In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in diets rich in fruits and vegetables
and this is mostly due to their presumed role in the prevention of various degenerative …

The developments during 2002–2005 in the methods used for saponin analyses in plant
material are presented. There were number of papers published on isolation and …

Thin layer chromatography (TLC) is increasingly used in the fields of plant chemistry,
biochemistry, and molecular biology. Advantages such as speed, versatility, and low cost …

This volume is the first book to give a complete description of the techniques, materials, and
instrumentation of column HPLC and its application to essentially all primary and secondary …

As a quinonemethide triterpenoid extracted from species of the Celastraceae and
Hippocrateaceae, pristimerin has been shown potent anti-cancer effects. Specifically, it was …

Pristimerin has been shown to be cytotoxic to several cancer cell lines. In the present work,
the cytotoxicity of pristimerin was evaluated in human tumor cell lines and in human …

The most frequent intestinal helminth infections in humans are attributed to Ascaris
lumbricoides, and there are concerns over the anthelminthic resistance of this species. The …

Chinese herbs employed in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) have been used for
centuries in the practice of medicated diet and dietetic therapy. The seed of Cuscuta …

The use of natural products has definitely been the most successful strategy in the discovery
of novel medicines. Secondary metabolites from terrestrial and marine organisms have …

The ethanol extract of C. serratum roots and ursolic acid isolated from it were evaluated for
hepatoprotective activity against carbon tetrachloride induced toxicity in male Wistar strain …