Fitoterapia Vol. 84, 2013

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pp 1–5A new hepatotoxic triterpenoid ketone from Curculigo orchioidesWei Jiao ⁎, Xiaozhen Chen, Haibo Wang, Runhua Lu, Huawu Shao ⁎

pp 6–10Microbial transformation of 20(S)-protopanaxadiol by Absidia corymbifera. Cytotoxic activity of themetabolites against human prostate cancer cellsGuangtong Chen, Min Yang, Shaojun Nong, Xue Yang, Yong Ling, Donggeng Wang, Xinyang Wang, Wei Zhang ⁎

pp 11–14A novel furanoeremophilane with an unusual oxygen bridge from Senecio nemorensisBaojun Shi, Ji Shi, Hongfang Jiang, Guixin Chou ⁎, Zhengtao Wang ⁎⁎

Compound 1 contains 1,6-oxo bridge which emerged in furanoeremophilane class for the first time.

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pp 15–21An immunostimulating water insoluble β-glucan of an edible hybrid mushroom: Isolation and characterizationKousik Maity, Surajit Samanta, Sunil K. Bhanja, Saikat Maity, Ipsita K. Sen, Swatilekha Maiti, Birendra Behera, Tapas K. Maiti,Samir R. Sikdar, Syed S. Islam ⁎

pp 22–31Anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic cyathane diterpenoids from the medicinal fungus Cyathus africanusJunJie Han, YuHui Chen, Li Bao, XiaoLi Yang, Dailin Liu, ShaoJie Li, Feng Zhao, Hongwei Liu ⁎

pp 32–39Nerium oleander derived cardiac glycoside oleandrin is a novel inhibitor of HIV infectivityShailbala Singh, Sachin Shenoy, Pramod N. Nehete, Peiying Yang, Bharti Nehete, Danielle Fontenot, Guojun Yang, Robert A. Newman,K. Jagannadha Sastry ⁎

pp 40–46Japonicones Q–T, four new dimeric sesquiterpene lactones from Inula japonica Thunb.Jia Xian Zhu, Jiang Jiang Qin, Hui Zi Jin ⁎, Wei Dong Zhang ⁎

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pp 54–57Sinoscrewtine, an alkaloid with novel skeleton from the roots of Sinomenium acutumXiao-Ling Wang ⁎, Bing-Rui Liu, Chien-Kuang Chen, Guo-Wei Qin, Shoei-Sheng Lee

Sinoscrewtine (1), a new skeletal alkaloid showing weak injurious effects against H2O2/A25–35 induced oxidative injury in PC-12 cells and DPPH radical scavengingactivity has been isolated from Sinomenium acutum.

pp 58–63Bioactive phenolics and terpenoids from Manglietia insignisShan-Zhai Shang, Ling-Mei Kong, Li-Ping Yang, Jing Jiang, Jin Huang, Hai-Bo Zhang, Yi-Ming Shi, Wei Zhao, Hong-Lin Li,Huai-Rong Luo, Yan Li, Wei-Lie Xiao ⁎, Han-Dong Sun ⁎

pp 64–71A nanostructured liquid crystalline formulation of 20(S)-protopanaxadiol with improved oral absorptionXin Jin, Zhen-hai Zhang, Song-lin Li, E. Sun, Xiao-bin Tan, Jie Song, Xiao-bin Jia ⁎

pp 47–53Cerebral nuclei distribution study of dehydrodiisoeugenol as an anxiogenic agent determined by RP-HPLCYou-Bo Zhang, Li-Qiao Zhu, Xiu-Wei Yang ⁎

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pp 72–79Possible ways of fagopyrin biosynthesis and production in buckwheat plantsOksana Sytar ⁎, Marian Brestic, Mahendra Rai

pp 80–84Anti-neuroinflammatory constituents from Asparagus cochinchinensisRui Jian, Ke-Wu Zeng, Jun Li, Ning Li, Yong Jiang, Pengfei Tu ⁎

pp 85–88Two new anthraquinone dimers from the fruit bodies of Bulgaria inquinansNing Li, Jing Xu, Xian Li, Peng Zhang ⁎

pp 89–98Enhanced absorption of boswellic acids by a lecithin delivery form (Phytosome®) of Boswellia extractJan Hüsch, Janine Bohnet, Gert Fricker, Carsten Skarke, Christian Artaria, Giovanni Appendino, Manfred Schubert-Zsilavecz,Mona Abdel-Tawab ⁎

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pp 99–106In vitro metabolism, permeation, and brain availability of six major boswellic acids fromBoswellia serrata gum resinsKathleen Gerbeth, Jan Hüsch, Gert Fricker, Oliver Werz, Manfred Schubert-Zsilavecz, Mona Abdel-Tawab ⁎

pp 107–114Hydroxysafflor yellow a inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory signal transductionin human alveolar epithelial A549 cellsLijuan Song, Yu Zhu, Ming Jin ⁎, Baoxia Zang

pp 115–122A new ganoderic acid from Ganoderma lucidum mycelia and its stabilityYing-Bo Li, Ru-Ming Liu, Jian-Jiang Zhong ⁎

A new bioactive ganoderic acid from Ganoderma lucidum mycelia.

pp 123–129Sasanquasaponin from Camellia oleifera Abel. induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis inhuman breast cancer MCF-7 cellsLinyan Chen, Jing Chen, Hanhong Xu ⁎

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pp 130–134Two new chromone glycosides from Drynaria fortuneiZhen-Ping Shang, Jing-Jing Meng, Qing-Chun Zhao ⁎, Ming-Zhi Su, Zhou Luo, Lin Yang, Jing-Jing Tan

pp 135–139Synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of pogostone and its analoguesYu-Yang Yi, Jing-Jin He, Jun-Quan Su, Song-Zhi Kong, Ji-Yan Su, Yu-Cui Li, Si-Han huang, Chu-Wen Li,Xiao-Ping Lai ⁎, Zi-Ren Su ⁎

pp 140–157Anti-HBV agents derived from botanical originLi-Peng Qiu, Ke-Ping Chen ⁎

pp 158–162Highly regioselective glycosylation of xylosyl-containing taxanes by Enterobacter cloaceaeKang Wang, Jianhua Zou, Ridao Chen, Dan Xie, Xin Liu, Jungui Dai ⁎

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pp 163–169Effects of the extracts and an active compound curcumenone isolated from Curcuma zedoaria rhizomeson alcohol-induced drunkenness in miceYoshiyuki Kimura ⁎, Maho Sumiyoshi, Tomoiki Tamaki

Protective effect of Curcuma zedoaria rhizomes on drunkenness might be due to curcumenone, and decreases in the elevation of blood alcohol concentrationsthrough increased liver alcohol dehydrogenase activity.

pp 170–173Bioactive cis-stilbenoids from the tubers of Scirpus yagaraQiao-Li Liang ⁎, Ling-Ling Lei, Xiaodong Cui, Nuo-Shu Zou, Jin-Ao Duan

pp 174–179Protective effects of sweroside on human MG-63 cells and rat osteoblastsHui Sun ⁎, Lijing Li, Aihua Zhang, Ning Zhang, Haitao Lv, Wenjun Sun, Xijun Wang ⁎

The representative dot plots showing the percentages of apoptotic (lower right quadrant) and necrotic (upper right quadrant) cells from control, dexamethasoneinduced group, and sweroside group.

pp 180–201Platelet-activating factor (PAF)-antagonists of natural originPreeti Singh a,⁎, Ishwari Narayan Singh, Sambhu Charan Mondal, Lubhan Singh, Vipin Kumar Garg

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pp 202–207Bioassay-guided isolation of urease and α-chymotrypsin inhibitory constituents from the stems ofLawsonia alba Lam. (Henna)Nizam Uddin, Bina Shaheen Siddiqui ⁎, Sabira Begum, Muhammad Imran Ali, Bishnu P. Marasini, Ajmal Khan, M. Iqbal Choudhary

pp 208–212Isoliquiritigenin showed strong inhibitory effects towards multiple UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT)isoform-catalyzed 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU) glucuronidationHang Lu, Zhong-Ze Fang, Yun-Feng Cao, Cui-Min Hu, Mo Hong, Xiao-Yu Sun, Hua Li, Yan Liu, Xiaoguang Fu, Hongzhi Sun ⁎

pp 213–221Optimization of the selective preparation of 20(R)-ginsenoside Rg3 catalyzed by D, L-tartaric acid usingresponse surface methodologyChengpeng Sun, Weiping Gao, Baozhong Zhao, Leqin Cheng ⁎

20(R)-ginsenoside Rg3 was selectively prepared by D, L-tartaric acid as the catalyst, and optimized by response surface methodology.

pp 222–226New amide alkaloids from Piper longumZhi-Yong Jiang ⁎, Wen-Feng Liu, Chao-Guan Huang, Xiang-Zhong Huang

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pp 237–241Phenylethanoid glycosides from the stems of Callicarpa peii (hemostatic drug)Ai-Zhi Wu, Ya-Jing Zhai, Zhong-Xiang Zhao, Cui-Xian Zhang, Chao-Zhan Lin ⁎, Chen-Chen Zhu ⁎

pp 227–236Phytochemical and therapeutic potential of cucumberPulok K. Mukherjee ⁎, Neelesh K. Nema, Niladri Maity, Birendra K. Sarkar

pp 248–251C22-steroidal lactone glycosides from stems and leaves of Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensisXu-Jie Qin, Chang-Xiang Chen, Wei Ni, Huan Yan, Hai-Yang Liu ⁎

pp 242–247Characterization of tyrosinase inhibitors in the twigs of Cudrania tricuspidata and their structure–activityrelationship studyZong-Ping Zheng, Hui-Yuan Tan, Jie Chen, Mingfu Wang ⁎

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pp 257–263Fucoidan prevents multiple myeloma cell escape from chemotherapy-induced drug cytotoxicityJinglong Lv, Qing Xiao ⁎, Li Wang, Xin Liu, Xin Wang, Zesong Yang, Hongbin Zhang, Pujiang Dong

pp 252–256Cytotoxicity and structure activity relationships of phytosterol from Phyllanthus emblicaWei-Yan Qi, Ya Li, Lei Hua, Ke Wang, Kun Gao ⁎

pp 273–285Recent advances in herbal medicines treating Parkinson's diseaseXu-zhao Li, Shuai-nan Zhang, Shu-min Liu ⁎, Fang Lu ⁎⁎

pp 264–272Effects of Yerba Mate tea (Ilex paraguariensis) on vascular endothelial function and liver lipoproteinreceptor gene expression in hyperlipidemic ratsHongli Gao ⁎, Zhaochun Liu ⁎⁎, Xiaolan Qu, Ying Zhao

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p 302Chemistry of Natural Products. A laboratory handbookGiovanni Appendino

pp 286–294Discrimination of raw and vinegar-processed Genkwa Flos using metabolomics coupled with multivariatedata analysis: A discrimination study with metabolomics coupled with PCALulu Geng, Haoyang Sun, Yang Yuan, Zhenzhen Liu, Yan Cui, Kaishun Bi, Xiaohui Chen ⁎

Raw and processed Genkwa Flos were discriminated, and the chemical markers responsible for the discrimination were screened out. Furthermore, themechanism underlying the processing procedure was elucidated.

pp 295–301Sibiricasaponins A–E, five new triterpenoid saponins from the aerial parts of Polygala sibirica L.Yue-Lin Song, Ke-Wu Zeng, Tian-Xing Shi, Yong Jiang ⁎, Peng-Fei Tu ⁎

pp 303–307Sulfated derivatives of 20(S)-ginsenoside Rh2 and their inhibitory effects on LPS-induced inflammatorycytokines and mediatorsBen-Dong Fu, Wen-Yan Bi, Chang-Liang He, Wei Zhu, Hai-Qing Shen, Peng-Fei Yi, Lu Wang, Da-Cheng Wang, Xu-Bin Wei ⁎

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pp 321–325Phytochemical analysis of the triterpenoids with cytotoxicity and QR inducing properties from the total teaseed saponin of Camellia sinensisNing Li ⁎, Zhong-jun Ma, Yang Chu, Ying Wang, Xian Li

By antitumor and QR inducing activities bioassay-guided isolation, Seven major components were isolated from active part TS. Compounds 1, 2 and 3 exhibitedpotential antitumor activities and 1 showed significant QR inducing activity.

pp 326–331Triterpenoid saponins from Clematis tangutica and their cardioprotective activitiesWei Zhang, Xiaoyang Wang, Haifeng Tang ⁎, Minchang Wang, Lanju Ji, Aidong Wen, Jianbo Wang ⁎⁎

Three new triterpenoid saponins (1–3), together with four known ones (4–7) were isolated from the whole plants of Clematis tangutica. These saponinsexhibited cardioprotective effects.

pp 308–317Wound-healing plants from TCM: in vitro investigations on selected TCM plants and their influence on humandermal fibroblasts and keratinocytesRuxi Wang, Matthias Lechtenberg, Jandirk Sendker, Frank Petereit, Alexandra Deters, Andreas Hensel ⁎

pp 318–320On the structure of aspongopusin recently isolated from Aspongopus chinensisXiao-Wei Lu, Yikang Wu ⁎

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pp 332–337Three new phenolic compounds from the leaves of Rosa sericeaJin-Rong Li, Jie Liu, Da-Hai He, Hong-Xi Xu, Li-Sheng Ding, Wei-Kai Bao, Zhi-Qiong Zhou, Yan Zhou ⁎

pp 338–346Purification, structural elucidation and antitumor activity of a novel mannogalactoglucan from the fruitingbodies of Lentinus edodesIteku B. Jeff, Shanshan Li, Xiaoxia Peng, Rajab M.R. Kassim, Baofeng Liu ⁎, Yifa Zhou ⁎

pp 347–359Sesamin synergistically potentiates the anticancer effects of γ-tocotrienol in mammary cancer cell linesMohamed R. Akl, Nehad M. Ayoub, Bilal S. Abuasal, Amal Kaddoumi, Paul W. Sylvester⁎

pp 360–365Four new coumarinolignoids from seeds of Solanum indicumHai-Long Yin, Jie-Hui Li, Jian Li, Bin Li, Li Chen, Yin Tian, Shi-Jun Liu, Tao Zhang, Jun-Xing Dong ⁎

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