842 Journal of Chemical Education • Vol. 84 No. 5 May 2007 • www.JCE.DivCHED.org Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is often used as a qualitative method. It can determine the number of components in a mixture, verify the identity of substances, monitor the progress of a reaction, or ascertain the effectiveness of a purification. Since TLC is so easy and practical, many chemists frequently use TLC...

The in vitro antibacterial activities of 29 traditional medicinal plants used in respiratory ailments were assessed on multidrug resistant Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria isolated from the sore throat patients and two reference strains. The methanolic, n-hexane, and aqueous extracts were screened by the agar well diffusion assay. Bioactive fractions of effective extracts were identifie...

Syzygium cumini is one of the endemic plants in Indonesia that has potential to be developed. The fruit was known have as a diabetes drug. However, very few studies determine medicinal and identification compounds wood stem never been studied before. Therefore, this study aimed antioxidant activity content ethyl acetate fraction. crude ethanol extract prepared from powder using maceration. Furt...

In the alarming context of antibiotic resistance, we explored antibacterial potential French mushrooms against wild-type and multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. order to accelerate discovery promising compounds, screenings were carried out by TLC-direct bioautography. A total 70 extracts from 31 mushroom species evaluated five bacteria: Staphylococcus epidermidis, aureus, Enterococcus faecalis,...

Carotenoids extracted from dried peppers were evaluated for their antioxidant, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory activities. Peppers had a substantial carotenoid content: guajillo 3406 ± 4 μg/g, pasilla 2933 ± 1 μg/g, and ancho 1437 ± 6 μg/g of sample in dry weight basis. A complex mixture of carotenoids was discovered in each pepper extract. The TLC analysis revealed the presence of chlorophyll...

Three new compounds, including two phenylacetic acid derivatives, monaspilosin (1) and monaspiloindole (2), and one pyranoindole alkaloid, monaspyranoindole (3), were isolated from the EtOAc-soluble fraction of the MeOH extract of the mycelia of Monascus pilosus BCRC 38072. Twelve known compounds were also obtained in this study. The structures were elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy and ...

BACKGROUND Nonea micrantha Boiss. & Reut . being an unexplored member of Boraginaceae was investigated for GC/MS analysis, acetylcholinesterase (AChE), butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibitory and antioxidant activities in an attempt to find its effectiveness in neurological disorders. METHODS The AChE and BChE inhibitory activities of crude methanolic extract (Nm.Cr), subsequent fractions; n-...

An endophytic fungus Phomopsis liquidambaris CBR-15, was isolated from Cryptolepis buchanani Roem. (Asclepiadaceae) and identified by its characteristic culture morphology and molecular analysis of the ITS region of rDNA and intervening 5.8S rRNA gene. The impact of different culture media on biosynthesis of antimicrobial metabolites was tested by disc diffusion assay. Polyketide synthase gene ...

Background and objectives: Thegenus Centaurea from the Asteraceae family is one of the most widely distributed plant genera worldwide that has been extensively used in folk medicine for hundreds of years. The present study is the first investigation about the principal constituents of Centaurea albonitens Turrill which is native to Iran. Methods: </str...