Inhibition of chemiluminescence in human PMNs by monocyclic phenolic acids and flavonoids.

abstract：:Soybean saponin is one of several soybean glycosides. Recently, new soybean saponins which possess the DDMP (2,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-2,3-dihydro-4H-pyran-4-one) moiety have been detected. Soyasaponin beta g of these new soybean saponins was shown to inhibit hydrogen peroxide damage to mouse fibroblast cells. Not only t...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Yoshikoshi M,Yoshiki Y,Okubo K,Seto J,Sasaki Y

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：:Tuberculosis is the main cause of death from a single infectious agent. Globally, according to the World Health Organization, in 2018, there were an estimated 1.2 million tuberculosis deaths. Moreover, there is a continuous appearance of drug-resistant strains. Thus, development of new antituberculosis medicines shoul...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Guzmán-Gutiérrez SL,Silva-Miranda M,Krengel F,Huerta-Salazar E,León-Santiago M,Díaz-Cantón JK,Espitia Pinzón C,Reyes-Chilpa R

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we examined the ability of the furofuran lignan yangambin to influence the local and systemic responses induced by antigen or PAF in actively sensitized or normal rats. Given intraperitoneally 1 h before stimulation, yangambin inhibited the pleural neutrophil and eosinophil infiltration evoked by the i.p...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Serra MF,Diaz BL,Barreto EO,Pereira AP,Lima MC,Barbosa-Filho JM,Cordeiro RS,Martins MA,de Silva PM

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：:Treatment of 28-hydroxyolean-12-enes with N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) in acetonitrile at room temperature afforded 12 alpha-bromooleanan-13beta, 28-epoxides in high yield. This reaction resulted in the formation of olean-9 (11), 12-diene-18alpha, 29-epoxides from 29-hydroxy isomers but recovered only starting materials f...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Woo WS,Kang SS,Jew SS

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new lactones, 1 and 2, together with five known compounds, 3-7, were isolated from the marine mangrove fungus Xylaria sp. BL321. Their structures were determined by comprehensive analysis of their MS and NMR spectroscopic data. The absolute configurations of 1 and 2 were established on the basis of electronic circ...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Song YX,Wang J,Li SW,Cheng B,Li L,Chen B,Liu L,Lin YC,Gu YC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel hasubanalactam alkaloid, named glabradine, has been isolated from the tubers of Stephania glabra, together with three known quaternary protoberberine alkaloids, palmatine, dehydrocorydalmine and stepharanine. The structure of glabradine was assigned as 7-O-demethyl-N,O-dimethyloxostephinine, by means of rigoro...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Semwal DK,Rawat U

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aerial parts of JUNGIA SETERIANA afforded in addition to known compounds two pairs of isomeric C (17)-acetylenes which differ in the number of triple bonds and in the configuration of the 9,10-double bond. The structures and configurations followed from the UV and the (1)H-NMR spectra, especially from those of the...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Bohlmann F,Zdero C,King RM,Robinson H

更新日期：1984-04-01 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：:O-Methyl (1), O-ethyl (2), and O-butyl (3) 4-[(α-L-rhamnosyloxy) benzyl] thiocarbamate (E), along with 4-(α-L-rhamnosyloxy) benzyl isothiocyanate (4) have been isolated from the aerial parts of Moringa peregrina. The compounds were tested for in vitro activity against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and cytotoxicity in...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ayyari M,Salehi P,Ebrahimi SN,Zimmermann S,Portmann L,Krauth-Siegel RL,Kaiser M,Brun R,Rezadoost H,Rezazadeh S,Hamburger M

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Averrhoa bilimbi Linn. fruit and its extracts were screened for antihypercholesterolemic activity using Triton-induced hypercholesterolemia in rats as a model. The fruit and its water extract, but not alcohol and hexane extracts, showed remarkable antihypercholesterolemic activity. An active fraction, which showed act...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Ambili S,Subramoniam A,Nagarajan NS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cissampentine A (1), an enantiomer of cissampentin, three new cycleatjehenine-type bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids, cissampentine B-D (2-4), and five known alkaloids were isolated from the roots of Cyclea tonkinensis. Their structures were established by interpretation of NMR, high-resolution ESI-MS data, and CD spect...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Wang JZ,Liao J,Xu WL,Chen XB

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimycobacterial quinolones 1-methyl-2-undecyl-4-quinolone, dihydroevocarpine and evocarpine as well as the indoloquinazoline alkaloids rutaecarpine and evodiamine - all from the Chinese medicinal herb Evodia rutaecarpa - were tested in two in vitro assays, for cytotoxicity and interaction with p-glycoprotein (p-...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Adams M,Mahringer A,Kunert O,Fricker G,Efferth T,Bauer R

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

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：: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：: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：:A new acylated flavonoid, quercetin 3- O-alpha- L-(5"- O-acetyl)-arabinofuranoside ( 1), along with six known flavonoids ( 2 - 7) were isolated from the aerial parts of Rodgersia podophylla. The new flavonoid 1 exhibited 50.1 % hepatoprotective activity at a concentration of 100 microM, and the three known compounds 3...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Chin YW,Lim SW,Kim YC,Choi SZ,Lee KR,Kim J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the fresh, undried, and uncrushed leaves of NERIUM OLEANDER a new triterpenoid, kanerocin, has been isolated along with known ursolic and oleanolic acids and its structure established through chemical and spectroscopic methods as 3alpha-hydroxy-urs-18,20-dien-28-oic acid. ...

journal_title：Planta medica

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

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propionibacterium acnes, an anaerobic pathogen, plays an important role in the pathogenesis of acne and seems to initiate the inflammatory process by producing proinflammatory cytokines. In order to demonstrate the anti-inflammatory effects and action mechanisms of magnolol and honokiol, several methods were employed....

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Lee J,Jung E,Park J,Jung K,Lee S,Hong S,Park J,Park E,Kim J,Park S,Park D

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turmeric has been extensively utilized in Indian and Chinese medicine for its immune-modulatory properties. Dendritic cells (DCs) are antigen-presenting cells specialized to initiate and regulate immunity. The ability of DCs to initiate immunity is linked to their activation status. The effects of turmeric on human DC...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Krasovsky J,Chang DH,Deng G,Yeung S,Lee M,Leung PC,Cunningham-Rundles S,Cassileth B,Dhodapkar MV

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Products of lipoxygenase metabolism play a role in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. Four protoberberine alkaloids, berberine, oxyberberine, jatrorrhizine, columbamine, and two aporphine alkaloids, magnoflorine, and corytuberine, isolated from Mahonia aquifolium, were tested for lipoxygenase inhibition. Oxyberberine, cor...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Misík V,Bezáková L,Máleková L,Kostálová D

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jujuboside A (JuA) is a glycoside extracted from the seed of Ziziphus jujuba Mill var. spinosa (Bunge) Hu ex H F Chou, a Chinese herbal medicine, which has long been known as a sedative-hypnotic drug. The present study used the method of intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) JuA in vivo to detect the effect of JuA on paire...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Shou C,Feng Z,Wang J,Zheng X

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, hemolysis, Western blot, and real-time RT-PCR assays were performed to evaluate silibinin's activity against S. aureus α-toxin secretion. In addition, live/dead cell staining and lactate dehydrogenase activity assays were introduced to examine the influence of silibinin on α-toxin-induced cell injury in...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Wang X,Dong J,Dai X,Zhang Y,Wang J,Li H,Lu C,Tan W,Gao X,Deng X,Bu S,Niu X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutively activated STAT3 plays a pivotal role in oncogenesis and metastasis in many human cancers, and STAT3 has been validated as a novel anticancer drug target. Thus, the identification of small molecules that modulate STAT3 activity could be of great therapeutic importance. The aim of this study was to isolat...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Liu J,Zhang Q,Chen K,Liu J,Kuang S,Chen W,Yu Q

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dietary intake of flavonoids seems to be inversely related to cardiovascular mortality. The consumption of isoflavonoids is increasing in the general population, especially due to the use of food supplements and a variety of isoflavonoid-rich foods. However, detailed studies on the vascular influence of individual...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Migkos T,Pourová J,Vopršalová M,Auger C,Schini-Kerth V,Mladěnka P

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential oils of Salvia ringens (samples A and B), were analyzed by means of GC and GC/MS. From the seventy-five identified constituents representing 99.82 and 99.86% of the oils, 1,8-cineole and alpha-pinene were the major components. Furthermore, sample B exhibited a very interesting antimicrobial profile after...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Tzakou O,Pitarokili D,Chinou IB,Harvala C

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：:Infusions of Citrullus colocynthis Schrad. (Cucurbitaceae) fruits are traditionally used as antidiabetic medication in Mediterranean countries, but to our knowledge no studies have been undertaken so far to determine the possible mechanisms involved in the antidiabetic properties of the fruit. The present study was de...

journal_title：Planta medica

authors： Nmila R,Gross R,Rchid H,Roye M,Manteghetti M,Petit P,Tijane M,Ribes G,Sauvaire Y

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00