Issue 3/2016
Biologically Active Natural Products from Microorganisms and Plants
Content (40 Articles)
Preface to this special issue “Biologically active natural products from microorganisms and plants”
Hisashi Matsuda
Synthesis and stereochemical determination of an antiparasitic pseudo-aminal type monoterpene indole alkaloid
Yoshihiko Noguchi, Tomoyasu Hirose, Aki Ishiyama, Masato Iwatsuki, Kazuhiko Otoguro, Toshiaki Sunazuka, Satoshi Ōmura
Artemisinin-based antimalarial research: application of biotechnology to the production of artemisinin, its mode of action, and the mechanism of resistance of Plasmodium parasites
Paskorn Muangphrom, Hikaru Seki, Ery Odette Fukushima, Toshiya Muranaka
Screening of promising chemotherapeutic candidates from plants extracts
Junei Kinjo, Daisuke Nakano, Toshihiro Fujioka, Hikaru Okabe
Authentication of the botanical origin of Western herbal products using Cimicifuga and Vitex products as examples
Sayaka Masada
γ-Lactam alkaloids from the flower buds of daylily
Takahiro Matsumoto, Seikou Nakamura, Souichi Nakashima, Tomoe Ohta, Mamiko Yano, Junichiro Tsujihata, Junko Tsukioka, Keiko Ogawa, Masashi Fukaya, Masayuki Yoshikawa, Hisashi Matsuda
New potent accelerator of neurite outgrowth from Lawsonia inermis flower under non-fasting condition
Yoshimi Oda, Souichi Nakashima, Seikou Nakamura, Mamiko Yano, Masanori Akiyama, Kayo Imai, Tomohito Kimura, Akiko Nakata, Miyuki Tani, Hisashi Matsuda
Protective effects of Weilikang decoction on gastric ulcers and possible mechanisms
Shiyu Wang, Yajuan Ni, Jinchang Liu, Haiyang Yu, Bo Guo, Erwei Liu, Jun He, Xingrui Wang, Yi Zhang, Tao Wang
Chemical structures of constituents from the whole plant of Bacopa monniera
Tomoe Ohta, Seikou Nakamura, Souichi Nakashima, Yoshimi Oda, Takahiro Matsumoto, Masashi Fukaya, Mamiko Yano, Masayuki Yoshikawa, Hisashi Matsuda
Euphorins A–H: bioactive diterpenoids from Euphorbia fischeriana
Xinzhu Kuang, Wei Li, Yuichiro Kanno, Naoya Yamashita, Shoko Kikkawa, Isao Azumaya, Kiyomitsu Nemoto, Yoshihisa Asada, Kazuo Koike
Protective effect of Mimosa pudica L. in an l-arginine model of acute necrotising pancreatitis in rats
Jagdeep Kaur, Shabir Sidhu, Kanwaljit Chopra, M. U. Khan
Acylated oleanane-type triterpene saponins from the flowers of Bellis perennis show anti-proliferative activities against human digestive tract carcinoma cell lines
Kiyofumi Ninomiya, Chiaki Motai, Eriko Nishida, Niichiro Kitagawa, Kazuya Yoshihara, Takao Hayakawa, Osamu Muraoka, Xuezheng Li, Seikou Nakamura, Masayuki Yoshikawa, Hisashi Matsuda, Toshio Morikawa
Characterization of α-humulene synthases responsible for the production of sesquiterpenes induced by methyl jasmonate in Aquilaria cell culture
Yukie Kumeta, Michiho Ito
Two new lignans and melanogenesis inhibitors from Schisandra nigra
Yuji Narukawa, Chihiro Komatsu, Rina Yamauchi, Sakiko Shibayama, Mayuko Hachisuka, Fumiyuki Kiuchi
Anti-dormant mycobacterial activity and target molecule of melophlins, tetramic acid derivatives isolated from a marine sponge of Melophlus sp.
Masayoshi Arai, Yoshi Yamano, Kentaro Kamiya, Andi Setiawan, Motomasa Kobayashi
Atranorin and lecanoric acid antagonize TCDD-induced xenobiotic response element-driven activity, but not xenobiotic response element-independent activity
Ken-ichi Nakashima, Hiroki Tanabe, Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama, Hidetoshi Hayashi, Makoto Inoue
Longgu (Fossilia Ossis Mastodi) alters the profiles of organic and inorganic components in Keishikaryukotsuboreito
Kazuki Oguri, Masaya Kawase, Kazuo Harada, Kayoko Shimada-Takaura, Toshiharu Takahashi, Kyoko Takahashi
Antithrombosis activity of protocatechuic and shikimic acids from functional plant Pinus densiflora Sieb. et Zucc needles
Jaeyoung Park, Beomgi Lee, Hakjoon Choi, Woong Kim, Ho-Joong Kim, Hyeonsook Cheong
Inhibitory effects of compounds isolated from the dried branches and leaves of murta (Myrceugenia euosma) on lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 cells
Naoki Oikawa, Yasuhito Nobushi, Taira Wada, Kumiko Sonoda, Yuzo Okazaki, Shigetoshi Tsutsumi, Yong Kun Park, Masahiko Kurokawa, Shigeki Shimba, Ken Yasukawa
Antidepressant, antioxidant and neurotrophic properties of the standardized extract of Cocos nucifera husk fiber in mice
Eliane Brito Cortez Lima, Caren Nádia Soares de Sousa, Germana Silva Vasconcelos, Lucas Nascimento Meneses, Yuri Freitas e Silva Pereira, Naiara Coelho Ximenes, Manuel Alves Santos Júnior, Natália Castelo Branco Matos, Rayanne Brito, Diogo Miron, Luzia Kalyne Almeida Moreira Leal, Danielle Macêdo, Silvânia Maria Mendes Vasconcelos
Inhibitory effects of Leonurus sibiricus on weight gain after menopause in ovariectomized and high-fat diet-fed mice
Jangseon Kim, Mi Hye Kim, You Yeon Choi, Jongki Hong, Woong Mo Yang
Anti-inflammatory and blood stasis activities of essential oil extracted from Artemisia argyi leaf in animals
Yue-bin Ge, Zhi-gang Wang, Ying Xiong, Xian-ju Huang, Zhi-nan Mei, Zong-guo Hong
Hypolipidemic and antioxidant activity of the aqueous extract from the uneaten pulp of the fruit from Cordia dichotoma in healthy and hyperlipidemic Wistar albino rats
Samah A. El-Newary, A. M. Sulieman, S. R. El-Attar, M. Z. Sitohy
Efficiently prepared ephedrine alkaloids-free Ephedra Herb extract: a putative marker and antiproliferative effects
Naohiro Oshima, Tadatoshi Yamashita, Sumiko Hyuga, Masashi Hyuga, Hiroyuki Kamakura, Morio Yoshimura, Takuro Maruyama, Takashi Hakamatsuka, Yoshiaki Amakura, Toshihiko Hanawa, Yukihiro Goda
In vivo anti-inflammatory activities of the essential oil from Radix Angelicae dahuricae
Chunmei Wang, Jingbo Sun, He Li, Xue Yang, Huimin Liu, Jianguang Chen
Ephedrine alkaloids-free Ephedra Herb extract: a safer alternative to ephedra with comparable analgesic, anticancer, and anti-influenza activities
Sumiko Hyuga, Masashi Hyuga, Naohiro Oshima, Takuro Maruyama, Hiroyuki Kamakura, Tadatoshi Yamashita, Morio Yoshimura, Yoshiaki Amakura, Takashi Hakamatsuka, Hiroshi Odaguchi, Yukihiro Goda, Toshihiko Hanawa
Epigallocatechin gallate inhibits hepatitis B virus via farnesoid X receptor alpha
Jun Xu, Weizhen Gu, Chaoyan Li, Xiao Li, Guozhen Xing, Yan Li, Yanhui Song, Wenming Zheng
Efficient expression of single chain variable fragment antibody against paclitaxel using the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus bacmid DNA system and its characterizations
Gorawit Yusakul, Seiichi Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Satoshi Morimoto
The cytotoxic and tyrosine kinase inhibitory properties of C21 steroids and iridoids from the tubers of Alocasia cucullata
Wei Peng, Shuang Liang, JiaLiang Hu, ZhiYu Chen, Xiangwei Zheng
Anti-oxidative, anti-secretory and anti-inflammatory activities of the extract from the root bark of Lycium chinense (Cortex Lycii) against gastric ulcer in mice
Hongxia Chen, Opeyemi J. Olatunji, Yifeng Zhou
Catalpol reduces the production of inflammatory mediators via PPAR-γ activation in human intestinal Caco-2 cells
Kyoung Sik Park
Anticancer effect of a Kampo preparation Daikenchuto
Takuya Nagata, Kazufumi Toume, Lv Xiao Long, Katsuhisa Hirano, Toru Watanabe, Shinichi Sekine, Tomoyuki Okumura, Katsuko Komatsu, Kazuhiro Tsukada
Amentoflavone enhances osteogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells through JNK and p38 MAPK pathways
Xuan Zha, Zhoumei Xu, Yuyu Liu, Liangliang Xu, Hongxin Huang, Jingjing Zhang, Liao Cui, Chenhui Zhou, Daohua Xu
Development of crossbreeding high-yield-potential strains for commercial cultivation in the medicinal mushroom Wolfiporia cocos (Higher Basidiomycetes)
Xiaozhao Xiang, Xiaoxia Wang, Yinbing Bian, Zhangyi Xu
Anti-inflammatory effects of alpinone 3-acetate from Alpinia japonica seeds
Tomohito Kakegawa, Aya Miyazaki, Ken Yasukawa
Lucidumol C, a new cytotoxic lanostanoid triterpene from Ganoderma lingzhi against human cancer cells
Yhiya M. Amen, Qinchang Zhu, Hai-Bang Tran, Mohamed S. Afifi, Ahmed F. Halim, Ahmed Ashour, Amira Mira, Kuniyoshi Shimizu
In vivo efficacy of trans-cinnamaldehyde, carvacrol, and thymol in attenuating Listeria monocytogenes infection in a Galleria mellonella model
Abhinav Upadhyay, Kumar Venkitanarayanan
Two new compounds from the roots of Ilex pubescens and their cytotoxic activity
Huan Xiong, Fang Zhao, Jiayi Bi, Yang Zhang, Guiyun Zhao, Xue Chen, Yuncong Li, Rui Yan, Qiang Zhao, Hua Qiao, Guogang Zhang
Enhanced anti-immobility effects of Sanggenon G isolated from the root bark of Morus alba combined with the α2-antagonist yohimbine in the rat forced swim test
Dong Wook Lim, Nam-In Baek, Yun Tai Kim, Changho Lee, In-Ho Kim, Daeseok Han
Potency of extracts from selected Egyptian plants as inducers of the Nrf2-dependent chemopreventive enzyme NQO1
Ahmed R. Hamed, Mohamed-Elamir F. Hegazy, Maureen Higgins, Tarik A. Mohamed, Nahla S. Abdel-Azim, Paul W. Pare, Albena T. Dinkova-Kostova