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...

With about 120 species, Aglaia is one of the largest genera plant family Meliaceae (the mahogany plants). Various species have been investigated since 1960s for their phytochemical constituents and biological properties. This research objective was to find secondary metabolites that activity as anti-breast cancer compounds from endemic Indonesian Aglaia, such angustifolia Miq. Two cholestan typ...

Seed gardens are one way to obtain quality seeds. areas where certainplants planted produce seeds of superior genetic origin. The seed garden TheUniversity Palangkaraya in maintaining red meranti (Shorea leprosula Miq) plantsencountered several obstacles, which was pests and diseases. Identification pestand disease attacks is basically the beginning find out a plant needs special care orattenti...

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...

Fifty obese women with a body mass index (BMI) over 25 kg/m(2) were randomly allocated into two groups, 25 in each. Group 1, with a mean (+/-SEM) age of 40.0+/-2 years, received water soluble calcium hydroxycitrate (HCA) as Garcinia atroviridis. Group 2, with a mean age of 35.6+/-1.8 years, received placebo. All subjects were recommended a similar diet with 1000 Kcal/day. The trial lasted for 2...

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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(...

Two new polyketides: 2Z-(heptadec-12-enyl)-4-hydroxy-3,4,7,8-tetrahydro-2H-chromen-5(6H)-one (1) and 2-(heptadec-12-enyl)-5-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrochromen- 4-one (2), together with eleven known compounds: 4-hydroxy-2-[(3,4-methylenedioxy- phenyl)tridecanoyl] cyclohexane-1,3-dione (3), oleiferinone (4), 4-hydroxy-2-[(3,4- methylenedioxyphenyl)undecanoyl]cyclohexane-1,3-dione (5), 4-hydroxy-2-...