Microbial transformation is an important tool for structural modification of organic
compounds, especially natural products with complex structures like steroids. It can be used …

1. Introduction.–Physalis is a genus of herbaceous plants in the Solanaceae family. The
genus comprises approximately 120 species, mainly distributed in America tropical and …

Lantana hispida was fractionated by column chromatography and one of its fractions (FVI)
inhibited the growth of all the MDR-TB clinical isolates at concentrations up to 25 µg/mL …

Winner of the 2005 Klinger Book Award Presented by The Society for Economic Botany.
Florida Ethnobotany provides a cross-cultural examination of how the state s native plants …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Chemicals L-()-Ascorbic acid, thiobarbituric acid (TBA),
xanthine, xanthine oxidase and cytochrome c were purchased from Sigma Chemical Co.(St …

Complex physalin metabolites present in the capsules of the fruit of Physalis angulata L.
have been isolated and submitted to a series of assays of antimicrobial activity against …

Physalis angulata and P. peruviana are herbs widely used in folk medicine. In this study, the
aqueous and ethanol extracts prepared from the whole plant of these species were …

Physalis (75+ species, Solanaceae) is most diverse in Mexico, with only the type, P.
alkekengi, native to the Old World. Interspecific relationships are poorly known, and despite …

Crude extracts and fractions from aerial parts of Physalis angulata have been bioassayed for
antimycobacterial activity. Fraction A1‐29‐12 containing physalins B, F and D exhibited a …

In this study, we attempted to identify the possible antinociceptive action of aqueous extract
(AE) obtained from roots of Physalis angulata, known in Brazil as “Camapu”, used to treat …