Anticancer activity of various doses of alcoholic extract of rohituka, Aphanamixis polystachya (APE) was studied in mice transplanted with Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC). Administration of 0, 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25 or 1.5 g/Kg body weight APE once daily for consecutive 9 days resulted in a dose dependent regression in the tumor mass and increase in tumor-free survivors. The greatest a...

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei. Received: 6 August 2001. Revised: 29 August 2001. Accepted: 6 November 2001. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Dr. Chang-Yao Hsieh, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY ALONE OR COMBINED WIT...

The structural chemistry of proanthocyanidin molecules has been investigated in temperate zone plants, but few studies have been done with plants of the Amazonian lowland tropical wet forests where herbivore pressure is more extensive and diverse. Using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, we report unique properties of the proanthocyanidin structural chemistry in two neotropical Cecropia species, C. p...