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Ten tocotrienol derivatives, i.e., amplexichromanols (1-10), were isolated from stem bark of Garcinia amplexicaulis Vieill. ex Pierre collected in Caledonia. The structures of the compounds 1-5 were determined to be chromanol derivatives substituted by a polyprenyl chain oxidized in terminal position. The remaining compounds 6-10 are the corresponding dimeric derivatives. Eleven known compounds...

Propionibacterium acnes and Staphylococcus epidermidis have been recognized as pus-forming bacteria triggering an inflammation in acne. The present study was conducted to evaluate antimicrobial activities of Thai medicinal plants against these etiologic agents of acne vulgaris. Crude extracts were tested for antimicrobial activities by disc diffusion and broth dilution methods. The results from...

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Hypocrea atroviridis is frequently used as a photomorphogenetic model due to its ability to conidiate upon exposure to light. Light is thereby believed to be the primary trigger for spore formation. In contrast, we show here that conidiation is primarily carbon source dependent and that illumination plays a catalytic role; of a total of 95 tested carbon sources, only a small set of carbohydrate...

The present study was designed to evaluate antiosteoporotic activity of the fresh juice mixtures obtained from Actinidia deliciosa and Garcinia mangostana as well as the pericarp extract of Garcinia mangostana on postmenopausal osteoporosis. 3-month-old female Wistar rats were ovariectiomized and the treatment began 14 days after ovariectomy and continued for 40 days. Statistically significant ...

Garcinia lanceifolia Roxb. is an important and endemic medicinal plant of Assam which has been used by various ethnic communities of Northeast India to treat various disorders like dysentery, dyspepsia, and biliousness. The plant is considered to be containing much medicinal value and is also eaten raw or made into pickles by the local people. Our present study has been focused on the evaluatio...

The protective effects of Garcinia kola against a dose of Carbon-Tetrachloride (CC14)induced liver damage in experimental rats were investigated. The CC14 induction (administered intraperitoneally, 0.5m1/kg body weight in olive oil-0.5ml/kg body weight) led to significant increases in the levels of serum aspartate and alanine amino transferases, alkaline phosphatase and lipid peroxides in CC14 ...

Objectives: There is a huge demand for medicinal bark in developing countries and this demand is growing fast due to it high market values. To assess the effects of bark functions and tree capacities to recover from various debarking practices, a two-year experiment was conducted and several local harvest practices were tested on

A xanthone, 1,3,6,7-tetrahydroxy-xanthone (compound (1)) had been isolated from Garcinia benthami Pierre. The isolation was conducted through the chromatography technique and spectroscopy methods by spectroscophyc: mass spectrometry (LC-MS), infra red (IR), UV, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR (1D and 2D-NMR). Antioxidant activity test by using DPPH (1,1diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) method from the isolated compou...