Pinoresinol and syringaresinol: two lignans from Avicennia germinans (Avicenniaceae) Hazel Sharp, David Thomas, Felicity Currie, Colin Bright, Zahid Latif, Satyajit D. Sarker*, Robert J. Nash MolecularNature Limited, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3EB, UK Pharmaceutical Sciences Section, School of Pharmacy, The Robert Gordon University, Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FR, Scotland, UK ...

Three new naphthoquinones and their analogues, named avicequinone-A (1), -B (2), -C (3), and avicenol-A (4), -B (5), -C (6), respectively, were isolated from the stem bark of Avicennia alba (Avicenniaceae) collected in Singapore, and their structures were elucidated by means of spectral methods. Gillan and co-workers have proposed that the structures of the new phytoalexins isolated from Avicen...

Avicennia marina (Avicenniaceae) is a species of mangrove tree used for treatment of small pox lesions in Persian folk medicine. The antiviral activity of methanol, ethanol, water, chloroform and n-hexane extracts was evaluated against HIV-1 and HSV. Methanol extract had the highest antiviral activity and the most polar fraction of this extract (fraction D) inhibited HSV with TI and SI values o...

Aviecennia marina (Avicenniaceae) is an endemic plant that widely distributed in the Southern parts of Iran. This plant has been used as treatment of rheumatism arthritis among the inhabitants of Southern parts of Iran. The Avicennia marina hydroalcoholic extract was prepared and its protective efficacy was investigated using measurement of ankle diameter, total WBC and RBC count, ESR, and Pro-...

Field studies were carried out to assess the foraging activity and breeding system of Avicennia officinalis L. in Chettuwa, Thrissur, India during two flowering seasons 2018–2019. A. officinalis, also known as Indian mangrove is a common occupying river banks Kerala coast southern India. The plant blooms massively onset first summer showers. fruiting period lasted from April July. Bagging exper...