Bioassay-guided fractionation of the methanolic extracts of Vismia baccifera, V. jefensis, and V. macrophylla against human breast, CNS, and lung cancer cell lines resulted in the isolation of a new compound, ferruginin C (1), and seven known compounds, ferruginins A (2) and B (3), vismin (4), harunganin (5), vismione B (6), deacetylvismione H (7), and deacetylvismione A (8), as active constitu...

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) is an evergreen bushy shrub which grows along the Mediterranean Sea, and sub-Himalayan areas. In folk medicine, it has been used as an antispasmodic, mild analgesic, to cure intercostal neuralgia, headaches, migraine, insomnia emotional upset, and depression. Different investigations have highlighted rosemary neuropharmacological properties as their main top...

Background and objectives: Garden lettuce, Lactuca sativa L. (Asteraceae), is an herbaceous plant cultivated in different parts of Iran including Isfahan. In Iranian traditional medicine, it is classified as a medicinal food because it is nutritive and has therapeutic effects. As the therapeutic effects of the plant parts may be related to some volatile active constitu...

An interesting exploration in the field of phytotherapy, is in the area of ‘synergy’ which was advanced in a landmark paper by Williamson (2001) and further highlighted by Ulrich-Merzenich et al. (2007). The concept relates to the growing evidence that plant constituents may provide a ‘super additive’ biological effect when combined, as opposed to being just the sum of their individual parts (e...

In this paper, the relevant information on chemical constituents and quality evaluation of Spina gleditsiae were retrieved summarized. Modern studies show that mainly contains flavonoids, phenols, triterpenoids, coumarins, sterols, lactones, organic acids other compounds. Then methods introduced. future research, it is necessary to explore extraction separation technology its active constituent...