background and objective: sensory neurons have critical role in improvement of functional outcome of any neuroprotective strategy. the herbal medicine nepeta menthoides has been reported to have anti-apoptotic effect on axotomized spinal motoneurons. in the present study, the putative neuroprotective effect of nepeta menthoides on the axotomized dorsal root ganglion sensory neurons in neonate r...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the chemopreventive effect of the hexane extract of Ardisia crispa during the peri-initiation phase of mouse skin tumorigenesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted for 12 weeks on two-stage 7,12-dimethylbenz(α)-anthracene (DMBA)-induced tumor initiation followed by croton-oil-induced tumor promotion in mice. A. crispa root hexane extract (ACRH) was applied...

Bidensyneosides are a group of five recently identified polyacetylenic glucosides from Bidens parviflora WILLD, a traditional Chinese medicinal plant that contains rich bioactive natural products. It was shown that bidensyneosides inhibited both histamine release and nitric oxide production. The synthesis of bidensyneoside A2 (2) and C (4) as well as 3-deoxybidensyneoside C (5) are described. T...

Pharmacognostic studies on leaf of Polygonum glabrum Willd. has been carried out along with its numerical values, fluorescence characteristics and ash and extractive values.

A new sesquiterpenoid (1) was isolated from the mushroom, Sparassis crispa, along with a known sesquiterpenoid (2). The structure of 1 was determined as (3R(*), 3aS(*), 4S(*), 8aR(*))-3-(1'-hydroxy-1'-methylethyl)-5,8a-dimethyldecahydroazulen-4-ol by the combination of NMR and ESI-MS analyses.

Frankia strain AvcI1, isolated from root nodules of Alnus viridis subsp. crispa, is a member of Frankia lineage Ia, which is able to reinfect plants of the Betulaceae and Myricaceae families. Here, we report a 7.7-Mbp draft genome sequence with a G+C content of 72.41% and 6,470 candidate protein-encoding genes.