In the literature there are a considerable number of chemical and biochemical tests for
evaluation of in vitro antioxidant activities of pure compounds or fractions and organic …

Covering: January 2004 to December 2006. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2004, 21, 539–
573 This review describes more than 600 new examples of naturally occurring flavonoids …

The present study evaluated some of the mechanisms through which α-amyrin, a pentacyclic
triterpene isolated from Protium Kleinii and other plants, exerts its effects against 12-O …

Background and purpose: α‐and β‐amyrin are pentacyclic triterpenes found in plants and
are known to exhibit pronounced anti‐inflammatory effects. Here, we evaluated the effects of …

Only certain flavonoids have been shown to enhance life span. This was pointed out for eg
myricetin in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. However, the structural requirements …

The genus Cassia belongs to the medically and economically important family Leguminosae
(Syn. Fabaceae), sub-family Caesalpinioideae.(Joshi and Kapoor, 2003). It consists of about …

Cardiovascular effects of Labd-8 (17)-en-15-oic acid (Labd-8), a labdenic diterpene isolated
from methanolic extract of Moldenhawera nutans were investigated in normotensive rats …

In South Africa, plants belonging to the Restionaceae family possess an ecological
dominance. As a result, they have been the subject of numerous morphological, anatomical …

Three new flavonoid glycosides, embeliaflavosides AC (1–3), together with eight known
flavonoid glycosides (4–11), were isolated from the fruits of Embelia ribes. Their structures …

Preliminary in vitro cytotoxic test on different extracts of Melicope pteleifolia collected at Dăk
Nong province, Vietnam showed that the n-hexane one was the most potent. From this n …