The "Queen of Fruits" mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L.) produces commercially important fruits with desirable taste of flesh and pericarp rich in xanthones with medicinal properties. To date, only limited knowledge is available on the cytogenetics and genome sequences of a common variety of mangosteen (Abu Bakar et al., 2016 [1]). Here, we report the first single-molecule real-time (SMRT) seq...

The tyrosinase inhibitory activity of methanol extracts of the leaves of 39 plant species growing on the seashore of Iriomote island (Okinawa, Japan) was investigated. The extracts of Hibiscus tiliaceus, Carex pumila, and Garcinia subelliptica showed potent activity among them. The inhibitors in the extract of Garcinia subelliptica were purified by assay-guided fractionation to give two biflavo...

The aim of this systematic review is to examine the efficacy of Garcinia extract, hydroxycitric acid (HCA) as a weight reduction agent, using data from randomised clinical trials (RCTs). Electronic and nonelectronic searches were conducted to identify relevant articles, with no restrictions in language or time. Two independent reviewers extracted the data and assessed the methodological quality...

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Joseph J. Magadula*, Ester Innocent, Zakaria H. Mbwambo and Modest C. Kapingu Institute of Traditional Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, P. O. Box 65001, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania *Corresponding author International Journal of Current Research and Academic Review ISSN: 2347-3215 Volume 2 Number 10 (October-2014) pp. 99-111 www.ijcrar.com Int.J.Curr.Res.Aca.Rev.2014; 2(...

Tanaman manggu leuweung (Garcinia celebica L.) merupakan tanaman yang termasuk genus Garcinia danfamili Clusiaceae. Genus spp. telah banyak diteliti karena memiliki potensi untuk dikembangkansebagai alternatif pengobatan namun belum penelitian dilakukan pada ekstrak danfraksi daun G. celebica. Dilaporkan dari aktivitas sebagai antioksidan,antimikroba, antikanker dan antiplasmodial. Tujuan penul...

Garcinia forbesii King adalah anggota genus Garcinia. Tanaman ini tanaman endemik pulau Sumatera dan Kalimantan di Indonesia. Uji aktivitas isolasi senyawa aktif sudah dilakukan oleh para peneliti diantaranya bagian pericarp dari G. terbukti memiliki kemampuan antioksidan, antiplasmodial antidiabetes secara invitro. Oleh karena itu untuk menjaga kualiatas bahan mentah diperlukan uji autentikasi...

Garciniavalline (1), a novel aporphinoid alkaloid, in addition to four known alkaloids,cleistopholine (2), O-methylmoschatoline (3), (-)-oliveroline (4) and (-)-oliveridine (5), wereisolated and characterized from Garcinia Parvifolia Miq. stem bark. Structural elucidation ofthese compounds was established by spectroscopic methods. Among them, alkaloids (2) and (4)exhibited antiplasmodial activi...

Vegetative anatomical studies of 10 species of Garcinia L., described by earlier workers to be present in Sri Lanka were carried out. A detailed anatomical investigation of lamina, petiole, young stem and wood, was carried out and the results were analyzed by statistical methods. The study agrees with previous workers in that there are 10 Garcinia species in Sri Lanka. Further, it also revealed...

[reaction: see text] Two different routes to the tricyclic core of Garcinia-derived natural products are described. The first approach is based on a tandem Claisen/Diels-Alder rearrangement and delivers the desired lactone 14. The second approach, employing a Wessely oxidation/Diels-Alder protocol, leads to the same caged heterocycle, albeit with modified constitution.