Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is a widely consumed spice and condiment around the world, applied both as a food and as a traditional medicine, and is a natural strengthening agent for the body's circulatory and nervous systems. Diallyl trisulfide (DATS) is the major volatile organosulfur phytochemical found in garlic, with antithrombotic, anticoagulant, and antiplatelet activities as well as antioxidant, anti-infective, and other pharmacological effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDespite the development of HPV vaccines and screening programs, cervical cancer is still a serious threat to women's health. Early-stage cervical cancer is mainly treated by surgery. However, considering the serious complications after surgery, hyperthermia is recommended to enhance the effect of chemotherapy, retain the integrity of cervix, improve the treatment effect, which provides a therapeutic basis for the early treatment of cervical cancer.
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August 2017
IA multifunctional drug loading system with pH-sensitive, fluorescent and targeting property was fabricated. Firstly, the amphipathic N-octyl-N'-(2-carboxyl-cyclohexamethenyl) chitosan (OCCC) was prepared by grafting hydrophobic octyl group and hydrophilic hexahydrophthalic anhydride onto chitosan, then it was modified with folic acid (FA) and thiazole orange (TO) using polyethylene glycol (PEG) as the link to fabricate a multifunctional drug loading system TO-PEG-OCCC-PEG-FA. Its chemical structure was determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), elemental analysis, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis, UV-vis and fluorescence spectrometer, and the results showed that the substitution degree of hydrophobic/hydrophilic group onto chitosan were 41.
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November 2013
Two new C-methyl flavanones, (2S)-5,7-dihydroxy-6,8-dimethyl-4'-methoxydihydroflavone-7-O-(6″-O-acetyl)-β-d-glucopyranoside (1) and (2S)-5,7-dihydroxy-6,8-dimethyldihydroflavone-7-O-(6″-O-acetyl)-β-d-glucopyranoside (2), together with five known compounds, demethoxymatteucinol-7-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (3), matteucinol-7-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (4), 5,7-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4'-methoxydihydroflavone (5), methoxymatteucin (6), and thunberginol C (7), were first isolated from the EtOH extract of the rhizomes and frond bases of Matteuccia struthiopteris. The structures were established by spectral analyses, mainly HR-ESI-MS and 1D and 2D NMR experiments (COSY, HSQC, and HMBC).
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