Sedo, Aleksi Vlasicová, Kvetoslava Barták, Petr Vespalec, Radim Vicar, Jaroslav Simánek, Vilim Ulrichová, Jitka
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Chelerythrine, sanguinarine and an alkaloid extract from Macleaya cordata--sanguiritrin--were found to be inhibitors of aminopeptidase A and dipeptidyl peptidase IV, while fagaronine inhibited dipeptidyl peptidase IV only. At 50 microM, chelerythrine, sanguinarine and sanguiritrin inhibited aminopeptidase N by 82%, 82%, 88%, DPP IV by 38%, 62%, 57%...
Jia, Wei Gao, Wenyuan
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Fiore, Cristina Eisenhut, Michael Krausse, Rea Ragazzi, Eugenio Pellati, Donatella Armanini, Decio Bielenberg, Jens
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Historical sources for the use of Glycyrrhiza species include ancient manuscripts from China, India and Greece. They all mention its use for symptoms of viral respiratory tract infections and hepatitis. Randomized controlled trials confirmed that the Glycyrrhiza glabra derived compound glycyrrhizin and its derivatives reduced hepatocellular damage ...
Ray, Sidhartha D Parmar, Mayur Syed, Ismail Rathod, Jasmine Zinkovsky, Daniel Bulku, Elida Gigliotti, Joseph Hackman, Robert M Stohs, Sidney J
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The nutritional value and therapeutic benefits coupled with presumed safety have heightened interest in the use of custom designed dietary supplements. Their use has increased substantially since the passage of the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health Education Act. However, few well-controlled studies have been conducted to assess the safety and potenti...
Asl, Marjan Nassiri Hosseinzadeh, Hossein
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The roots and rhizomes of licorice (Glycyrrhiza) species have long been used worldwide as a herbal medicine and natural sweetener. Licorice root is a traditional medicine used mainly for the treatment of peptic ulcer, hepatitis C, and pulmonary and skin diseases, although clinical and experimental studies suggest that it has several other useful ph...
Astani, Akram Reichling, Jürgen Schnitzler, Paul
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Essential oils are complex natural mixtures, their main constituents, e.g. terpenes and phenylpropanoids, being responsible for their biological properties. Essential oils from eucalyptus, tea tree and thyme and their major monoterpene compounds alpha-terpinene, gamma-terpinene, alpha-pinene, p-cymene, terpinen-4-ol, alpha-terpineol, thymol, citral...
Ahmad, Sheikh Fayaz Pandey, Anjali Kour, Kiranjeet Bani, Sarang
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The objective of the study was to investigate the activity of Lupeol (LUP) on proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in the pleural exudate from male swiss albino mice. We applied Cytometric bead array technology for simultaneously measurement of these cytokines in pleurisy induced mice treated with lupeol in graded oral doses. Cytometric ...
Li, Huawei Wu, Jufu Zhang, Zhongwen Ma, Yuanyuan Liao, Fangfang Zhang, Yu Wu, Guojuan
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Forsythoside A is a polyphenolic constituent of the fruits of Forsythia suspensa Vahl. which is widely used as an antiinflammatory agent in traditional Chinese medicine. In the present study, the effects of forsythoside A on cell infection by avian infectious bronchitis virus were assessed. A real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR assay was used t...
Djakpo, Odilon Yao, Weirong
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The species Rhus chinensis Mill. (Anacardiaceae) is an important representative of the genus Rhus, which contains over 250 individual species found in temperate and tropical regions worldwide. Rhus chinensis has long been used by folk medicine practitioners in Asia. Leaves, roots, stem, bark, fruit and particularly the galls on Rhus chinensis leave...
Chauhan, Prashant Singh Satti, Naresh Kumar Sharma, Punita Sharma, Vijay Kumar Suri, Krishan Avtar Bani, Sarang
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Despite chlorogenic acid (CGA) being widely present in nature, particularly in the human diet, there is very little information regarding its pharmacological activities. The present investigation was carried out to investigate the antiarthritic activities of this compound in adjuvant induced-arthritis in male Wistar rats, and to explore the underly...
