• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.335-338
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• 2009

Aerial parts of Sida rhombifolia Linn. (Malvaceae) were extracted successively using various solvents and screened for various parameters of antiarthritic activity such as adjuvant-induced arthritis, motor performance, and histopathological study. The ethanol and the aqueous extracts showed potent activity; further these extracts were fractionated by using column chromatography. The fraction ET1 isolated from ethanol extract showed the most potent antiarthritic activity.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.427-430
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• 2001

The antioxidant activity of Lactuca scariola (Compositae) was investigated by measuring the radical scavenging effect on DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) radical. The methanolic extract of the aerial parts of Lactuca scariola showed strong radical scavenging activity. The EtOAc soluble fraction exhibited a stronger activity than the others, and was purified by silica gel and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography. Quercetin-3-O-$\beta$-D-glucopyranoside, luteolin-7-O-$\beta$-D-glucopyranoside, luteolin, quercetin and kaempferol, together with 11$\beta$,13-dihydrolactucin were isolated from the EtOAc soluble fraction as active ingredients.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.66-70
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• 2009

Phytochemical investigation of the aerial parts of Conyza discoridis (L.) Desf. resulted in the isolation of the new sesquiterpene dilactone ester vernomenin-6-(2-hydroxymethyl)-acrylate (4) and two known sesquiterpene dilactones vernolepin (1) and vernomenin (3). Two known flavonols, 3-O-methylquercetin (2) and transilin (3-O-methylquercetin 7-O-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside) (5), were also identified. The structures were determined utilizing physical, chemical and spectral methods.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.73-75
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• 1994

A flavone glycoside was isolated from the aerial parts of Cirsium nipponicum Makino in good yield and identified as pectolinarigenin $7-O-{\alpha}-{_L}-rhamnopyranosyl(1{\longrightarrow}6)-{\beta}-{_D}-glucopyranoside$, pectolinarin, on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidence.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.164-167
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• 2010

Column chromatographic separation of the MeOH extract from the aerial parts of Hibiscus manihot led to the isolation of four compounds. Their structures were characterized to be hentriacontane (1), palmitic acid (2), daucosterol (3) and 3-dihydrocaffeonyl-5-p-coumaroylquinic acid (4) by spectroscopic methods. The compounds (1~4) were for the first time reported from this plant. The solvent fractions were tested for their antioxidant activities by free radical scavenging and superoxide dismutase (SOD).

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.65-69
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• 2004

The chromatographic separation of MeOH extract of the aerial parts of Aster glehni (Compositae) led to the isolation of three sesquiterpenes, two sterols and four terpenes. Their structures were determined to be $\beta$-amyrin acetate (1), phytol (2), alismol (3), $\alpha$-tocopheryl quinone (4), $\alpha$-spinasterol (5), 10-O-methyl alismoxide (6), alismoxide (7), and 3-O-(6'-O-palmitoyl-$\beta$-D-glucosyl)-spinasta 7,22-diene (8) by physicochemical and spectroscopic methods . These compounds (1-8) were first isolated from the Aster glehni.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.195-199
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• 2012

Nine iridoid glycoside derivatives were elucidated from the methanolic extract of the aerial parts of Galium spurium (Rubiaceae) through repeated column chromatography. Their chemical structures were characterized as 10-O-trans-p-coumaroylscandoside (1a), 10-O-cis-p-coumaroylscandoside (1b), 10-O-trans-p-coumaroyl-10-O-deacetyldaphylloside (2), 10-O-cis-p-coumaroyl-10-O-deacetyldaphylloside (3), asperulic acid methylester (4), asperuloside (5), asperulosidic acid (6), scandoside (7), and deacetyl asperulosidic acid (8) by spectroscopic analysis. This is the first report of the characterization of compounds 1a, 1b, 2, 3 and 7 from this plant.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.265-268
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• 2008

Phytochemical investigations on the aerial parts of Asplenium scolopendrium led to the isolation of four terpenoids, the structures of which were assigned as lutein (1), (6S,9S)-roseoside (2), icariside $B_2$ (3), and picrionoside A (4) using spectroscopic data.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.412-418
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• 2009

We measured the levels of soluble protein, sugar, free amino acids, minerals, total polyphenols, and flavonoid compounds in Syneilesis palmata as part of a study on nutritional and functional materials for development of valuable foods. The content of soluble protein in the aerial and root portions were 210.36 mg% and 870.42 mg%, respectively. The amount of reducing sugar was 848.12 mg% (aerial parts) and 1,420.91 mg% (roots), and that of free sugar was 14.85 mg% in aerial parts and 355.00 mg% in roots. The free amino acid level in aerial parts was 1,613.10 mg% and that in roots was 3,282.96 mg%. The mineral content of aerial parts was 3,531.53 mg% and that of roots was 1,878.34 mg%. The K, Ca, and Mg levels were greater than those of other minerals, with K comprising more than 75% of the total mineral content. The levels of polyphenol and flavonoid compounds in aerial parts were 1,920.00 mg% and 843.95 mg%, respectively, and those in roots were 487.56 mg% and 91.07 mg%, respectively.

• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.437-443
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• 2016

Background: Previous phytochemical studies of whole Vernonia cinerea L. plants have identified sesquiterpene lactones, sterols, and triterpenes, which possess anticancer, antifeedant, and antimalarial activities. However, there are no reports of other types of bioactive metabolites. Therefore, the present study aimed to identify phenolic compounds with anti-inflammatory activity in the aerial parts of the plant. Methods and Results: Compounds were isolated from the aerial parts of V. cinerea using a silica and C-18 gel columns and semi-preparative HPLC instrument, and the structures of the compounds were determined using one- and two- dimension nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectroscopy. The chloroform soluble extracts and isolated compounds were evaluated for their anti-inflammatory potential based on their ability to inhibit nitric oxide production and $TNF-{\alpha}$ induced $NF-{\kappa}B$ activity. Conclusions: Phytochemical study of the aerial parts of V. cinerea led to the isolation of six phenolic compounds. Compound 1 was a major metabolite, and to the best of our knowledge, compounds 2 - 6 were isolated from V.cinerea for the first time. Among the isolates, compounds 1 and 3 exhibited $TNF-{\alpha}$-induced $NF-{\kappa}B$ activity with $IC_{50}$ values of 7.5 and 11.5 M, respectively, and the inhibitory activity of phenyl propanoid compound 3 on $TNF-{\alpha}$-induced $NF-{\kappa}B$ was evaluated for the first time.