DOI: 10.1055/s-00000058

Planta Medica

Issue 06 · Volume 69 · June 2003 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-2704

Editorial

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Nahrstedt, Adolf: Editorial
1953 - 2003: 50th Anniversary of Planta Medica

Review

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Phillipson, J. David: 50 Years of Medicinal Plant Research - Every Progress in Methodology is a Progress in Science

Rapid Communication

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Singh, Yadhu N.; Devkota, Ashwini K.: Aqueous Kava Extracts do not Affect Liver Function Tests in Rats

Original Paper

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Banskota, Arjun H.; Tezuka, Yasuhiro; Nguyen, Nhan Trung; Awale, Suresh; Nobukawa, Takahiro; Kadota, Shigetoshi: DPPH Radical Scavenging and Nitric Oxide Inhibitory Activities of the Constituents from the Wood of Taxus yunnanensis
506
Koh, Sang Bum; Ban, Ju Yeon; Lee, Bo Young; Seong, Yeon Hee: Protective Effects of Fangchinoline and Tetrandrine on Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Oxidative Neuronal Cell Damage in Cultured Rat Cerebellar Granule Cells
513
Lee, In-Kyoung; Yun, Bong-Sik; Kim, Jong-Pyung; Kim, Won-Gon; Ryoo, In-Ja; Oh, Seikwan; Kim, Young-Ho; Yoo, Ick-Dong: p-Terphenyl Curtisians Protect Cultured Neuronal Cells against Glutamate Neurotoxicity via Iron Chelation
518
Choo, Min-Kyung; Park, Eun-Kyung; Han, Myung Joo; Kim, Dong-Hyun: Antiallergic Activity of Ginseng and its Ginsenosides
523
Lee, Choong Jae; Lee, Jae Heun; Seok, Jeong Ho; Hur, Gang Min; Park, Yang Chun; Seol, In Chan; Kim, Yun Hee: Effects of Baicalein, Berberine, Curcumin and Hesperidin on Mucin Release from Airway Goblet Cells
527
Copp, Brent R.; Kayser, Oliver; Brun, Reto; Kiderlen, Albrecht F.: Antiparasitic Activity of Marine Pyridoacridone Alkaloids Related to the Ascididemins
532
Ko, Chien-Hsin; Chen, Hwei-Hsien; Lin, Yi-Ruu; Chan, Ming-Huan: Inhibition of Smooth Muscle Contraction by Magnolol and Honokiol in Porcine Trachea
537
Zhang, Quanbin; Li, Zhien; Xu, Zuhong; Niu, Xizhen; Zhang, Hong: Effects of Fucoidan on Chronic Renal Failure in Rats
542
Chen, Jih-Jung; Duh, Chang-Yih; Huang, Hung-Yi; Chen, Ih-Sheng: Furoquinoline Alkaloids and Cytotoxic Constituents from the Leaves of Melicope semecarpifolia
547
Du, Zhizhi; Zhu, Na; Ze-Ren-Wang-Mu, Na; Shen, Yuemao: Two New Antifungal Saponins from the Tibetan Herbal Medicine Clematis tangutica

Letter

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Krawczyk, Ewa; Łuczak, Mirosław; Kobus, Mirosław; Bańka, Dariusz; Daniewski, Włodzimierz: Antiviral Activity of N-Benzoylphenylisoserinates of Lactarius Sesquiterpenoid Alcohols in vitro
555
Ngamrojnavanich, Nattaya; Sirimongkon, Supaporn; Roengsumran, Sophon; Petsom, Amorn; Kamimura, Hishashi: Inhibition of Na+,K+-ATPase Activity by (-)-ent-Kaur-16-en-19-oic Acid and its Derivatives
557
Tsai, Chin-Chuan; Lai, Tung-Yuan; Huang, Wei-Chan; Yang, Tzyylin; Liu, I.-Min; Wong, Kar-Lok; Chan, Paul; Cheng, Juei-Tang: Tetramethylpyrazine as Potassium Channel Opener to Lower Calcium Influx into Cultured Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells
559
Son, Jong Keun; Park, Ji Soo; Kim, Jeong Ah; Kim, Youngsoo; Chung, See Ryun; Lee, Seung Ho: Prenylated Flavonoids from the Roots of Sophora flavescens with Tyrosinase Inhibitory Activity
561
Zhong, Lei; Qu, Guiqing; Li, Ping; Han, Jian; Guo, Dean: Induction of Apoptosis and G2/M Cell Cycle Arrest by Gleditsioside E from Gleditsia sinensis in HL-60 Cells
564
Oh, Hyuncheol; Kang, Dae-Gill; Lee, Sunyoung; Lee, Yunmi; Lee, Ho-Sub: Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitory Alkaloids from Fritillaria ussuriensis
566
Fokialakis, Nikolas; Magiatis, Prokopios; Mitaku, Sofia; Pratsinis, Harris; Tillequin, François: Estrogenic Activity of Phenylpropanoids from Sarcomelicope megistophylla and Structure Determination of a New Norneolignan
568
Kanokmedhakul, Somdej; Kanokmedhakul, Kwanjai; Prajuabsuk, Thirada; Soytong, Kasem; Kongsaeree, Palangpon; Suksamrarn, Apichart: A Bioactive Triterpenoid and Vulpinic Acid Derivatives from the Mushroom Scleroderma citrinum
571
Pereira, Ana M. S.; Amui, Saulo F.; Bertoni, Bianca W.; Moraes, Rita M.; França, Suzelei C.: Micropropagation of Anemopaegma arvense: Conservation of an Endangered Medicinal Plant
574
Bianchi, Giulia; Dallavalle, Sabrina; Merlini, Lucio; Nasini, Gianluca; Quaroni, Sergio: A New Azoxyalkene from a Strain of an Actinomadura-Like Fungus
576
Tong, Xiao-Tian; Tan, Chang-Heng; Ma, Xiao-Qiang; Wang, Bao-De; Jiang, Shan-Hao; Zhu, Da-Yuan: Miyoshianines A and B, Two New Lycopodium Alkaloids from Huperzia miyoshiana
579
Chen, Wei; Shen, Yuemao; Xu, Jianchu: Dissectol A, An Unusual Monoterpene Glycoside from Incarvillea dissectifoliola
582
Zhang, Qinglin; ElSohly, Hala N.; Li, Xing-Cong; Walker, Larry A.: A New Triterpene from Leandra chaetodon
584
Cui, X. M.; Lo, C. K.; Yip, K. L.; Dong, T. T. X.; Tsim, K. W. K.: Authentication of Panax notoginseng by 5S-rRNA Spacer Domain and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Analysis
587
Ding, Xiaoyu; Wang, Zhengtao; Zhou, Kaiya; Xu, Luoshan; Xu, Hong; Wang, Yiquan: Allele-Specific Primers for Diagnostic PCR Authentication of Dendrobium officinale