Natural Products Journal, The - Volume 7, Issue 4, 2017

Background: Coniothyrium had great potential in controlling Sclerotinia diseases in green houses and field with a high specificity. An important and steadily increasing number of natural products have been isolated from Coniothyrium spp, and the biological activities have not yet been fully elaborated. Objective: To promote the development of Coniothyrium source. Method: To analysis and sum up the literatures concerned. Read More

Cassia siamea Lamk is a tropical plant of family Caesalpiniaceae and is native of Southeast Asia. It is well-known for its nutritional, medicinal and economic importance and has been traditionally used for the treatment of ailments such as fever, malaria, diabetes, hypertension, asthma, constipation, diuresis, CNS disorders, jaundice, abdominal pain and menstrual pain either in crude form or as decoction of leaves and flo Read More

Background: Plants offer various novel and structurally diverse potential chemical moieties which can be used as drugs or as leads for drug discovery. A comprehensive overview of the genus Diospyros L. (Family: Ebenaceae) is presented. Methods: A through literature search has been carried out using various search engines and all the reported data is incorporated followed by discussion of various selected experiment Read More

Background: Overproduction of biologically relevant free radicals in vascular tissues contributes to the development of endothelial dysfunction and progression of atherosclerotic lesions. Hypochlorite is a potent oxidizing and chlorinating ion, and its overproduction by neutrophils is linked to the development of vascular damage. Resveratrol has shown vasoprotective effects in several experimental models of vascular dysfunction. Read More

Background: Various techniques have been applied for detecting anacardic acid, cardanol, cardol, and 2-methylcardol and their degrees of unsaturation in a complex mixture of a highly corrosive cashew nut shell liquid found in the cashew (anacardium occidentale) nut shells. However, very little has been reported on the applicability of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry for the s Read More

Background: Compounds containing CN3 groups are named as guanidine derivatives, which have a rich history in biological and bio-inspired activity. Many guanidine moieties are reported for the antimicrobial activity. Present study aims to the enhancement of bio-activity of the guanidine subunits by conjugating with benzothiazole. Methods: A new series of benzothiazole guanidines have been synthesized from the reaction of thiour Read More

Background: Papaya (Carica papaya) is well known for its medicinal properties as well as its use in traditional system of medicine. The recent rise in the knowledge of medicinal properties of papaya has significantly contributed to the modern pharmaceutical industries. Objectives: In this study, methanolic extracts of papaya leaves, un-ripened peels and seeds were studied for their phytochemical composition, antioxidant, anti-in Read More

Background: Essential oils, obtained by hydro distillation of plant parts, are important products in the world and have been traditionally used for treatment of infections and diseases. Due to their significant impact from an environmental point of view, there has been extensive research to explore and determine the antimicrobial activity of the plant essential oils. Methods: The chemical composition of the hydro distilled ess Read More

Background: One of the trends in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food market is the development of products with natural components, especially plant products. Besides being used as a beverage, yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.) has traditionally been used in folk medicine due to its many therapeutic effects. Objective: The present study aims to evaluate the yerba mate utilization profile in the pharmaceutic Read More

Background: The use of plants for the treatment, cure and prevention of diseases is one of the oldest medicinal practices of humanity. These plants are able to produce much diversified natural compounds (e.g. alkaloids, polyphenols, etc.) which have many pharmaceutical applications. Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the antioxidant capacity and antibacterial activity of Zizyphus lotus extracts, whi Read More