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Plants, Medicinal
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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder caused by insufficient or inefficient insulin secretary response and it is characterized by increased blood glucose levels (hyperglycemia). DM is a heterogonous group of syndromes. Glucose is the main energy source for the body, and in t...
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PMID: 21826590
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We are able to support the conservation of native forest resources of medicinal use by means of vegetative propagation techniques....
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PMID: 21834239
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Anti-ulcer potential and proton pump inhibitory activity of kolaviron (KV) isolated from Garcinia kola Heckel has been evaluated using different ulcer models. Cold-restraint (CRU), aspirin (ASP), alcohol (AL), pyloric ligation (PL) induced gastric ulcer models were used to assess anti-ulcerogenic act...
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PMID: 21702226
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MMW Fortschritte der Medizin (153)19 2011
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We specifically deal with biosynthesis of podophyllotoxin with an emphasis on the literatures of the past decade, highlighting characterization of genes encoding synthetic enzymes and down-stream metabolism of PTOX. The present review focuses on several key biosynthesis processes, important metaboli...
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PMID: 21842631
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Ceska a Slovenska farmacie : casopis Ceske farmaceuticke spolecnosti a Slovenske farmaceuticke spolecnosti (60)2 2011
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The paper aims to specify all important active principles in the herb Genista tinctoria which exert different biological activities. It also mentions the methods of chemical evaluation of these substances.
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PMID: 21650007
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We performed various obesity-related experiments in vitro and in vivo. In adipogenesis assay, LFE blocked the differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocyte in a dose-dependent manner with an IC50 of 2.5 μg/ml. In addition, LFE suppressed the expression of lipogenic genes, while increasing the expression o...
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PMID: 21389766
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Plant-derived medicines have a long history of use for the prevention and treatment of human disease. Today, many pharmaceuticals currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have origins to plant sources. A major role for plant-derived compounds based on the reported...
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PMID: 21056709
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Experimental Parasitology (127)3 2011
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Malaria is a major public health problem in many tropical and subtropical countries and the burden of this disease is getting worse, mainly due to the increasing resistance of Plasmodium falciparum against the widely available antimalarial drugs. There is an urgent need for discovery...
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PMID: 21095187
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To evaluate herbal medicines, other than St. John's wort, in the treatment of depression. DATA SOURCES/SEARCH METHODS: A computer-based search of Medline, Cinahl, AMED, ALT Health Watch, Psych Articles, Psych Info, Current Contents databases, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and Cochrane Database...
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PMID: 21438645
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We studied the interaction of [6]-gingerol, [8]-gingerol, [10]-gingerol (racemates), and [6]-shogaol with guinea pig M (3) receptors, guinea pig 5-HT (3) receptors, and rat 5-HT (4) receptors. In whole segments of guinea pig ileum (bioassay for contractile M (3) receptors), [6]-gingerol, [8]-gingero...
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PMID: 21305447
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These results suggest that TCE is a potential agent for alleviating diabetic complications....
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PMID: 21308613
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Revue d histoire de la pharmacie (58)368 2011
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A dispensary register from 1725 and contemporaneous container subscriptions allows an approach of 18th century pharmacopea different from the treatises' in a Catalonian farmacy. The drugs panel shows comparisons with regional scheme and the role of local flora. The prescription register--exceptional...
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PMID: 21661223
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We also analyzed its effect on cell proliferation IN VITRO, cytotoxicity, and skin irritation. Different extracts obtained from the aerial parts of A. pichinchensis, topically administrated, were evaluated in a healing model by scalpel-blade incision on the rat. The extracts, at 10 % concentrations,...
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PMID: 21267810
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The pathogenicity of staphylococcus aureus is dependent largely upon its ability to secrete a number of virulence factors, therefore, anti-virulence strategy to combat S. aureus-mediated infections is now gaining great interest. It is widely recognized that some plant essential oils could affect the...
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PMID: 21283822
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Dieting plays a central role in healing among Iquito speakers. Specific prohibitions can be explained in terms of specific aspects of illness etiologies, pathophysiologies and treatments. Although the Amazonian literature contains few studies focusing on dietary proscriptions over a wide range of il...
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PMID: 21745400
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Growing interest is on food tree species in general, and particularly indigenous fruit tree species in developing countries since they are inherent to most tropical landscapes and serve the dual function of local livelihood support and biodiversity conservation. It is therefore relevant to assess the...
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PMID: 21284847
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Menzies made the earliest extant botanical collections in the Galápagos; five sheets, representing three endemic species, are known. Menzies's own account of the visit is also extant and is transcribed here from his manuscript journal.
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PMID: 21560440
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Fitoterapia (82)1 2011
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Methanolic extract of Euphorbia cornigera shoots was separated using HPLC, affording compounds 1-4. Their structures and relative stereochemistry were established after obtaining their spectroscopic (IR, (1)H, (13)C NMR COSY-45°, HOHAHA, HSQC, HMBC, NOESY, and mass measurement) data. On the basis o...
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PMID: 21061221
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MMW Fortschritte der Medizin (152)43 2010
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In order to find antiosteoporotic agents from natural resources, 32 Indonesian medicinal plants were screened for their effects on osteoblast differentiation by using alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity in MC3T3-E1 osteoblast cells as a marker. From the extract of Barleria lupulina, which showed the...
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PMID: 21213964
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Two new compounds 1 and 2 have been isolated from the aerial parts of Urena lobata L. The structures of the two new compounds were established as ceplignan-4-O-β-d-glucoside (1) and 2,5-dihydroxy benzoic acid-7-(2,6-dimethyl-6-hydroxy-2,7-octadienoic acid) anhydride-5-O-β-d-apiofuranosyl(1 → 2...
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PMID: 21061218
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Pharmacologically motivated natural product investigations have yielded a large variety of structurally unique lead compounds with interesting biomedical properties, but the natural roles of these molecules often remain unknown. In the present investigation, a series of benzyl substituted-flavone de...
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PMID: 21061220
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Biebersteinia multifida is a common herb known in Iran. Its roots have been used locally in folk medicine of western region of Iran in the treatment of many diseases. The antioxidant activity and its inhibition of erythrocyte hemolysis were investigated.
1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl radical (DPPH)...
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PMID: 21222368
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Pharmaceutical Biology (48)10 2010
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Mycoplasma spp. are obligate parasites of humans and animals. But due to the special requirements needed to culture Mycoplasma in the laboratory, little or no research has been done to evaluate the efficacy of medicinal plants on the organism.
To screen medicinal plants traditionally used to treat i...
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PMID: 20819025
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We found that IAX could suppress various steps of tumor metastasis including proliferation, migration and invasion in a dose-dependent manner on colorectal cancer cells. Especially matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2), the pivotal factor in cancer invasion, was suppressed both on activation and expres...
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PMID: 20017136
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Eight known and two new triterpenoid derivatives, neemfruitins A (9) and B (10), have been isolated from the fruits of neem, Azadirachta indica, a traditional antimalarial plant used by Asian and African populations. In vitro antiplasmodial tests evidenced a significant activity of the known gedunin...
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PMID: 20669933
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Screening of a total of 86 crude drugs for retinoid X receptor (RXR) ligands demonstrated that the methanol extract of the bark of Magnolia obovata markedly activated the transcriptional activity of RXRalpha in luciferase reporter assays. Thereafter, honokiol (1) was isolated as a constituent able t...
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PMID: 20695472
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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Prolyl oligopeptidase (POP) is a serine protease highly expressed in the brain that hydrolyses peptide bonds at the carboxyl terminal of prolyl residues. There is evidence that this enzyme participates in several functions of the central nervous system. Scutellaria racemosa Pers demonstrated signifi...
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PMID: 20117183
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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Phytochemical investigation of the stem bark of Trewia nudiflora led to the isolation of two new cardenolides, trewianin (1) and trewioside (2), along with scopoletin (3) and indole-3-carboxylic acid (4). Structures were established by 1D- and 2D NMR spectroscopy, HR-MS analysis, and by comparison w...
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PMID: 20097274
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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We report the complete spectroscopic assignments for 3.
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PMID: 20080158
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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Two new iridoid glucosides, named diffusosides A and B, were isolated from the aerial part of Hedyotis diffusa Willd. Their structures were elucidated by 1D-, 2D-NMR spectroscopic analysis and HRESIMS. These two compounds showed no cytotoxic activity against SMMC-7721, SW480, SW620, Bel7402, and Hep...
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PMID: 20080156
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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The seed of Cassia obtusifolia Linn have yielded three new compounds, 2-benzyl-4,6-dihydroxy benzoic acid (1), 2-benzyl-4,6-dihydroxy benzoic acid-6-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (2) and 2-benzyl-4,6-dihydroxy benzoic acid-4-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (3). Their structures were determined by spectroscopic...
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PMID: 20211226
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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Two secolignan glycoside isomers, urticaside A (1) and urticaside B (2), were isolated from the roots of Urtica triangularis Hand.-Mazz. Their structures were elucidated by means of spectral analyses including 1D, 2D NMR and HR-EI-MS.
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PMID: 20211227
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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Phytochemical investigation of the ethanol extract of the leaves of Andrographis paniculata yielded one novel diterpene (13R, 14R) 3, 13, 14, 19-tetrahydroxy-ent-labda-8 (17), 11-dien-16, 15-olide 1 which has an uncommon cis-diol groups in the lactone moiety, and 3, 19-isopropylidene-14-deoxy-ent-la...
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PMID: 20230876
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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Phytochemical study on the ethanol extract of the rhizomes of Curculigo breviscapa led to the isolation of two new norlignans, breviscapin C (1) and breviscaside B (2), together with six known norlignans, curcapital (3), capituloside (4), pilosidine (5), curcapitoside (6), crassifoside H (7), and cr...
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PMID: 20079812
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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Although the quinolizidine alkaloids and flavonoids, the main active components of the traditional Chinese medicine Sophora flavescens, have been largely investigated, a new matrine alkaloid derivative 9alpha-hydroxy-7,11-dehydromatrine (1) and a rare 1,4-diazaindan-type alkaloid flavascensine (17),...
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PMID: 20079811
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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Two new triterpene saponins, paraquinosides A (1) and B (2) were isolated from the aerial parts of Paraquilegia microphylla (Royle) Dromm. et Hutch, a Tibetan ethnic medicine distributed in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. On the basis of 1D and 2D NMR evidence, their structure was elucidated as 3-O-alpha...
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PMID: 20176088
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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Two new chalcone derivatives named morachalcones B and C (1 and 2) were isolated from the leaves of Morus alba L. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis. Morachalcones B (1) and C (2) represent two examples of chalcones having unusual furan rings which are formed by cyclization b...
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PMID: 20211228
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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Two new bufadienolides, named tigencaoside A(1) and tigencaoside B(2), were isolated from the rhizomes of Helleborus thibetanus Franch., along with two known bufadienolides, hellebrigenin (3) and 5beta,14beta-dihydroxy-19-oxo-3beta-[(alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl)oxy]bufa-20,22-dienolide (4). Their struct...
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PMID: 20230875
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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Together with apigenine dimethylether and piperchabamide A, a new amide alkaloid, Kaousine and the Z form of antiepilepsirine were isolated from the aerial part of Piper capense L.f (Piperaceae). Their structures were elucidated by spectrometric methods and their in vitro antiparasitic activities we...
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PMID: 20227469
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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We focused on wood of Artocarpus heterophyllus which shows anti-melanogenesis activity. By activity-guided fractionation of A. heterophyllus wood extract, a new prenylated flavonoid, 3-prenyl luteolin (1) was isolated. The IC(50) of mushroom tyrosinase inhibitory activity of 1 was 76.3 microM. The r...
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PMID: 20230878
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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Rapid micropropagation of Nepeta rtanjensis, N. sibirica and N. nervosa was performed. Qualitative and quantitative nepetalactone content in methanol extracts of in vitro grown plants was analysed by reverse-phase HPLC coupled with UV and MS detection. Only trans,cis-nepetalactone was detected in sh...
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PMID: 20307630
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Fitoterapia (81)6 2010
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Tribulus terrestris L. (Zygophyllaceae) is one of the highly traded raw drugs and also used as a stimulative food additive in Europe and USA. While, Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recognizes T. terrestris as Goksura, Tribulus lanuginosus and T. subramanyamii are also traded by the same name raisin...
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PMID: 20083169
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To investigate the AAPH scavenging activities of 22 flavonoids and phenolic acids and 9 extracts of Chinese materia medica.
The antioxidant activities of the samples were evaluated by an oxygen radical absorbance capacity method (ORAC), at the same time, the total contents of flavonoids and phenolic...
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PMID: 21137342
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The paper discusses the theory regarding to the Chinese material medical (CMM) regionalization. It is based on the studying of papers and practical experience in the field of CMM regionalization. The basic theories of CMM regionalization are laws of territorial differentiation and location theory. T...
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PMID: 21137354
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by dysfunctional intracellular and extracellular biochemical processes that result in neuron death. This article summarizes hypotheses regarding cell dysfunction in AD and discusses the effectiveness of, and problems with, different therapies. Pharmaceutical...
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PMID: 21155625
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These results were consistent with validation experiments.
Studying compatibility principle of TCMF by network theory is a new and feasible method....
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PMID: 21141503
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Flavonoids are an important effective component of traditional Chinese medicine, which are widely distributed in the plant kingdom. The biosynthesis of flavonoid in plants is affected and regulated by various environmental factors. For a necessary environmental factor to plant growth and development...
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PMID: 21141479
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Three hydrolyzable tannins, geraniin, corilagin and gallic acid, main active components of Geranium wilfordii Maxim, have been separated and purified in one-step by both reversed-phase and normal-phase high-speed counter-current chromatography. Gallic acid, corilagin and geraniin were purified from...
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PMID: 20549664
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Aristolochic acids (AAs) are a family of structurally related nitrophenanthrene carboxylic acids existing in Aristolochia, Bragantia, and Asarum species. AAs have been proven to have nephrotoxic and carcinogenic toxicity. In this study, a novel pre-column fluorescence derivatization procedure follow...
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PMID: 20399058
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The antibacterial activity of Vernonia cinerea (L.) extract was investigated using the broth dilution method. The extract showed a favorable antimicrobial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa with a minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) value of 3.13 mg/mL. V. cinerea extract at (1/2), 1, or 2 t...
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PMID: 20594042
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Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis, Lamiaceae) is a well-known medicinal plant. Amongst the biologically active ingredients are a number of phenolic compounds, the most prominent of which is rosmarinic acid. To obtain better knowledge of the biosynthesis of these phenolic compounds, two enzymes of the...
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PMID: 20563822
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Progress in the studies on responses of medicinal plants to drought stress including changes of appearance, physiological adaptation, biochemistry response and molecular mechanisms were summarized. Committed steps of controlled experiment of medicinal plants to drought stress were proposed consideri...
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PMID: 20931837
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The eleven Chinese herbal medicine containing flavonoids are applied as raw materials to explore the relationship between the inhibitory ratio of nitrosamine synthesis, the scavenging ratio of nitrite and the flavonoid content in the samples. The inhibitory ratio of nitrosamine synthesis and the sca...
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PMID: 20931851
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Four new steroidal saponins (1-4) were isolated from the stem and bark of two species of Dracaena: deistelianosides A and B (1 and 2) from D. deisteliana and arboreasaponins A and B (3 and 4) from D. arborea. Six known saponins and one known sapogenin were also isolated. The structures of 1-4 were e...
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PMID: 20553003
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Four new chromane derivatives, anthopogochromane (1), anthopogochromene A (2), anthopogochromene B (3), and anthopogochromene C (4), and two known compounds, daurichromenic acid (5) and ilicicolinic acid B (6), have been isolated from the Chinese medicinal plant Rhododendron anthopogonoides. The S a...
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PMID: 20586436
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We show that Psychotria leptothyrsa var. longicarpa (Rubiaceae) contains a suite of different cyclotides. The cyclotide fractions were isolated by RP-HPLC, and sequences of six new peptides, named psyles A-F, were determined by MS/MS sequencing. One of these, psyle C, is the first rubiaceous linear...
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PMID: 20575512
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