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Phytochemical Study of Lotus ornithopodioloides L.

  • Abdel-Kader, Maged S.;Basudan, Omer A.;Alqasoumi, Saleh I.;Abou-Shoer, Mohamed I.
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.317-321
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    • 2007
  • Phytochemical investigation of the aerial parts of Lotus ornithopodioloides L. resulted in the isolation of six known compounds. The structures were determined utilizing physical, chemical, spectral methods as well as direct comparison with reference materials whenever possible. The compounds were identified as: ${\beta}$-sitosterol; the two triterpenes oleanolic and betulinic acids; the two cyanogenic glycosides lotaustralin and linamarin in addition to the flavonol diglycoside kaempferitin.

Terpene Constituents from Aster spathulifolius

  • Lee, Sung-Ok;Choi, Sang-Zin;Yang, Min-Cheol;Nam, Jung-Hwan;Lee, Kyu-Ha;Lee, Jong-Hwa;Jang, Ki-Uk;Lee, Kang-Ro
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.192.3-193
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    • 2003
  • Aster species has been used in traditional chinese medicine for treatment of a bruies and asthma. On reviewing the literatures of this species, monoterpene glycosides, diterpenoids, triterpene glycosides, cyclic pentapeptides, oligopeptides and flavonoids 1) were isolated and some pharmacological activites were investigated 2). In continuation of our search for bioative components from Korean medicinal plants, we have examined Aster spathulifolius, collected from Jeju island on August 2001. (omitted)

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Metabolisrrt of Dammarane Triterpene Glycosides of Korean Ginseng(I) (인삼 사포닌의 체내 대사에 관한 연구(I) 동위원소 표지 사포닌의 흡수, 체내 분포 및 배설에 관하여)

  • 한병훈;장일무
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.17-33
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    • 1977
  • Panax Saponin A(PSA) , one of dammarane glycosides of Korean ginseng, was labeled with $^{3}H$ or $^{14}C$ by our Previously reported Procedures of organic synthesis. Tracer studies with $^{3}H$-PSA in wino yielded the following results: 1). Oral and intraperitoneal administration of $^{3}H$-PSA resulted in the rapid appearance and prolonged retention of $^{3}H$-PSA in all organs such as liver, brain, bone marrow and spleen of mice. 2). The amount pi cellular intake of $^{3}H$-PSA was shown to have a certain level of saturation ranging from 0.4mg to 0. 7mg Per 20gm body weight of mice. Administration of $^{3}H$-PSA within the dosage of the saturation point did net give urinary excretion of 3H-PSA. On the contrary, excessive administration of $^{3}H$-PSA resulted in rapid excretion of the substance in the urine of mice.

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Current Status of Korean Ginseng Research (한국인삼론(韓國人蔘論))

  • Han, Byung-Hoon
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.151-160
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    • 1972
  • Recent achievements of scientific research on the pharmacologic activities and the chemical problems of dammalene glycosides, which are considered to be effective principles of Korean ginseng, are reviewed and analyzed in view of structure-activity relationship. 1) S. Shibata and his co-workers detected 12 glycoside spots of dammalene series on the two dimensional T.L.C. of total glycoside fraction from Japanese ginseng, and designated them Ginsenoside Rx(x=a, b, c, g, h, etc.) in the order of increasing Rf-value. The aglycones of those glycosides were characterized to be protopanaxadiol for the Ginsenoside $Rx(x=a,\;b_{1},\;b_{2},\;c,\;d,\;e,\;f)$ and protopanaxatriol for the Ginsenoside $Rx(x=g_{1},\;g_{2},\;g_{3},\;h_{1}\;'h_{2})$. Using Korean ginseng as the material for our study, the author and his coworkers isolated a new dammalene glycoside(Panax Saponin C), which comes under the category of protopanaxadiol glycosides based on the classification of S. Shibata et al., and characterized this saponin to be the glycoside of protopanaxatriol series. Furthermore, Panax Saponin C dissociated into $two\;components(C_{1}\;and\;C_{2}-acetate)$ by acetylation, both of which returned to original Panax Saponin C by deacetylation. Based on this result, more than 13 glycoside components of dammalene series will be expected in the Korean ginseng. 2) The structures of protopanaxadiol and protopanaxatriol, the genuine aglycones of dammalene glycosides, are fully established to be structural analogues by S. Shibata and his co-workers, therefore antagonistic and/or analogical activities will be expected for the pharmacologic activities of these glycoside series of structural analogues. K. Takaki and his co-workers found central nervous system (CNS) stimmulant activity from the glycosides of protopanaxatriol series and CNS-depressant activity from the glycosides of protopanaxadiol series. On the other hand, the author and his co-workers found stimmulating activity on the protein synthesis from both the series of dammalene glycosides with delayed and long-lasting characteristics. This delayed and long-lasting characteristics were also observed in the anti-inflammatory activity of glycosides of protopanaxatriol series on their time course tendency. For the convenience's sake of argument, pluralistic pharmacologic activities of dammalene glycosides, which were observed by many workers at various pharmacologic site, may be classified into two main categories; one is pan-cellular activity and the other is organ specific activity to the certain tissue which is a mass of cells differentiated to a certain direction for their special functions in the body. Based on the data of K. Takaki and those of the authors, following assumption will be probable; Pharmacologic activities of both series of glycosides of protopanaxadiol and protopanaxatriol aglycones may be antagonistic on their tissue-specific activities and analogic on their pan-cellular activities. Therefore, the mixture of these two series of glycosides in an appropriate ratio, as the case of total extract of Korean ginseng, will be probably beneficial to the host by increasing the synthesis of some functional proteins, due to the additive action of pan-cellular activity, and with the disappearance of any significant behavioral symptoms due to the antagonism of tissue specific activity. This fact will probably be the main reason why classical trials of pharmacologists failed in re-discovering the efficacy of Korean ginseng with their behavioral test. 3) The author and his co-workers achieved the synthesis of $C^{14}-labelled\;Panax\;Saponin\;A\;on\;C_{25}-C_{27}\;position\;of\;aglycone$ in the interest of tracer studies in vivo. The method will be applicable to other dammalene glycosides regardless of their chemical structure. 4) The author and his co-workers converted chemically betulafolienetriol, a triterpene component of Betula platyphylla, to the protopanaxadiol, one of genuine aglycone of dammalene glycosides.

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Highly Sweet Compounds from North and South American Medicinal Plants

  • Kinghorn, A.Douglas
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 1991
  • Nearly 50 highly sweet substances have been isolated and structurally characterized from green plants, and such compounds comprise mainly various types of terpenoids, flavonoids, and proteins. Among the sweet substances that have been studied as constituents of North and South American medicinal plants are the sesquiterpene, hernandulcin, the triterpene glycosides, abrusosides A-D, the steroidal saponins, polypodosides A and B, and the dihydroflavonol, dihydroquercetin-3-acetate. In addition, safety studies have been performed on the potently sweet substance, stevioside, from the 'sweet herb of Paraguay' (Stevia rebaudiana), a compound now produced on a commercial scale.

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Chemical Composition and Pharmacological Activities of Vietnamese Ginseng, Panax viehamensis

  • Duc, Nguyen-Minh;Nham, Nguyen-Thoi
    • Proceedings of the Ginseng society Conference
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    • 1998.06a
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    • pp.127-137
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    • 1998
  • From the underground part of Panax vietnamensis Ha et Grushv., commonly known as Vietnamese ginseng, 50 triterpene glycosides including 24 new dammarane saponins named visa-ginsenosides-Rl-24 were isolated and identified. The structure of the new saponins was elucidated based on chemical and spectroscopic evidence. The saponin composition of Vietnamese ginseng is almost similar to that of ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer) and other cultivated Panax spp. However, the content of ocotillos-type saponins, especially that of the major saponin, majonoside-R2 (5.29% yield), was surprisingly very high. The pharmacological activities of Vietnamese ginseng are essentially similar to those of ginseng. In addition, it has marked antibacterial activity against pathogenic Streptococcus app. and is effective in treatment of granular angina. The chemical composition and pharmacological activities have made Vietnamese ginseng an interesting member of Panax spp. from chemotaxonomical and pharmacological points of view,

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