Dillenia suffruticosa L. (Dilleniaceae) is used in traditional medicine for protection against various diseases. The current study was designed to investigate the bioactive compounds and hepatoprotective potential of methanol leaves extract of D. suffruticosa against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced hepatic oxidative injury. Sprague Dawley rats were pretreated with methanol extract of D. suf...

Five terpenes (1-5), three fatty acids (6-8), two sterols (9 and 11), and a monogalactosyldiacyl glycerol (10) were isolated from the methylene chloride extract of the aerial part of Cirsium setidens. Their chemical structures were determined to be alpha-tocopherol (1), 25-hydroperoxycycloart-23-en-3beta-ol (2), 24-hydroperoxycycloart-25-en-3beta-ol (3), mokko lactone (4), transphytol (5), 9,12...

The plant Typhonium flagelliforme, commonly known as "rodent tuber" in Malaysia, is often used as a health supplement and traditional remedy for alternative cancer therapies, including leukemia. This study aimed to evaluate in vitro anti-leukemic activity of dichloromethane extract/fraction number 7 (DCM/F7) from T. flagelliforme tuber on human T4 lymphoblastoid (CEMss) cell line. The DCM extra...

Muhammad Shaiq Ali*, Muhammad Saleem, and Viqar Uddin Ahmad H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan Z. Naturforsch. 54b, 807Ð810 (1999); received July 22, 1998 Lamiaceae, Zataria multiflora, Isopropyl Benzene Constituents, Structure Elucidation, NMR Data A new isopropyl benzene derivative named as zatatriol (5) and two synthetically known compoun...

Palmitic acid, or hexadecanoic acid, a 16-carbon saturated fatty acid (FA), accounts for approximately 38% of the total circulating FA in lean or obese humans. In an article published in BMC Medicine, Hall et al. report that cultured islets from healthy donors, when exposed to palmitate, undergo changes in CpG methylation that are associated with modifications of expression in 290 genes. Their ...

Lipid A fractions from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas alcaligenes have similar compositions and structural features. By means of hydrazinolysis of the parent lipopolysaccharides and partial hydrolysis of the deacylation products, it was established that both lipids are derived from the beta-(1-->6)-linked disaccharide of glucosamine. Phosphorylated derivatives of the disaccharide from P...

The genus Marsdenia is an essential with abundant phytochemistry. Its bioactive compounds contribute to the bioactivity of as drugs, biological control agents, and plant's oils. brunoniana found wild in several places Indonesia. There are inadequate reports literature concerning chemical profiles M. brunoniana. SPME-GC-MS a fast, versatile, feasible technique identify volatile primary for furth...

The present study was carried out to analyze the possible active constituents in ethanolic extract of stem bark, leaves, and seeds Sterculia quadrifida (Sterculiaceae). S. is locally known as "Faloak" East Nusa Tenggara Province commonly used traditional medicine treat hepatitis. Its parts were collected from Kupang City, province. Chemical compounds identified by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectr...

Bergenia ciliata is a weed of hilly areas Pakistan that generally grows in rock crevices. In the present study, flowers this weeds were collected from Murree. The dried extracted methanol and subjected to GC-MS analysis showed 7 compounds it. predominant compound was hexanedioic acid, bis(2-ethylhexyl) ester (48.88%) followed by γ-sitosterol (22.56%). Moderately occurring cyclohexane, 1,3,5-tri...

The current analysis was carried out to determine the chemical components in leaves of R. minima (L.) DC. GC-MS methanolic extract Minima indicated presence 19 compounds. prevailing compounds were 1Pentadecene (14.31), alpha. Bisabolol (10.39%), 1Heptadecene (9.78%), Cyclohexene,4 (1,5dimethyl1,4hexadienyl (7.06%), 3Hexadecene (Z) (8.10%), Caryophyllene (6.58%), Neophytadiene (5.16%), Humulene ...