Associations of different inflammatory factors with atherosclerosis among patients with psoriasis vulgaris.

Background: This study aimed to measure the associations between different inflammatory factors, namely interleukin (IL)-17A, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and atherosclerosis in patients with psoriasis vulgaris.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at two hospitals in Hanoi, Vietnam. A total of 125 patients with psoriasis vulgaris and 50 healthy controls were recruited.

Nepetifoliol - a new glutinane-triterpenoid from .

A new glutinane-triterpenoid, nepetifoliol (), together with two known compounds, dymacrin D (), and (+)-ar-tumerone () were isolated from the -hexane extract of the aerial parts of . Their chemical structures were elucidated by spectroscopic data analysis as well as the comparison of their NMR data with the ones published in the literatures. A putative biosynthetic pathway for the formation of the new compound (diaxial-5,6-diol) () from the precursor triterpene glutinol was proposed.