Ctenium aromaticum Panz. (Aegilops aromatica Walter, Monocera aromatica Elliott, Chloris monostachya Michaux,) is a grass restricted to wet areas of the coastal forest of the S.E. US. Knowledge of the pungent taste and numbing caused by chewing this grass dates from the 18th century or earlier (Walter, 1788; Michaux, 1805; Elliott, 1821), but use of this grass for allaying toothache was oversha...

Casimiroa edulis is known as cochitzapotl, and it belongs to a species of tropical fruiting tree in the family Rutaceae, native to eastern Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica. In this study, we isolated two furocoumarins and two polymethoxyflavones from leaves of C. edulis and evaluated the functions of glucose and lipid metabolism activity with 3T3-L1 adipocytes. We discovered that ...

− The first study on chemical constituents and biological activities of Clausena lansium (Lour.) Skeels (Rutaceae) growing in Vietnam has been done. Phytochemical investigation of n-hexane extract led to the isolation of five compounds: dihydroindicolactone (1), 8-geranyloxy psoralen (2), imperatorin (3), heraclenol (4) and indicolactone (5), in which this is the first report on the presence of...

Murraya koenigii (Curry leaf tree), from the Rutaceae family, is a medicinally important herb of Indian origin and now were widely distributed throughout southern Asia. The bark of Malayan Murraya koenigii was selected for phytochemical investigation. The isolation of chemical constituents from its hexane and dichloromethane extract was carried out by using different chromatographic techniques....

Bark of Zanthoxylum rhetsa commonly known as “Mullilam” belongs to the Rutaceae family and is widely distributed in India. Zanthoxylum rhetsa bark is a medicinal plant, traditionally used in diabetes, antispasmodic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory and in various ailments. No reports are available on the pharmacognostic work of the bark, hence, the present study was undertaken to investigate the sam...

Antibacterial and antifungal activity of ethanolic extract of grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macf., Rutaceae) seed and pulp was examined against 20 bacterial and 10 yeast strains. The level of antimicrobial effects was established using an in vitro agar assay and standard broth dilution susceptibility test. The contents of 3.92% of total polyphenols and 0.11% of flavonoids were determined spectrom...

The title compound, C(18)H(17)NO, was isolated from the seeds of Clausena lansium (wampee) (Rutaceae). The X-ray crystal structure analysis confirmed its chemical identity and revealed that it is solvent-free, in contrast to the previously reported monohydrate [Huang, Ou & Tang (2006 ▶). Acta Cryst. E62, o1987-o1988]. The mol-ecular structures are practically identical but the mol-ecules pack d...

Six essential oils: asteraceae oil, rutaceae oil, mentha piperta oil, carvacryl oil, citronella oil, and eucalyptus oil were tested for evaluation of their repellent effects against Aedes albopictus mosquitoes under laboratory conditions. Only citronella oil and eucalyptus oil were tested with human beings. There was considerable protection for mice. Carvacryl oil (7%) provided 100% protection ...