Fattahian, Maryam Ghanadian, Mustafa Zolfaghari, Behzad Abdeyazdan, Sara Saberi, Sedigheh Zulfiqar, Fazila Khan, Ikhlas A Ali, Zulfiqar
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Natural product research
Two new eudesmane-type sesquiterpene lactones, 1β,3α,8α-trihydroxy-11β,13-dihydroeudesma-4(15)-en-12,6α-olide (1) and 1β,4α,8α-trihydroxy-11β,13-dihydroeudesma-12,6α-olide (2), and an unprecedented elemane-type sesquiterpene lactone, 1β,2β,8α-trihydroxy-11β,13-dihydroelema-12,6α-olide (3) along with a known eudesmanolide artapshin (4) were isolated...
Sgadari, Francesco Vaglica, Alessandro Porrello, Antonella Crisafulli, Alessandro Schicchi, Rosario Bruno, Maurizio
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Natural product research
The genus Pulicaria Gaertn. (Asteraceae) comprises more than ninety-two species as annual or perennial herbs or small shrubs, distributed in Africa, Europe, and Asia, and concentrated mainly in the Mediterranean region. Several species have been used in the traditional medicine of many countries. In the present study the chemical composition of the...
Grafakou, Maria-Eleni Barda, Christina Skaltsa, Helen Heilmann, Joerg
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Natural product research
Sesquiterpene lactones are naturally occurring, highly active -specialised metabolites, which are biosynthesized by important medicinal plants, fulfilling many functions. The in vitro metabolism of parthenolide (1), grosheimin (2), carbetolide C (3), 8α-O-(3,4-dihydroxy--methylenebutanoyloxy)-dehydromelitensin (4) and arteludovicinolide A (5) was e...
Rivero-Cruz, Isabel Gutiérrez-González, José Alberto Pérez-Vásquez, Araceli Villaseñor, José Luis Mata, Rachel
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Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening
Ageratina is an American genus of the tribe Eupatorieae (Asteraceae), comprising about 320 species. In Mexico, some species of this genus are highly valued for their medicinal properties, particularly A. pichinchensis, A. petiolaris, and A. grandifolia. Furthermore, herbal preparations of A. pichinchensis are available for treating several mycoses....
Hao, Da-Cheng Lyu, Huai-Yu Wang, Fan Xiao, Pei-Gen
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Current pharmaceutical biotechnology
The medicinal properties of plants can be predicted by virtue of phylogenetic methods, which nevertheless have not been utilized to explore the regularity of skin-related bioactivities of ethnomedicinal plants. We aim to investigate the distribution of skin efficacy of Asteraceae and Ranunculales plants on the species-level Tree of Life. The clinic...
Xiong, Wei Vijverberg, Kitty
Phylogenomic analysis provides insights into MADS-box and TCP gene diversification and floral development of the Asteraceae, supported by de novo genome and transcriptome sequences from dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) Short title: Dandelion assembly used for comparative genomics of floral development This work was supported by grants from the Dutc...
Bousetla, Ahlem Keskinkaya, Hatice Banu Bensouici, Chawki Lefahal, Mostefa Atalar, Mehmet Nuri Akkal, Salah
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Natural product research
Senecio angulatus L.f. is a flowering plant from the Asteraceae family that is native to South Africa and which was observed recently in the north and the east of Algeria. This study was aimed for the first time, to evaluate concomitantly phytochemical profiles, using LC-ESI/MS analysis, following by testing and assessing in vitro antioxidant and a...
gravina;, claudia
As part of a project aimed at promoting the use of Calendula arvensis (Vaill.) L. (field marigold, Asteraceae) phytocomplexes in cosmeceutical formulations, the chemical composition in apolar specialized metabolites is herein elucidated. Furthermore, the screening of the cytotoxicity of the apolar extracts was evaluated in order to underline their ...
toussie, billy
This paper describes eight new triterpenoid saponins, including afzeliioside A (1), four acetylated afzeliiosides as pairs of inseparable regioisomers, called afzeliiosides B/C (2/3) and D/E (4/5), afzeliiosides F-H (6–8), and a known impatiprin C (9), which were isolated from the n-BuOH fraction of the liana of Microglossa afzelii. Their structure...
Qadir, Mahpara Dangroo, Nisar Ahmad Agnihotri, Vijai Kant Shah, Wajaht Amin
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Natural product research
Investigation into the chemical diversity of Artemisia tournefortiana resulted in isolation of one novel compound named tournefortin A and two known artemetin and tournefortin B bioactive compounds. Tournefortin B is first time obtained from natural source. The structure of all the isolated compounds were elucidated by detailed 1D and 2D NMR includ...
