The roots of the South American vine Herreria montevidensis Klotzsch ex Griseb. (Herreriaceae) are used in traditional medicine by several Amerindian groups of the Paraguayan Chaco. Little is known on the chemistry of the plant, despite its widespread use across the South American Chaco. From the ethyl acetate/methanol 1:1 extract of the roots, four new and one known homoisoflavanoid, two flava...

Abstract: Aim/Background: Plant-based medicines have gained remarkable recognition recently, as consumers begun to express their preference for herbal remedies. C. bonducella, commonly known fever nut, is said massive value in Ayurveda regarding health and cosmetics. We aim envisage the alkaloid its anti-inflammatory property using in-vitro techniques. Materials Methods: bonducella powder, soxh...

This in vitro study evaluated the effects of crude alkaloid compounds extract plant A. majus leaves and flowers on some biological performance aspects insect. The results showed that at concentrations 10, 20 30 mg/ml significantly affected cumulative mortality different stages. concentration ( 30) had most noticeable effects, causing highest rate second fourth larval instars (86.7 73. 3 %, resp...

Background: Alkaloids are a group of nitrogen- containing natural compounds derived from a variety of sources including bacteria, fungi, marine organisms and plants. Materials and methods: Fruits, stem or leaves were collected from the Zagros highlands around Azna or Khoramabad city, dried and powdered before being extracted in a soxhalet apparatus. The extract was filtered and concentrated u...

A new prenylated indole diketopiperazine alkaloid, cristatumin F (1), and four known metabolites, echinulin (2), dehydroechinulin (3), neoechinulin A (4) and variecolorin O (5), were isolated from the crude extract of the fungus Eurotium cristatum. The structure of 1 was elucidated primarily by NMR and MS methods. The absolute configuration of 1 was assigned using Marfey's method applied to its...

was probably one of those simpler vegetable protein bases (amines), produced by enzyme action, both before and during the germinating processes. In feeding experiments on animals this substance was shown to be water soluble, differentiating it from the poisonous alkaloids of plants. As it was also soluble in chloroform, Stockman was able to extract it by the methods used for extracting alkaloid...

From the hexane extract of the bark of the stems of Senna racemosa (syn. Cassia racemosa) a new dihydroanthracenone derivative, named racemochrysone, was isolated. Its structure was established as 8,9-dihydroxy-3-methoxy-2,2,6-trimethyl-(2H)-anthracen-1-one based on spectroscopical data, mainly 1D and 2D NMR experiments. In addition beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, chrysophanol and physcion were ...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND AND THE PURPOSE OF STUDY: Galanthus transcaucasicus Fomin (Amaryllidaceae) is an endemic species to the Caucasia and Alborz mountains in Iran which locally named "Gole-Barfi". While there are many reports on pharmacological activities of Galanthus species' alkaloids, there is no report on G. transcaucasicus and this article is the first phytochemical study on this species....

This paper reports on the vinca alkaloid produced by a novel Nigrospora sphaerica isolated from Catharanthus roseus. Through liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LCMS), only the crude mycelia extract of this fungus was positive for determination of vinblastine. This vinca alkaloid was then purified by using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and tested for cytotoxicity activity u...

Chemical investigation of the EtOH extract from the tubers of Stephania succifera collected in Hainan Province of China resulted in the isolation of the two new alkaloids Cepharanone D (1) and N-formyl-asimilobine (2), and a known alkaloid, N-formyl-annonain (3). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic techniques (UV, IR, 1D and 2D NMR). The antimicrobial activities of the three compo...