Lithraea molleoides (Vell.) Engl. (Anacardiaceae), is known in South America for its medicinal properties: antiarthritic, haemostatic, diuretic, tonic and useful for the treatment of respiratory diseases. Previously the isolation of a new cytotoxic 5-alkyl resorcinol derivative,
Reproducible preparations are given for salts of the following L-amino acid derivatives: Bpoc-Ala-OH, Bpoc-Arg(Mtr)-OH, Bpoc-Asn-OH, Bpoc-Asp(OtBu)-OH, Bpoc-Cys(Acm)-OH, Bpoc-Cys(S-tBu)-OH, Bpoc-Gln-OH, Bpoc-Glu(OtBu)-OH, Bpoc-Gly-OH, Bpoc-Ile-OH, Bpoc-Leu-OH, N-alpha-Bpoc-Lys(epsilon-Boc)-OH,
Vitex doniana is an important African medicinal plant traditionally used for the treatment of many diseases including type 2 diabetes (T2D). In this study, ethyl acetate, ethanol and aqueous extracts of the stem bark, root and leaf of V. doniana were analyzed for in vitro anti-oxidative activity and
A dichloromethane extract from the leaves of Lithraea molleoides (Anacardiaceae), an argentine medicinal plant, showed cytotoxicity on human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line. Bioassay guided fractionation of this extract led to the isolation of a new active 5-alkyl resorcinol:
An unprecedented natural acetophenone, polygonophenone (1), and a new resorcinol, polygonocinol (2), were isolated from the dichloromethane and methanol extracts of Polygonum maritimum and identified as 2-hydroxy-4-[(2-methoxyethoxy)methoxy] acetophenone and 2-methyl-5-nonadecylresorcinol,
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In agreement with ethnomedicinal reports, the dichloromethane extract of Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) was recently shown to be of considerable activity against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, the etiologic agent of East African Human Trypanosomiasis (East African Sleeping
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