In vitro inhibitory effect of protopanaxadiol ginsenosides on tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha production and its modulation by known TNF-alpha antagonists.

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：: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：:We present the application of the generative topographic map algorithm to visualize the chemical space populated by natural products and synthetic drugs. Generative topographic maps may be used for nonlinear dimensionality reduction and probabilistic modeling. For compound mapping, we represented the molecules by two-...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Miyao T,Reker D,Schneider P,Funatsu K,Schneider G

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six dietary isothiocyanates, allyl-isothiocyanate, benzyl-isothiocyanate, phenylethyl-isothiocyanate, sulforaphane, erucin, and iberin, were tested for their trypanocidal activities in vitro using culture-adapted bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei. All isothiocyanates showed a dose-dependent effect on the growth ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Steverding D,Michaels S,Read KD

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the roots of PICRORHIZA KURROOA a new iridoid glycoside, 6-feruloylcatalpol has been isolated, along with veronicoside and minecoside and two phenol glucosides, picein and androsin. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Stuppner H,Wagner H

更新日期：1989-10-01 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：:The present study assessed the absolute and relative bioavailabilities of dodeca-2 E,4 E,8 Z,10 E/ Z-tetraenoic acid isobutylamides (tetraenes), the main bioactive constituents in Echinacea, administered as pure compounds or in the form of an Echinacea purpurea root extract preparation. Tetraenes were administered ora...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ardjomand-Woelkart K,Kollroser M,Magnes C,Sinner F,Frye RF,Derendorf H,Bauer R,Butterweck V

更新日期：2011-11-01 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 purpose of this study was to observe the protective effects of α-boswellic acids on hypoxia-induced pulmonary vascular structural remodeling in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells in a hypertensive rat model. Pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells were cultured and then randomly divided into four groups: normox...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Xiao B,Zhang G,Ali Sheikh MS,Shi R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve phenolic compounds, including three stilbenes, two flavonoids, two coumarins, one neolignan, and four lignans, isolated from Euphorbia and Pycnanthus species or obtained by derivatization, were assayed for their potential antineoplastic efficacy in three human cancer cell lines: gastric (EPG85-257), pancreatic ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Duarte N,Lage H,Abrantes M,Ferreira MJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scutellariae Radix (SR), the root of Scutellaria baicalensis (Labiatae), is widely used in clinical Chinese medicine. In order to investigate the effect of SR on the absorption and disposition of cyclosporine, rats were administered with cyclosporine orally (in the form of the microemulsion Neoral and intravenously wi...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lai MY,Hsiu SL,Hou YC,Tsai SY,Chao PD

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astilbin, a flavonoid compound, was isolated from the rhizome of Smilax glabra Roxb. This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of astilbin on experimental diabetic nephropathy (DN) in vivo and in vitro and its possible mechanisms. Astilbin was added in high glucose stimulated HK-2 cells, streptozotocin-indu...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Li GS,Jiang WL,Yue XD,Qu GW,Tian JW,Wu J,Fu FH

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various locations in Switzerland were screened for Petasites hybridus plants with high petasin and low pyrrolizidine alkaloid content. The mean petasin content of the various populations ranged from 7.4 to 15.3 mg/g dry weight in rhizomes and from 3.3 to 11.4 mg/g dry weight in leaves. Mean pyrrolizidine alkaloid cont...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Wildi E,Langer T,Schaffner W,Büter KB

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a medium throughput screen of 880 plant and fungal extracts for antiprotozoal activity, a dichloromethane extract of Salvia miltiorrhiza roots was active against both Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Plasmodium falciparum. With HPLC-based activity profiling in combination with on- and off-line spectroscopic metho...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Slusarczyk S,Zimmermann S,Kaiser M,Matkowski A,Hamburger M,Adams M

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:From stem barks of Isolona guesquiereina three known bisbenzylisoquinolines were isolated and identified as (-)-curine, chondrofoline and isochondodendrine. Structures were established mainly on the basis of comparison of their physical and spectral data with published data for them and their methylated derivatives. C...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Mambu L,Martin MT,Razafimahefa D,Ramanitrahasimbola D,Rasoanaivo P,Frappier F

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ethanolic extract of Ilex aquifolium L. (Aquifoliaceae) concentration-dependently inhibited leukotriene B4 biosynthesis in isolated bovine PMNL with an IC50 value of about 60 micrograms/ml, whereas the effect on epidermal 12(S)-HETE biosynthesis was much less pronounced. The extract also inhibited the non-enzymati...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Müller K,Ziereis K,Paper DH

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：:In this study, the significant hepatoprotective effect of dioscin against CCl₄-induced acute liver damage in mice was first discovered, and the effect produced by dioscin at the dose of 100 mg/kg was equal to the action produced by silymarin at the dose of 200 mg/kg. Then, 1-dimension gel electrophoresis was used to s...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lu B,Yin L,Xu L,Peng J

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of two dihydrofuroquinoline alkaloids has been studied in seventeen strains of Choisya ternata (Rutaceae) initiated from the same tree. The contents of platydesminium and balfourodinium vary in heavy proportions. The effect of some factors (age of the culture, NAA or glucose concentrations of the medi...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Gras M,Crèche J,Chénieux JC,Rideau M

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antisecretory activity of Guazuma ulmifolia bark was examined in rabbit distal colon mounted in an Ussing chamber. Chloride secretion was stimulated by cholera toxin and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). Guazuma ulmifolia extract (GUE) completely inhibited cholera toxin-induced secretion if the extract was added to the muc...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Hör M,Rimpler H,Heinrich M

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new eudesmanolide sesquiterpene, sivasinolide 6-O-angelate (1), was isolated from the aerial parts of Anthemis ruthenica together with the known compounds chrysanin (2), tanacin (3), 3 beta-hydroxycostunolide (4), centauridin (5), and centaureidin (6). The compounds were obtained by means of bioactivity-guided fract...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Hajdú Z,Zupkó I,Réthy B,Forgo P,Hohmann J

更新日期：2010-01-01 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 novel diterpenoid taxol (paclitaxel) is now well-established as a potent chemotherapeutic agent. Total synthesis of the drug is not commercially feasible and, in the foreseeable future, the supply of taxol and its synthetically useful progenitors must rely on biological methods of production. The first three steps...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Hezari M,Croteau R

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:Five new compounds (1-5), including two limonoids, one triterpenoid, one steroid, and one sesquiterpenoid, along with nine known limonoids (6-14), were isolated from the bark of Melia azedarach. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by 2D NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The isolated compounds as ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Yuan CM,Zhang Y,Tang GH,Li Y,He HP,Li SF,Hou L,Li XY,Di YT,Li SL,Hua HM,Hao XJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the molecular mechanism underlying the inhibition of vascular restenosis by Radix Sophorae Flavescentis (RSF) extract after balloon dilatation injury. In a rat carotid model of balloon dilatation injury, the RSF extract showed a significant inhibitory effect on vascular restenosi...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Long G,Wang G,Ye L,Lin B,Wei D,Liu L,Yang L

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：: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：: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