Synthesis of a variety of 5,5-trans fused lactones, related to compounds found in extracts of Lantana camara, has provided a series of novel acylating inhibitors of human thrombin, trypsin, chymotrypsin and human leucocyte elastase. The most effective thrombin inhibitor is 7 with an IC50 of 130 nM
Medicinal plant extracts of five plants; Adhatoda vasica, Eucalyptus globulus, Lantana camara, Nerium oleander and Ocimum basilicum collected from Cairo, Egypt were evaluated against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici race 3 in vitro conditions using water and certain organic solvents. The