Hepatodamianol as hepatoprotective constituent of Turnera diffusa.

It is well known that liver diseases are a major health problem and that there is a lack of hepatoprotective agents. Turnera diffusa (damiana) is a plant with a widespread distribution in México, which has many traditional uses, including the treatment of hepatic illnesses. Based on the bioassay-guided fractionation of a methanolic extract obtained from the aerial part of T.

Anti-inflammatory and nephroprotective activity of Juglans mollis against renal ischemia-reperfusion damage in a Wistar rat model.

Background: Oxidative stress and the inflammatory process are involved in ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. Juglans mollis has been reported as having antioxidant activity, which could attenuate the damage caused by I/R. We evaluated whether a methanolic extract of Juglans mollis (JM) exhibits nephroprotective activity in a Wistar rat model of I/R injury.

Screening of north-east Mexico medicinal plants with activities against herpes simplex virus and human cancer cell line.

The plants examined in this study have previous biological activity reports indicating the possibility of found activity against herpes and cancer cell. The aim of this contribution was to carry out a screening of (Juglandaceae), (Lauraceae), (Rubiaceae), (Lamiaceae), (Lamiaceae), (Rhamnaceae), (Asteraceae) y (Ranunculaceae), against HeLa cells, VHS-1 and VHS-2. The method MTT was used to determine the 50% cytotoxic concentration (CC), in Vero and HeLa cell lines.

In vitro assessment of hepatoprotective agents against damage induced by acetaminophen and CCl.

Background: In vitro bioassays are important in the evaluation of plants with possible hepatoprotective effects. The aims of this study were to evaluate the pretreatment of HepG2 cells with hepatoprotective agents against the damage induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl) and paracetamol (APAP).

Methods: Antioxidative activity was measured using an assay to measure 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging.

Antioxidant and hepatoprotective activity of Hamelia patens extracts.

Hamelia patens is widely used in the traditional medicine of Mexico and Central America for the treatment of illnesses associated with inflammatory processes. In this study, antioxidant and hepatoprotective activity were assayed on the methanolic crude (ME), hexane (HE), ethyl acetate (AE), and butanol (BE) extracts of H. patens.

Activity of Polyphenolic Compounds against Candida glabrata.

Opportunistic mycoses increase the morbidity and mortality of immuno-compromised patients. Five Candida species have been shown to be responsible for 97% of worldwide cases of invasive candidiasis. Resistance of C.

Diterpenes Synthesized from the Natural Serrulatane Leubethanol and Their in Vitro Activities against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Seventeen new derivatives of the natural diterpene leubethanol, including some potential pro-drugs, with changes in the functionality of the aliphatic chain or modifications of aromatic ring and the phenolic group, were synthesized and tested in vitro by the MABA technique for their activity against the H37Rv strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Some compounds showed antimycobacterial selectivity indices higher than leubethanol.

Synthesis of Leubethanol derivatives and evaluation against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Twenty-five derivatives of the natural diterpene leubethanol, including several potential pro-drugs, with changes in the functionality of the aliphatic chain or modifications of the phenolic group, were synthesized and tested in vitro by the MABA technique for their activity against the H37Rv strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Several compounds showed antimycobacterial potencies similar to that of the lead compound and two of them displayed higher selectivity indexes.

Correlation between chromatographic fingerprint and antioxidant activity of Turnera diffusa (Damiana).

In the present contribution, the partial least squares (PLS) method was used to establish a correlation between the antioxidant activity (obtained by DPPH assay) and chromatographic profiles of TURNERA DIFFUSA extracts. Chromatograms were obtained using HPLC-DAD. A model was constructed using 40 samples with 2550 X variables corresponding to the responses obtained at different times; the Y variables consisted of experimental values of antioxidant activity of each extract (measured as EC₅₀).

Development and validation of an HPLC-DAD analytical procedure for quality control of damiana (Turnera diffusa), using an antioxidant marker isolated from the plant.

Damiana is a shrub used as a dietary supplement and as an additive in several foods. This report presents the first validated analytical method for QC of products made from damiana. Through bioassay-guided fractionation, the compound showing the best antioxidant activity, determined using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl assay in TLC, was purified and identified as 8-C-beta-[6-deoxy-2-O-(alpha-1-rhamnopyranosyl)-xylo- hexopyranos-3-uloside] (Cl50 5.