Two new garcinia acid derivatives, 2-(butoxycarbonylmethyl)-3-butoxycarbonyl-2-hydroxy-3-propanolide and 1',1"-dibutyl methyl hydroxycitrate, were isolated from the fruits of Garcinia atroviridis guided by TLC bioautography against the fungus Cladosporium herbarum. The structures of these compounds were established by spectral analysis. The former compound represents a unique beta-lactone struc...

The effects of various doses of dietary intake of Garcinia kola seed powder [incorporated in animal feed at levels of 5% w/w, 10% w/w and 20% w/w and fed daily for six weeks] on serum levels of selected electrolytes [K+, Na+, CI-, HCO3-, Mg2+ and Ca2+] and trace metals [Cu2+, Zn2+ and Mn2+] were studied in male Albino rats [100-150 g body wt]. The pair-fed controls received basal feed diet dail...

Phytochemical investigations of the leaves of Garcinia paucinervis resulted in the isolation of three new xanthones 1-3 and five known analogues 4-8. Structural elucidations of 1-3 were performed by spectral methods such as 1D and 2D (HMQC, HMBC, and ROESY) NMR spectroscopy, in addition to high resolution mass spectrometry. Compounds 1-3 showed anti-TMV activities, with inhibition rates above 2...

The present study was aimed to investigate the activity of Thai medicinal plants on inflammation caused by Propionibacterium acnes in terms of free radical scavenging and cytokine reducing properties. P. acnes have been recognized as pus-forming bacteria triggering an inflammation in acne. Antioxidant activity was determined by DPPH scavenging and NBT reduction assay. The result showed that Gar...

Dexamethasone (10 mg/kg body weight/day, s.c.) administered rats were treated with or without Garcinia cambogia fruit extract (1 g/kg body weight/day, orally) for 8 days. The administration of dexamethasone resulted in marked increase in the levels of triglycerides and cholesterol and free acids in both plasma and liver. The level of phospholipids increased in the plasma but decreased significa...

Objective: Fungal endophytes of medicinal plants occupy a unique habitat, highly diverse and are important sources of natural metabolites of pharmaceutical importance. Methods: The endophytes isolated from four species of Garcinia were subjected to fermentation in still culture and extracted using ethyl acetate. The crude extracts were screened for the biological activity through the assays suc...

The fruits of Garcinia scortechinii afforded 10 new compounds: four caged-tetraprenylated xanthones (scortechinones Q-T, 1-4), four rearranged xanthones (scortechinones U-X, 5-8), and two sesquiterpene derivatives (scortechterpenes A, B, 9, 10), together with 14 known compounds: one sesquiterpene, two biflavonoids, and 11 caged-polyprenylated xanthones. Their structures were elucidated by analy...

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...

This study sought to characterize the distribution of phenols and antioxidant activities in Garcinia Indica fruit extract and their inhibition of cyclophosphamide-induced oxidative stress in rat’s brain. The total Phenol content and antioxidant activities of Garcinia Indica fruit extract were determined in vitro and in vivo. The Results of the study revealed that intraperitoneal administration ...

A detailed chemical study on the stem bark of Garcinia nitida has led to the isolation of five xanthones. They are 1,6-dihydroxy-5-methoxy-6,6-dimethylpyrano[2',3':2,3]-xanthone (1), inophyllin B (2), osajaxanthone (3), 3-isomangostin (4) and rubraxanthone (5). The structures of these compounds were established using mainly 1-D and 2-D NMR spectroscopy ((1)H, (13)C, DEPT, COSY, HMBC and HMQC) w...