Melastoma malabathricum Linn. is a perennial traditional medicine plants that grows abundantly throughout Asian countries. In this study, M. malabathricum Linn. leaf hot water crude extract with anticoagulant activity was purified through solid phase extraction cartridge and examined for the bioactive chemical constituents on blood coagulation reaction. The SPE purified fractions were, respecti...

Scrapings of intestinal mucosae from sarcoma (subcutaneous Yoshida-sarcoma) bearing rats were incubated, in vitro, with U-14C-glucose, comparing with those from normal rats. The resulting 14C-labelled products were fractionated into three carbohydrate fractions: polysaccharide-containing fraction (PS); carbohydrate fraction eluted with 50% aqueous ethanol from the charcoal-absorbed substances (...

Xylitol has been used as a substitute for sugar to prevent cavity-causing bacteria, and most studies have focused on its benefits in dental care. Meanwhile, the constituents of red ginseng (RG) are known to be effective in ameliorating the symptoms of influenza virus infection when they are administered orally for 14 days. In this study, we investigated the effect of dietary xylitol on influenz...

Aloe vera L. high molecular weight fractions (AHM) containing less than 10 ppm of barbaloin and polysaccharide (MW: 1000 kDa) with glycoprotein, verectin (MW: 29 kDa), were prepared by patented hyper-dry system in combination of freeze-dry technique with microwave and far infrared radiation. AHM produced significant decrease in blood glucose level sustained for 6 weeks of the start of the study...

The wine industry produces large amounts of grape pomace (GP), a waste that needs to be disposed properly. Bioactive compounds with high added value can recovered from GP as an interesting strategy reduce the environmental impact. Here, two different technologies were employed recover polyphenol GP: microwave hydrodiffusion and gravity (MHG) ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE). further purific...

UEDA, SEINOSUKE (Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan), AND HARUYOSHI KONO. Polysaccharide produced by the genus Pullularia. II. Trans-a-glucosidation by acetone cells of Pullularia. Appl. Microbiol. 13:882-885. 1965.-Acetone cells of Pullularia sp. were incubated with maltose, and the saccharides produced were fractionated on a charcoal column. The fractions were subjected to paper-chromatographi...

Tanacetum vulgare L. (Tansy) has been extensively used in folk medicine for treatment of a variety of medical disorders. In the present study, we isolated and purified four acidic polysaccharide fractions (designated T-I to T-IV) from Tansy florets by the sequential use of hot-water extraction, ethanol precipitation, ultra-filtration, anion-exchange, and size-exclusion chromatography. The avera...

introduction: the correlation between right and left ventricular ejection fractions (rvef and lvef, respectively) has been studied in only a small number of patients with a marked decrease in rvef and lvef. the aim of the present study was to compare lvef and rvef in patients with ischemic heart disease. rvef and lvef were measured by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (cmr) imaging. materials a...

In previous experiments in adult rats (Slack, 1954, 1955), massive tissue atrophy was induced by denervation and femoral head dislocation of one hind limb. A study of the metabolism of total collagen, total sulphated polysaccharide, and mixed muscle protein indicated that disuse atrophy does not imply cessation of all protein or polysaccharide synthesis. After the onset of atrophy some synthesi...