The Hengduan Mountains of the Sino-Himalayas are rich in endemic species of Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae. To investigate relationships among these species and to ascertain their higher-level phylogenetic placements within the subfamily, we examined 106 accessions (representing 100 species from 52 genera) including the Chinese endemic genera Changium, Cyclorhiza, Notopterygium, Nothosmyrnium, an...

Supplementation of the diet with Peucedanum japonicum Thunb (PJT) powder inhibits high-fat diet-induced obesity in mice. Either the fiber component or other bioactive components in the PJT powder may inhibit obesity. This study, therefore, was an attempt to identify the components, fiber or other phytochemicals of PJT that were responsible for the anti-obesity activity, and also studied the mod...

Peucedanum praeruptorum Dunn is well-known traditional Chinese medicine. However, little is known in the biosynthesis and the transport mechanisms of its coumarin compounds at the molecular level. Although transcriptomic sequence is playing an increasingly significant role in gene discovery, it is not sufficient in predicting the specific function of target gene. Furthermore, there is also a hu...

From osthole [7-methoxy-8-(3-methyl-but-2-enyl)-chromen-2-one] (I), obtained by selective extraction of Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) W. Koch roots, ostholic acid (II) was synthetized as a result of its oxidation with chromium trioxide. From ostholic acid, through its chloride, four amides were obtained: the morpholide 1, the p-chloro-benzylamide 2, the piperidine 3 and the N-methyl-piperazide 4. ...

genus peucedanum belongs to the subfamily of apioideae (umbelliferae family) and is reported to have many medicinal properties. several spiecis of peucedum reported to have antispasmodic activity. p eucedanum pastinacifolium species grows in iran. however, so far there is no report on its antispasmodic activity. the objective of this research was to investigate antispasmodic activities of p. pa...

antioxidant activity of peucedanum pastinacifolium boiss. & hausskn aerial part hydroalcoholic extract (hae) and polyphenolic extract (ppe) as well as their total phenolic and flavonoid contents were studied. phenolic and flavonoid contents were respectively estimated as gallic acid and quercetin equivalents. the in vitro antioxidant activity of two extracts of p. pastinacifolium were evaluated...