New Neolignans and Lignans from Vietnamese Medicinal Plant Machilus odoratissima NEES

Lignans and neolignans from Stelleropsis antoninae

BACKGROUND AND THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Stelleropsis antoninae Pobed. (Family: Thymelaeaceae) grows wildly as an herbaceous plant in Iran. Most of the Thymelaeaceous plants contain lignans and neolignans, which have important pharmacologically properties. In the present study, the isolation and identification of the main lignans and neolignans of S. antoninae, which has not been previously repo...

Title Studies on a Medicinal Parasitic Plant : Lignans from the

ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF Machilus odoratissima

The methanol extract of the bark of Machilus odoratissima was subjected to investigate its antioxidant and antibacterial properties. The phytochemical screening demonstrated the presence of different types of compound like terpenoids, tannins, deoxy sugar, saponins and phenolic compounds. The methanol extract of the plant was tested for antioxidant activity using scavenging activity of DPPH(1,1...

Cytotoxic withanolides from Vietnamese ethno-medicinal plant Physalis angulata

Withanolides are known as the main components of Physalis genus with broad biological activities. Using combination of various chromatographic methods, three withanolides were isolated including physagulin J (1), physagulin K (2), and physagulin N (3). Their chemical structures were determined by analysis of NMR spectra, and as well as comparison with reported literature. Compound 1 showed sign...

Characterization studies on medicinal plant of Andrographis paniculata (NEES)

Andrographis paniculata (Nees), is a valuable traditional medicinal plant and it has many important bioactive compounds. It cures and prevents a number of diseases in human beings. It is a boon of the nature of human healthy life. It cures cold, fever, colic pain, active against inflammatory, antidiabetic activity, antioxidant, antifertility, cardiovascular and anti-virus including inhibited HI...