Bioactive Non-alkaloidal Secondary Metabolites of Hyoscyamus niger Linn. Seeds: A Review

Antidepressant like Property of Hyoscyamus niger Linn. in Mouse Model of Depression

Aim: Hyoscyamus niger (Solanaceae) has been used for treatment of mental disorders, epileptic mania, chronic dementia with insomnia. However, it is not yet studied in condition like depression. The present study was planned with an objective to evaluate its antidepressant like property in animal models of depression and to find out the possible mechanism underlying this action in mouse model of...

Preliminary studies on cardio protective effect of Hyoscyamus niger linn in male albino rats

In this present cardioprotective activity study the crude powder of the Hyoscyamus niger Linn is administered to the male albino rats at the dose of 100mg/100g.b.wt. The markers of cardiac function test assess the normal functioning of heart. If there is a change in their normal values of these makers it indicates the dysfunction of heart. Biochemical parameters like TGL, Ck-MB and LPO were car...

Bioactive secondary metabolites from Juncaceae species

Bioactive secondary metabolites from Salix tetrasperma Roxb.

Column chromatography of the light petroleum fraction from the methanolic extract of the stem bark of Salix tetrasperma Roxb. (Salicaceae) resulted in the isolation of beta-sitosterol acetate, friedelin, 3beta-friedelinol, beta-amyrin, beta-sitosterol, beta-sitosterol-O-glucoside in addition to palmitic acid. From the dichloromethane fraction of the leaves, catechol and tremulacin were isolated...

Secondary metabolites in durian seeds: oligomeric proanthocyanidins.

Ethanolic extract of durian seeds was fractionated by reverse phase flash column chromatography and the fractions characterized by electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy. Among a few unknown compounds collected, oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs) were found to be one of the main compounds. Based on this result, the OPCs were purified the first time from the durian seeds using standard proce...