DOI: 10.1055/s-00000058

Planta Medica

Issue 03 · Volume 63 · June 1997 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-5374

Editorial

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Editorial

Papers

Pharmacology and Molecular Biology

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Iwasa, Kinuko; Kamigauchi, Miyoko; Sugiura, Makiko; Nanba, Hiroaki: Antimicrobial Activity of Some 13-Alkyl Substituted Protoberberinium Salts
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Peana, Alessandra T.; Moretti, Mario D. L.; Manconi, Vincenza; Desole, Guiseppe; Pippia, Proto: Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Aqueous Extracts and Steroidal Sapogenins of Agave americana
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Zschocke, S.; Lehner, M.; Bauer, R.: 5-Lipoxygenase and Cyclooxygenase Inhibitory Active Constituents from Qianghuo (Notopterygium incisum)
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Serra, Magda F.; Diaz, Bruno L.; Barreto, Emiliano; Pereira, Ana Paula B.; Lima, M. C. R.; Barbosa-Filho, José M.; Cordeiro, R. S. B.; Martins, M. A.; de Silva, P. M. R.: Anti-Allergic Properties of the Natural PAF Antagonist Yangambin
213
Haraguchi, Hiroyuki; Ishikawa, Harumi; Kubo, Isao: Antioxidative Action of Diterpenoids from Podocarpus nagi
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Hase, Koji; Basnet, Purusotam; Kadota, Shigetoshi; Namba, Tsuneo: Immunostimulating Activity of Celosian, an Antihepatotoxic Polysaccharide Isolated from Celosia argentea
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Cimanga, Kanyanga; de Bruyne, Tess; Poel, Bart Van; Ma, Yuliang; Claeys, Magda; Pieters, Luc; Kambu, Kabangu; Tona, Lutete; Bakana, Phongi; Berghe, Dirk Vanden; Vlietinck, Arnold J.: Complement-Modulating Properties of a Kaempferol 7-O-Rhamnosylsophoroside from the Leaves of Morinda morindoides
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Koyama, Kiyotaka; Imaizumi, Tooru; Akiba, Michiko; Kinoshita, Kaoru; Takahashi, Kunio; Suzuki, Akira; Yano, Shingo; Horie, Syunji; Watanabe, Kazuo; Naoi, Yukio: Antinociceptive Components of Ganoderma lucidum
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Ameri, Angela; Gleitz, Johannes; Peters(†), Thies: Bicuculline-Induced Epileptiform Activity in Rat Hippocampal Slices: Suppression by Aconitum Alkaloids
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Duarte, Juan; Vallejo, Inmaculada; Pérez-Vizcaino, Francisco; Jiménez, Rosario; Zarzuelo, Antonio; Tamargo, Juan: Effects of Visnadine on Rat Isolated Vascular Smooth Muscles
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Vered, Yaffa; Grosskopf, Itamar; Palevitch, Dan; Harsat, Ana; Charach, Gideon; Weintraub, Moshe S.; Graff, Eran: The Influence of Vicia faba (Broad Bean) Seedlings on Urinary Sodium Excretion

Natural Product Chemistry

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Wang, Chang Zeng; Jia, Zhong Jian: Neolignan Glycosides from Pedicularis longiflora
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Chen, H.; Jia, Z. J.; Tan, R. X.: Two New Oplopanol Esters from Cremanthodium ellisii
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Gao, Jianjun; Yang, Li; Jia, Zhong Jian: A New Eremophilane Sesquiterpenoid and a New Iridoid from Pedicularis striata subsp. arachnoides
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Andersson, Maria; Bergendorff, Ola; Shan, Rudong; Zygmunt, Peter; Sterner, Olov: Minor Components with Smooth Muscle Relaxing Properties from Scented Myrrh (Commiphora guidotti)
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Bringmann, Gerhard; Saeb, Wael; Assi, Laurent Aké; François, Guido; Sankara Narayanan, A. S.; Peters, Karl; Peters, Eva-Maria: Betulinic Acid: Isolation from Triphyophyllum peltatum and Ancistrocladus heyneanus, Antimalarial Activity, and Crystal Structure of the Benzyl Ester*
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Shao, Yu; Poobrasert, Onoomar; Kennelly, Edward J.; Chin, Chee-Kok; Ho, Chi-Tang; Huang, Mou-Tuan; Garrison, Stephen A.; Cordell, Geoffrey A.: Steroidal Saponins from Asparagus officinalis and Their Cytotoxic Activity

Letters

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Ide, Nagatoshi; Nelson, Audowin B.; Lau, Benjamin H. S.: Aged Garlic Extract and its Constituents Inhibit Cu2+-Induced Oxidative Modification of Low Density Lipoprotein
265
Bonté, Frédéric; Noel-Hudson, Marie-Sophie; Wepierre, J.; Meybeck, A.: Protective Effect of Curcuminoids on Epidermal Skin Cells under Free Oxygen Radical Stress
266
Lee, Hyun Sun; Ko, Hack Ryong; Ryu, Shi Yong; Oh, Won Keun; Kim, Bo Yeon; Ahn, Soon Cheol; Mheen, Tae Ik; Ahn, Jong Seog: Inhibition of Phospholipase Cγ1 by the Prenylated Flavonoids from Sophora flavescens
268
Majinda, Runner R. T.; Motswaledi, Modisa; Waigh, Roger D.; Waterman, Peter G.: Phenolic and Antibacterial Constituents of Vahlia capensis
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Campbell, William E.; Gammon, David W.; Smith, Peter; Abrahams, Meryl; Purves, Tertia D.: Composition and Antimalarial Activity in Vitro of the Essential Oil of Tetradenia riparia
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Inada, Akira; Nakanishi, Tsutomu; Tokuda, Harukuni; Nishino, Hoyoku; Sharma, Om P.: Anti-Tumor Promoting Activities of Lantadenes on Mouse Skin Tumors and Mouse Hepatic Tumors
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Enciso-Rodríguez, Roberto: Micropropagation of Valeriana edulis ssp. procera
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Fukuyama, Yoshiyasu; Hata, Yuuko; Kodama, Mitsuaki: Bicycloillicinone Asarone Acetal: A Novel Prenylated C6-C3 Compound Increasing Choline Acetyltransferase (ChAT) Activity from Illicium tashiroi
277
Slanina, Jiři; Táborská, Eva; Lojková, Lea: Lignans in the Seeds and Fruits of Schisandra chinensis Cultured in Europe
280
Baratta, Maria Tiziana; Ruberto, Guiseppe: Cycloartane Triterpene Glycosides from Astragalus siculus
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Dupont, M. P.; Llabrés, G.; Delaude, C.; Tchissambou, L.; Gastmans, J. P.: Sterolic and Triterpenoidic Constituents of Stem Bark of Drypetes gossweileri
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Lamidi, Maroufath; Ollivier, Evelyne; Faure, Robert; Debrauwer, Laurent; Nze-Ekekang, Lucienne; Balansard, Guy: Revised Structures of Four Saponins from Nauclea diderrichii
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Adesina, Simeon K.; Olugbade, Tiwalade A.; Akinwusi, Doye D.; von Willert, Dieter J.: New Amides from Zanthoxylum lemairie Pericarps

Notes

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Budzianowski, Jaromir: Coumarins, Caffeoyltartaric Acids and their Artifactual Methyl Esters from Taraxacum officinale Leaves
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Struck, D.; Tegtmeier, M.; Harnischfeger, G.: Flavones in Extracts of Cimicifuga racemosa
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Arot Manguro, Lawrence O.; Midiwo, Jacob O.; Kraus, Wolfgang: Triterpenoids and Steroids of Myrsine africana Leaves