Rhamnus intermedia Steud. et Hochst. – a New Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals

Phytochemicals Components as Bioactive Foods

Plants of the Genus Zingiber as a Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals: From Tradition to Pharmacy.

Plants of the genus Zingiber (Family Zingiberaceae) are widely used throughout the world as food and medicinal plants. They represent very popular herbal remedies in various traditional healing systems; in particular, rhizome of Zingiber spp. plants has a long history of ethnobotanical uses because of a plethora of curative properties. Antimicrobial activity of rhizome essential oil has been ex...

The Mulberry Silkworm—A New Source of Bioactive Proteins

Beyond the commonly known proteins built silk fibres—fibroin and sericin, there are almost 300 bioactive proteins in the silkworm haemolymph. The aim of this work was to present bioactive compounds obtained from the silk fibre and isolated from the body of this insect, which may be used in medical and pharmacological applications. The most important are bioactive proteins. However, the juvenile...

تولید و نگهداری کشت سلولی گیاه Digitalis nervosa Steud & Hochst و بررسی متابولیت‌های ثانویه آن

Background and purpose: Digitalis nervosa is a wild species growing in Tran and the major cardenolode of this species is lanatoside Â. D nervosa cell culture was estabilished and its secondary metabolites were studied. Materials and methods : Seeds of D. nervosa were surface sterilized in 70% ethanol or 5% Sodiume hypochlorite, then healthy seedlings were produced. The jemol, Hypocoty1 roo...

A New Indole Alkaloid Isolated from Tabernaemontana hystrix Steud (Apocynaceae)

Um novo alcalóide, denominado histrixnina (1), e cinco alcalóides indólicos conhecidos, ibogamina (2), olivacina (3) e affinina (4), affinisina (5) e N b -metilaffinisina (6), foram isolados do extrato metanólico das cascas das raízes de Tabernaemontana hystrix. Os triterpenos conhecidos 3O-acetil-α-amirina, 3-O-acetil-β-amirina, 3-O-acetil-lupeol foram também identificados. As estruturas dos c...