DOI: 10.1055/s-00000058

Planta Medica

Issue 12 · Volume 68 · December 2002 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-2328

Rapid Communication

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Unger, Matthias; Holzgrabe, Ulrike; Jacobsen, Wolfgang; Cummins, Carolyn; Benet, Leslie Z.: Inhibition of Cytochrome P450 3A4 by Extracts and Kavalactones of Piper methysticum (Kava-Kava)

Original Paper

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Wang, Hongyan; Hui, Kwok-Min; Chen, Yingjie; Xu, Suixu; Wong, J. Tze-Fei; Xue, Hong: Structure-Activity Relationships of Flavonoids, Isolated from Scutellaria baicalensis, Binding to Benzodiazepine Site of GABAA Receptor Complex
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Lee, Myung Sun; Oh, Won Keun; Kim, Bo Yeon; Ahn, Soon Cheol; Kang, Dae Ook; Sohn, Cheon Bae; Osada, Hiroyuki; Ahn, Jong Seog: Inhibition of VHR Dual-Specificity Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Activity by Flavonoids Isolated from Scutellaria baicalensis: Structure-Activity Relationships
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Caballero-George, Catherina; Vanderheyden, Patrick M. L.; De Bruyne, Tess; Shahat, Abdel-Atty; Van den Heuvel, Hilde; Solis, Pablo N.; Gupta, Mahabir P.; Claeys, Magda; Pieters, Luc; Vauquelin, Georges; Vlietinck, Arnold J.: In Vitro Inhibition of [3H]-Angiotensin II Binding on the Human AT1 Receptor by Proanthocyanidins from Guazuma ulmifolia Bark
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Hou, Wen-Chi; Hsu, Feng-Lin; Lee, Mei-Hsien: Yam (Dioscorea batatas) Tuber Mucilage Exhibited Antioxidant Activities in Vitro
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Ip, Siu-Po; Yang, Hui; Sun, Han-Dong; Che, Chun-Tao: Dihydroisotanshinone I Protects Against Menadione-Induced Toxicity in a Primary Culture of Rat Hepatocytes
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Kouokam, J. Clavin; Jahns, Thomas; Becker, Hans: Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oil and Some Isolated Sulfur-Rich Compounds from Scorodophloeus zenkeri
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Zhang, Hong-Jie; Tamez, Pamela A.; Aydogmus, Zeynep; Tan, Ghee Teng; Saikawa, Yoko; Hashimoto, Kimiko; Nakata, Masaya; Hung, Nguyen Van; Xuan, Le Thi; Cuong, Nguyen Manh; Soejarto, D. Doel; Pezzuto, John M.; Fong, Harry H. S.: Antimalarial Agents from Plants. III. Trichothecenes from Ficus fistulosa and Rhaphidophora decursiva
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Yuan, Chun-Su; Dey, Lucy; Wang, Anbao; Mehendale, Sangeeta; Xie, Jing-Tian; Aung, Han H.; Ang-Lee, Michael K.: Kavalactones and Dihydrokavain Modulate GABAergic Activity in a Rat Gastric-Brainstem Preparation
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Lahlou, Saad; Galindo, Charles Antonio Barros; Leal-Cardoso, José Henrique; Fonteles, Manassés Claudino; Duarte, Gloria Pinto: Cardiovascular Effects of the Essential Oil of Alpinia zerumbet Leaves and its Main Constituent, Terpinen-4-ol, in Rats: Role of the Autonomic Nervous System
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Maki, Toshiyuki; Kawahara, Yuji; Tanonaka, Kouichi; Yagi, Akira; Takeo, Satoshi: Effects of Tanshinone VI on the Hypertrophy of Cardiac Myocytes and Fibrosis of Cardiac Fibroblasts of Neonatal Rats
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Murch, Susan J.; Rupasinghe, H. P. Vasantha; Saxena, Praveen K.: An in vitro and Hydroponic Growing System for Hypericin, Pseudohypericin, and Hyperforin Production of St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum CV New Stem)
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Dai, Jungui; Cui, Yajun; Zhu, Weihua; Guo, Hongzhu; Ye, Min; Hu, Qiu; Zhang, Dayong; Zheng, Junhua; Guo, Dean: Biotransformation of 2α,5α,10β,14β-Tetraacetoxy-4(20),11-taxadiene by Cell Suspension Cultures of Catharanthus roseus
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Alban, Susanne; Classen, Birgit; Brunner, Gabriele; Blaschek, Wolfgang: Differentiation Between the Complement Modulating Effects of an Arabinogalactan-Protein from Echinacea purpurea and Heparin

Letter

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Su, Bao-Ning; Cuendet, Muriel; Farnsworth, Norman R.; Fong, Harry H. S.; Pezzuto, John M.; Kinghorn, A. Douglas: Activity-Guided Fractionation of the Seeds of Ziziphus jujuba Using a Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitory Assay
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De León, Elvira J.; Olmedo, Dionisio A.; Solís, Pablo N.; Gupta, Mahabir P.; Terencio, M. Carmen: Diayangambin Exerts Immunosuppressive and Anti-Inflammatory Effects in vitro and in vivo
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Ko, Jeong Suk; Rho, Mun-Chual; Chung, Mi Yeon; Song, Hye Young; Kang, Jong Seong; Kim, Koanhoi; Lee, Hyun Sun; Kim, Young Kook: Quinolone Alkaloids, Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase Inhibitors from the Fruits of Evodia rutaecarpa
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Jantan, Ibrahim; Pisar, Mazura Md; Idris, Muhammad Sum; Taher, M.; Ali, Rasadah Mat: In Vitro Inhibitory Effect of Rubraxanthone Isolated from Garcinia parvifolia on Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor Binding
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Bocca, Claudia; Gabriel, Ludovica; Bozzo, Francesca; Miglietta, Antonella: Microtubule-Interacting Activity and Cytotoxicity of the Prenylated Coumarin Ferulenol
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Dantas da Silva, Lourinalda Luiza; Nascimento, Márcia; Silva, Dulce Helena Siqueira; Furlan, Maysa; Bolzani, Vanderlan da Silva: Antibacterial Activity of a Stearic Acid Derivative from Stemodia foliosa
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Stermitz, Frank R.; Scriven, Lacey N.; Tegos, George; Lewis, Kim: Two Flavonols from Artemisa annua which Potentiate the Activity of Berberine and Norfloxacin Against a Resistant Strain of Staphylococcus aureus
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Catania, Maria Antonietta; Crupi, Anna; Firenzuoli, Fabio; Parisi, Alessandra; Sturiale, Alessio; Squadrito, Francesco; Caputi, Achille Patrizio; Calapai, Gioacchino: Oral Administration of a Soy Extract Improves Endothelial Dysfunction in Ovariectomized Rats
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Taniguchi, Shoko; Uechi, Kyoko; Kato, Reiko; Ito, Hideyuki; Hatano, Tsutomu; Yazaki, Kazufumi; Yoshida, Takashi: Accumulation of Hydrolyzable Tannins by Aleurites fordii Callus Culture
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Jiang, Shan-Hao; Yang, Pei-Ming; Zhou, Hui; Zhu, Da-Yuan: Two Norditerpenoid Ester Alkaloids from Aconitum bulleyanum
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Begum, Sabira; Hassan, Syed Imran; Siddiqui, Bina S.: Two New Triterpenoids from the Fresh Leaves of Psidium guajava