Antifungal activity of medicinal plants against Aspergillus niger was evaluated using Bio-Cell Tracer (BCT). By this system enabled the real time determination of hyphal growth rate could be done in the presence or absence of Chinese herbal extracts. Of the 41 herbal extracts with 60% acetone
Two new and two known compounds were identified as estrogenic constituents from Broussonetia kazinoki. Their structures were elucidated as broussonin A (1), tupichinol C (2), kazinol U (3), and (+)-(2R) kazinol I (4). They showed estrogenic activity with ligand-binding activity of estrogen receptor,
A new phenolic compound, broussonone A (1) were isolated from the stem barks of Broussonetia kanzinoki (Moraceae), together with two diphenylpropanes, broussonin A (2), broussonin B (3), two flavans, 7,4'-dihydroxyflavan (4), 3',7-dihydroxy-4'-methoxyflavan (5), and two flavones,
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