Excoecaria agallocha LINN (Euphorbiaceae) is distributed on seashores and edge-mangroves throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and northwest Australia. The Excoecaria genus is well known to contain skin irritants, generally called irritant Excoecaria factors. The bark and wood of this tree have been used in traditional medicines for flatulence in Thailand. The resinous wood including the latex of E...

Previous investigations have used C-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to demonstrate the similarities between lipoproteins and the mobile lipids of atheroma. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that "CNMR changes are related to indices of histological severity. We classified 20 human arteries according to their obstruction ratio (OR), defined as the ratio of the plaque area to t...

from Chinese natural medicines, we have characterized the structures of aliphatic alcohol and monoterpene oligoglycosides and cyanogenic glycosides from the roots of Rhodiola (R) quadrifida, R. sacra, and R. crenulata. Among the isolated compounds, several monoterpene oligoglycosides were found to show histamine release from rat exudate cells induced by an antigen–antibody reaction. Furthermore...

Asclepiadaceous plants, we have described that the pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Parsonsia laevigata ALSTON and phenanthroindolizidine alkaloids in Tylophora tanakae MAXIM. act as an oviposition-activating substance for Danaid butterflies, Idea leuconoe and Ideopsis similis, respectively. Since Parantica sita lays eggs on the leaves of Marsdenia tomentosa MORREN et DECAISNE and cyclitols such as c...

Previous investigations have used C-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to demonstrate the similarities between lipoproteins and the mobile lipids of atheroma. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that "CNMR changes are related to indices of histological severity. We classified 20 human arteries according to their obstruction ratio (OR), defined as the ratio of the plaque area to t...