forsk.) is a perennial shrub whose young leaves are chewed for their psychostimulating and anorectic properties. The main active principles of khat are believed to be the phenylpropylamino alkaloids, primarily (-)-cathinone [(S)-α-aminopropiophenone], (+)-cathine [(1S)(2S)-norpseudoephedrine], and (...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Krizevski R,Bar E,Dudai N,Levy A,Lewinsohn E,Sitrit Y,Ben-Shabat S

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:Alpinia galanga, or galangal, has been a popular condiment used in Thai and Asian cuisine for many years. However, relatively little is known of the potential beneficial or adverse health effects of this spice. This study was conducted to analyze the capacity of galangal extract to induce cytotoxicity and DNA damage i...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Muangnoi P,Lu M,Lee J,Thepouyporn A,Mirzayans R,Le XC,Weinfeld M,Changbumrung S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway remodeling is an important characteristic of asthma, linking inflammation with airway hyperresponsiveness. Baicalin, a major active component, was isolated from Radix Scutellariae. Many studies show that baicalin has anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, and anti-allergic effects. Here we investigate the influence...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Sun J,Li L,Wu J,Liu B,Gong W,Lv Y,Luo Q,Duan X,Dong J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new hydroquinone terpenoids with benzogeijerene skeletons, euchroquinols A-C (1- 3), and a new monoterpenylbenzenoid, 9,17-epoxyarnebinol (4), along with five known compounds were isolated from the stem bark of ARNEBIA EUCHROMA. Shikonin (6) exhibited potent anti-HCV activity with a selective index of 43.56, and...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Li HM,Tang YL,Zhang ZH,Liu CJ,Li HZ,Li RT,Xia XS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geraniol dehydrogenase, the specific enzyme involved in geraniol to citral TRANS (geranial) transformation, activity was monitored in various lemongrass cultivars differing in amounts and relative percentages of citral and geraniol in their essential oils. The enzyme activity had a positive and significant association...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Singh-Sangwan N,Sangwan RS,Luthra R,Thakur RS

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue callus cultures originating from CHELIDONIUM MAJUS L. seeds were established on Gamborg B5, Murashige-Skoog (MS), and Schenk-Hildebrandt (SH) media. In all experimental conditions, calli accumulated a complex pattern of isoquinoline derivatives. The highest values, both in growth and in sanguinarine production,...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Colombo ML,Tomé F

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three flavonoids: norwogonin, dihydronorwogonin and baicalein, were isolated from the roots of Scutellaria baicalensis, as potential inhibitors of VHR dual-specificity protein tyrosine phosphatase (DS-PTPase). Norwogonin (IC 50 = 1.1 microM), dihydronorwogonin (IC 50 = 2.9 microM) and baicalein (IC 50 = 2.4 microM) sh...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lee MS,Oh WK,Kim BY,Ahn SC,Kang DO,Sohn CB,Osada H,Ahn JS

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) type A (GABA(A)) receptor represents a crucial target for clinical agents in the treatment of anxiety and insomnia. Using the two-microelectrode voltage clamp technique on recombinant α₁β₂γ(2S) GABA (A) receptors, effusol (1) and dehydroeffusol (2) were isolated in a bioactivity-gui...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Singhuber J,Baburin I,Khom S,Zehl M,Urban E,Hering S,Kopp B

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extraction of PIPER RIBESOIDES Wall, furnished the new linalool derivative (+)-3,7-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-4-( P-coumaryloxy)-1,6-octadiene, the lignans (-)-hinokinin and (-)-cubebin, N-isobutyl-2 E,4 E-deca-2,4-dienamide, methyl piperate, methyl 2 E,4 E,6 E-7-phenyl-2,4,6-heptatrienoate, palmitic acid, stearic acid, and b...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Kijjoa A,Pinto MM,Tantisewie B,Herz W

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten new nervogenic acid derivatives (1-4, 6-11) and one known compound (5) have been isolated from Liparis nervosa. Their structures were determined using extensive spectroscopic analysis, including 1D and 2D NMR experiments. Compounds 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11 were evaluated for their cytotoxicity against A549, H460, Hela,...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Huang S,Zhou XL,Wang CJ,Wang HY,Wang YS,Shan LH,Weng J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the role of adenosine in the stimulatory action of paeoniflorin on in vitro glucose transport. Paeoniflorin increased the uptake of a radiolabeled, non-metabolizable glucose derivative into isolated white adipocytes of Wistar rat in a concentration-dependent manner and this action was ab...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Tang LM,Liu IM,Cheng JT

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rutaecarpine is an alkaloid originally isolated from the unripe fruit of Evodia rutaecarpa. Recently, rutaecarpine has been characterized to have an anti-inflammatory activity through cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition. In the present studies, the effects of rutaecarpine on liver cytochrome P450 s (P450s) and P450 s involved...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lee SK,Kim NH,Lee J,Kim DH,Lee ES,Choi HG,Chang HW,Jahng Y,Jeong TC

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00