Pharmacological Evaluation of Crude CO Subcritical Extract after the Removal of Santonin by Means of High Speed Countercurrent Chromatography.

species are highly important due to their economic significance as medicines, fodder and food. is an endemic species to Kazakhstan. In folk medicine, water extract of was used in the treatment of bronchial asthma while the alcohol extract has larvicidal and antituberculosis activity.

Quantification of santonin in eight species of Artemisia from Kazakhstan by means of HPLC-UV: Method development and validation.

Santonin, a powerful anthelmintic drug that was formely used to treat worms, is Artemisia cina's main constituent. However, due to its toxicity to humans, it is no longer in use. Kazakhstan is looking to introduce this plant as an anthelmintic drug for veterinary purposes, despite the known toxic properties of the santonin.

Choisyaternatine, a new alkaloid isolated from Choisya ternata.

One novel compound was isolated from the hexane extract of Choisya ternata Kunth. leaves, choisyaternatine (1), together with the known compounds tecleamaniensine A (2), lup-20(29)-en-3β-ol (lupeol) (3), lup-20(29)-en-3β,24-diol (4), β-sitosterol glucoside (5), and skimmianine (6), plus the following known compounds from the dichloromethane extract, choisyine (7) and 6-methoxy-7,8-methylenedioxycoumarin (8). Compounds 2-5 are reported for the first time in this species.