Plant metabolites. Structure and in vitro antiviral activity of quinovic acid glycosides from Uncaria tomentosa and Guettarda platypoda.
Author Aquino R, De Simone F, Pizza C Date 7/1989 Journal J Nat Prod Abstract A reinvestigation of the bark of Uncaria tomentosa afforded, in addition to the major quinovic acid glycosides 1-3, three further glycosides 4-6. The structures were elucidated by spectral and chemical studies. Furthermore, a series of antiviral tests were performed on […]
Immune restoration of local xenogeneic graft-versus-host reaction in cancer patients in vitro and reversal of cyclophosphamide-induced immune suppression in the rat in vivo by fractionated Astragalus membranaceus
Author Chu DT, Sun Y, Lin JR Date 6/1989 Journal Chung Hsi I Chieh Ho Tsa Chih Abstract Through the process of fractionation, purification by gel filtration chromatography and thereafter the screening with an in vitro local xenogeneic graft-versus-host reaction (XGVHR) model, a fraction was identified as a potent immunorestorative agent and was designated “Fraction […]
General pharmacology of Vitex leucoxylon Linn leaves.
Author Makwana HG, Ravishankar B, Shukla VJ Date 4/1994 Journal Indian J Physiol Pharmacol Abstract Ethanol extract (ETE) and cold aqueous infusion (CAI) of Vitex leucoxylon leaf were evaluated in a battery of tests to define the activity profile of the plant. CAI depressed SMA, antagonised d- amphetamine stereotypy and oxotremorine tremors, shortened the duration […]
Invasive Gastric Candidiasis
Author Pugh TF, Fitch SJ Date 1986 Journal Pediatr Radiol Abstract A case of invasive gastric candidiasis is reported. The frequency and importance of Candida sp. as a gastric pathogen is reviewed
Effect of zinc supplementation on copper status in adult man.
Author Fischer PW, Giroux A, L’Abbe MR. Date 10/1984 Journal Am J Clin Nutr Abstract The effects of zinc supplementation on the copper status of healthy adult men, as assessed by the activities of the copper-metalloenzymes, plasma ferroxidase (ceruloplasmin), and erythrocyte Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase, were determined. The subjects were given either two daily doses of 25 […]
Radical scavenger and antihepatotoxic activity of Ganoderma formosanum, Ganoderma lucidum and Ganoderma neo-japonicum.
Author Lin JM, Lin CC, Chen MF, Ujiie T Date 23/6/1995 Journal J Ethnopharmacol Abstract The free radical scavenging and antihepatotoxic activity from Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma formosanum and Ganoderma neo-japonicum were studied. Treatment with the water extract of Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma formosanum and Ganoderma neo-japonicum caused a marked decrease in the CCl4-induced toxicity in rat […]
Clinical experience of drug treatments for mastalgia.
Author Pye JK, Mansel RE, Hughes LE Date 17/8/1985 Journal Lancet Abstract Results of randomised trials and open studies in 291 patients with severe persistent breast pain in whom breast cancer had been excluded showed that drug therapy produced a good or useful result in 77% of those with cyclical mastalgia and 44% of those […]
Successful treatment of multiple sclerosis with magnetic fields.
Author Sandyk R Date 10/1992 Journal Int J Neurosci Abstract The present communication concerns a 50 year-old woman with a 15 year history of chronic-progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) in whom extracranial application of picoTesla magnetic fields (MF) produced a dramatic and sustained improvement in disability. In contrast, administration of melatonin (3 mg, P.O.) produced in […]
Zinc and copper metabolism in patients with senile macular degeneration.
Author Silverstone BZ, Landau L, Berson D Date 7/1985 Journal Ann Ophthalmol Abstract Abnormal zinc and copper metabolism has been described in some retinal disorders affecting the retinal pigment epithelium. Anatomic and functional studies in patients with senile macular degeneration show changes in this retinal layer. We examined the blood and urine of two groups […]
Free radicals scavenging action and anti-enzyme activities of procyanidines from Vitis vinifera. A mechanism for their capillary protective action.
Author Maffei Facino R, Carini M, Aldini G Date 5/1994 Journal Arzneimittelforschung Abstract The scavenging by procyanidines (polyphenol oligomers from Vitis vinifera seeds, CAS 85594-37-2) of reactive oxygen species (ROS) involved in the onset (HO degrees) and the maintenance of microvascular injury (lipid radicals R degrees, RO degrees, ROO degrees) has been studied in phosphatidylcholine […]
