Menthae Herba is an herbal medicine whose name is written with the same kanji characters (薄荷) in both the Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 18th Edition (JP) and in the Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China (CP). However, the original plant are …

Imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) was conducted for the first time using ustalic acid (UA) and the fruiting body of Tricholoma kakishimeji to localize mushroom toxins. The mushroom materials were systematically collected in Japan, and analysis of …

Two new lindenane-type sesquiterpenoid dimers, chlotrichenes C and D (1 and 2) together with five known lindenane-type sesquiterpenoid dimers (3–7) were isolated from the roots of Chloranthus holostegius var. trichoneurus, a famous natural …

In this study, 14 abietene and pimarene diterpenoids were isolated from the woods of Agathis dammara. Among them, 4 new compounds, dammarone A-C and dammaric acid A (1–4), were firstly reported, respectively. The structure of the new compounds was …