Waleguele, Christine Claire Tchuente Tchuenmogne, Marthe Aimée Fotsing Fongang, Yannick Stéphane Ngatchou, Jules Kezetas Bankeu, Jean Jules Ngouela, Augustin Silvère Tsamo, Etienne Sewald, Norbert Krause, Rui Werner Maçedo Lenta, Bruno Ndjakou
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The antiplasmodium assay-guided investigation of the roots, stem bark, and leaves of Persea americana Mill. led to the isolation of a new fatty alcohol, perseatriol (1), along with six known compounds (2–7). Their structures were elucidated based on the analysis of their NMR and MS data. All crude extracts and fractions exhibited good antiplasmodia...
Osmaniye, Derya Alaşan, Ramazan Sağlık, Begüm Nurpelin Levent, Serkan Özkay, Yusuf Kaplancıklı, Zafer Asım
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MAO-A inhibitors are used in the treatment of depression. There are many studies showing that the thiazolyl-hydrazone structure is a pharmacophore structure for the MAO enzyme. In previous studies by our team, activity studies were carried out with thiazolyl-hydrazone derivatives containing pyrrolidine, morpholine, and piperazine. All of them were ...
Isidorov, Valery A. Nazaruk, Jolanta Stocki, Marcin Bakier, Sławomir
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The subject of this study is the composition of low-molecular-weight metabolites in downy birch (Betula pubescens) buds and their participation in protection from various kinds of stress. Using the GC-MS, 640 compounds were detected, of which 314 were identified in downy birch buds for the first time. The volatile components detected using the SPME...
Şenöztop, Eylül Dokuzlu, Tuğçe Güngörmüşler, Mine
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Probiotics are living organisms that have beneficial effects on host by regulating the microbial balance of the intestinal system. While probiotics are naturally found in yogurt and other fermented foods, they can also be added to many products. Although mostly in dairy products, it is possible to see examples of food products supplemented by probi...
Thomas Wieland, Moifo Kuete Pantaleon, Ambassa Luciane Marlyse, Moungang Bathelemy, Ngameni Thomas, Storr E. Bonaventure, Ngadjui Tchaleu Richard, Stephenson G.
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Agelanthus brunneus (Loranthaceae) is a hemiparasitic plant growing on Senna siamea (Fabaceae). The chemical investigation of its leaves and flowers led to the isolation of one new phenolic compound namely (−)-brunneusine (1), together with 13 known compounds. The crude leaves and flowers extracts (CLE and CFLE) with their ethyl acetate fractions (...
Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Suresh
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The methanol extract and its ethyl acetate fraction (EAF) of Actaea acuminata (Wall. ex. Royle) H. Hara roots were reported to exhibit significant antianxiety, anticonvulsant and antidepressant activities, and mild sedative activity. But the constituents responsible for these activities have not been isolated. The present study was undertaken to is...
Elgazzar, Ahmed S.
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The novel COVID-19 pandemic is a current, major global health threat. Up till now, there is no fully approved pharmacological treatment or a vaccine. Also, its origin is still mysterious. In this study, simple mathematical models were employed to examine the dynamics of transmission and control of COVID-19 taking into consideration social distancin...
Petkov, Venelin H. Ardasheva, Raina G. Prissadova, Natalia A. Kristev, Athanas D. Stoyanov, Plamen S. Argirova, Mariana D.
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This study reports the effects of aqueous extracts obtained from three fern species of Bulgarian origin: Asplenium ceterach L., Asplenium scolopendrium L., and Asplenium trichomanes L. on the contractility and bioelectrogenesis of rat gastric smooth muscle tissues. In the concentration range 0.015–0.150 mg/mL the three extracts contracted smooth mu...
Chakraborty, Anubhav Sankaran, Vishwam Murugan, Ramar Chellappan, David Raj
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Cinnamomum tamala and Cinnamomum verum are known for their folk medicinal usage in treating gastrointestinal ailments. The spasmolytic activity of essential oils was studied using isolated rat ileum. The results indicate that C. tamala, despite having a lower content of eugenol (60%), shows a spasmolytic potential of 68.01 ± 2.63% (EC50 = 110.12 ± ...
Shahinozzaman, Md Islam, Moutushi Basak, Bristy Sultana, Arifa Emran, Rashiduzzaman Ashrafizadeh, Milad Islam, A. T. M. Rafiqul
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Lambertianic acid (LA) is a diterpene bioactive compound mainly purified from different species of Pinus. It is an optical isomer of another natural compound daniellic acid and was firstly purified from Pinus lambertiana. LA can be synthesized in laboratory from podocarpic acid. It has been reported to have potential health benefits in attenuating ...
