The petroleum ether extract of the oleo-gum-resin of Boswellia carteri Bird., the chloroformic successive extract of the oleo-gum-resin of Commiphora myrrha Engl. as well as the prepared volatile contents from both resins showed significant anti-inflammatory activity in carragennan-induced edema in rats. Phytochemical investigation of the volatile fractions was carried out using GC/MS and revea...

BACKGROUND Co-crystal is a structurally homogeneous crystalline material that contains two or more neutral building blocks that are present in definite stoichiometric amounts. The main advantage of co-crystals is their ability to generate a variety of solid forms of a drug that have distinct physicochemical properties from the solid co-crystal components. In the present investigation, five co-c...

sphingolipids (GSLs) from echinoderms, a series of studies on the isolation and structural elucidation of the GSLs from sea cucumber species have been performed in our laboratory. In the study of the GSLs of the sea cucumber Holothuria pervicax, we reported the isolation and structure of ten glucocerebrosides revealing a very close resemblance in structure. However, all these compounds still ex...

Several stilbenes and styrenes have been treated with heteropolyacid] (HPA) supported over silice. The compounds obtained were characterized by H and 13 CNMR and the yields were compared with those obtained using H2SO4 (c) and ethyl poliphosphate] (PPE). Introduction The cyclodimerization of stilbenes and styrenes with acid reagents have been thoroughly descripte in the literature. We have obse...

Background and objectives: Echinophora platyloba is used for flavoring foods, cheese and yoghurt. Despite several pharmacological studies on the plant, no attempt has been made to isolate the non-volatile secondary metabolites and assess the antimicrobial effects. So, phytochemical investigation seems to be useful for better use of this plant. Methods: </strong...