The root of Ophiopogon japonicus has been used as a traditional Chinese medicine and also a functional food ingredient for a long time in China. In the present study, 17 different homoisoflavonoid compounds were identified in the root extract of O. japonicus by HPLC–DAD and LCMS/MS analyses. The antioxidant activity of the of chloroform/methanol (1:1, v/v), methanol and 70% ethanol extracts, an...

During the past decades, researchers, schools, and governments around the world have supported enhancing student learning by using digital tools, i.e. the e-learning. E-learning is essentially the computer and network enabled transfer of skills and knowledge. Now a day’s most of the educational centers (universities, institutes, colleges and schools) are using some e-learning tools as an integr...

The rhizomes of Alpinia pahangensis Ridley yielded a new bis-labdanic diterpene for which the name pahangensin A (1) was proposed along with a new labdane diterpene, pahangensin B (2). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods including, 1D and 2D NMR techniques and LCMS-IT-TOF analysis. Pahangensin A (1) was found to be an antibacterial agent against Staphylococcus aureus, Baci...

In the present investigation, the synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of N-(4-nitrophenyl)-2-{2-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-[4-(propan-2-yl)phenyl]-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-4oxo-4,5-dihydro-1,3-thiazol-5-yl}acetamide (2) is performed. The title compound (2) is synthesized by the reaction of 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-[4-(propan-2-yl)phenyl]-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole-1carbothioamide (1) with N-(4...

The natural evolution of any new area of consulting includes the appearance of methodologies for problem-solving. If Knowledge Management (KM) is the answer to questions about how to capture tacit knowledge, or accelerate innovation, or share knowledge, or resolve cultural incompatibilities in business processes, then this answer is not really operative until we can apply KM knowledge in such a...

A new indole alkaloid; neonaucline (1), along with six known compounds-Cadamine (2), naucledine (3), harmane, benzamide, cinnamide and blumenol A-were isolated from the leaves of Ochreinauclea maingayii (Rubiaceae). In addition to that of compound 1, (13)C-NMR data of cadamine (2) and naucledine (3) were also reported. Structural elucidations of these alkaloids were performed using spectroscopi...

The root of Ophiopogon japonicus has been used as a traditional Chinese medicine and also a functional food ingredient for a long time in China. In the present study, 17 different homoisoflavonoid compounds were identified in the root extract of O. japonicus by HPLC–DAD and LCMS/MS analyses. The antioxidant activity of the of chloroform/methanol (1:1, v/v), methanol and 70% ethanol extracts, an...

A Shimadzu high performance liquid chromatography – ion trap – time of flight mass spectrometer (LCMS-IT-TOF) was used to aid in the identification of anthocyanin species in rose petals. The effects of varying the parameters which control the collision energy and the collision gas were observed on cyanidin-3,5-diglucoside and its related mono-glucoside and anthocyanidin fragment signals. Furthe...