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Atractylodin and β-eudesmol are the major active ingredients of Atractylodes lancea (Thunb) DC. (AL). Both compounds exhibit various pharmacological activities, including anticancer activity against cholangiocarcinoma. Despite the widespread use of this plant in traditional medicine in China, Japan,
omega-Agatoxin IVA-sensitive Ca(2+) channels have been thought to be involved in physiological excitatory amino acid glutamate release and these channels may also contribute to the development of ischemic brain injury. Recently, we demonstrated that alpha-eudesmol from Juniperus virginiana Linn.
The crude drug Sojutsu, as defined by the Japanese Pharmacopoeia, is the rhizome of Atractylodes lancea De Candolle, Atractylodes chinensis Koidzumi, or their interspecific hybrids (Asteraceae). Sojutsu is one of the traditional Kampo formulas, which are administered to patients suffering from
Aquilaria agallocha Roxb. family, Thymelaeaceae, is an evergreen plant of South-East Asia, commonly described as aloe wood or agarwood. Traditionally, the bark, root and heartwood are used for their medicinal properties as a folk medicine for hundreds of years. Chemical analyses revealed that the
BACKGROUND
Peperomia serpens (Piperaceae), popularly known as "carrapatinho", is an epiphyte herbaceous liana grown wild on different host trees in the Amazon rainforest. Its leaves are largely used in Brazilian folk medicine to treat inflammation, pain and asthma.
OBJECTIVE
This study investigated
The aerial parts of Salvia cinnabarina afforded two undescribed labdane diterpenoids 1 and 2 (malonylcommunol and 6β-hydroxy-trans-communic acid) along with two known labdane diterpenoids, trans-communic acid (3) and trans-communol (4).
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the essential oil composition and the anti-inflammatory activity of Cymbopogon validus (C. validus) leaves and flowers.
METHODS
A total of 300 g of fresh or dry (leaves and flowers) of C. validus were cut into small pieces and subjected to hydro-distillation method for