Plant Extracts

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A phase 1B dose escalation trial of Scutellaria barbata (BZL101) for patients with metastatic breast cancer. 
  • Activity of the herbal combination, PC-SPES, in the treatment of patients with androgen-independent prostate cancer. 
  • Acute and chronic dosing of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) on male rat sexual behavior. 
  • Allylation of intraerythrocytic hemoglobin by raw garlic extracts. 
  • An unusual necrotizing dermatitis after a single application of topical benzoin and pressure bandage for enucleation of an eye. 
  • Antinociceptive activity of Syzygium jambos leaves extract on rats. 
  • Assessing patient beliefs in a clinical trial of Hypericum perforatum in major depression. 
  • Attenuation of alcohol intake by extract of Hypericum perforatum (St. John's Wort) in two different strains of alcohol-preferring rats. 
  • Autoradiographic quantification of neurochemical markers of serotonin, dopamine and opioid systems in rat brain mesolimbic regions following chronic St John's wort treatment. 
  • BDNF mediates neuroprotection against oxygen-glucose deprivation by the cardiac glycoside oleandrin. 
  • Bayesian inferences on umbrella orderings. 
  • Canephron® N (BNO 1045) may be Non-inferior to Single-dose Fosfomycin in Reducing the Need for Additional Antibiotics to Treat Women with Presumptive Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections. 
  • Carbazole Alkaloids from Clausena anisum-olens: Isolation, Characterization, and Anti-HIV Evaluation. 
  • Characterization of antiestrogenic activity of the Chinese herb, prunella vulgaris, using in vitro and in vivo (Mouse Xenograft) models. 
  • Chemical constituents and antifilarial activity of Lantana camara against human lymphatic filariid Brugia malayi and rodent filariid Acanthocheilonema viteae maintained in rodent hosts. 
  • Cranberry Capsules do not Appear to Reduce Bacteriuria and Pyuria in Elderly Women Residing in Nursing Homes. 
  • Delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction with iscador M given in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy. 
  • Derivatives of plant phenolic compound affect the type III secretion system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa via a GacS-GacA two-component signal transduction system. 
  • Diagnosing Rhodococcus equi infections in a setting where tuberculosis is highly endemic: a double challenge. 
  • Dicranin, an antimicrobial and 15-lipoxygenase inhibitor from the moss Dicranum scoparium. 
  • Differential effects of non-nicotine tobacco constituent compounds on nicotine self-administration in rats. 
  • Disarming the mustard oil bomb. 
  • Effect of a soy isoflavone supplement on lung function and clinical outcomes in patients with poorly controlled asthma: a randomized clinical trial. 
  • Effect of hawthorn standardized extract on flow mediated dilation in prehypertensive and mildly hypertensive adults: a randomized, controlled cross-over trial. 
  • Effect of kava extract on vagal cardiac control in generalized anxiety disorder: preliminary findings. 
  • Efficacy and safety of St. John's wort for the treatment of major depression. 
  • Emerging treatments for ulcerative colitis: a systematic review. 
  • Ethnomedicinally selected plants as sources of potential analgesic compounds: indication of in vitro biological activity in receptor binding assays. 
  • Explanatory attributions of anxiety and recovery in a study of kava. 
  • Flaxseed-derived enterolactone is inversely associated with tumor cell proliferation in men with localized prostate cancer. 
  • Genetic changes contributing to the parallel evolution of red floral pigmentation among Ipomoea species. 
  • Herbal remedies for alcoholism: promises and possible pitfalls. 
  • Identification, structural modification, and dichotomous effects on human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication of ingenane esters from Euphorbia kansui. 
  • In vitro keratinocyte antiproliferant effect of Centella asiatica extract and triterpenoid saponins. 
  • Inhalation of vapor from black pepper extract reduces smoking withdrawal symptoms. 
  • Kleinhospitine E and Cycloartane Triterpenoids from Kleinhovia hospita. 
  • Laboratory and field trials at Ifakara (Kilombero District, Tanzania) on the plant molluscicide Swartzia madagascariensis. 
  • Milk thistle nomenclature: why it matters in cancer research and pharmacokinetic studies. 
  • Multicenter clinical trials on a novel polyherbal formulation in allergic rhinitis. 
  • Non-cholinergic strategies for treating and preventing Alzheimer's disease. 
  • PG27, an extract of Tripterygium wilfordii hook f, induces antigen-specific tolerance in bone marrow transplantation in mice. 
  • Phytochemicals and cancer risk: a review of the epidemiological evidence. 
  • Picralima nitida seeds suppress PGE2 production by interfering with multiple signalling pathways in IL-1β-stimulated SK-N-SH neuronal cells. 
  • Plant antitumor agents. VI. The isolation and structure of taxol, a novel antileukemic and antitumor agent from Taxus brevifolia. 
  • Plant derivatives in the treatment of alcohol dependency. 
  • Pungent products from garlic activate the sensory ion channel TRPA1. 
  • Rapid rise of serum prostate specific antigen levels after discontinuation of the herbal therapy PC-SPES in patients with advanced prostate carcinoma: report of four cases. 
  • Role of platelet activating factor in kidney transplant rejection in the rat. 
  • Secretion pattern of retinol-binding protein in blood of goats: effect of vitamin A, provitamin A and their dosing schedule. 
  • Synephrine Hydrochloride Suppresses Esophageal Cancer Tumor Growth and Metastatic Potential through Inhibition of Galectin-3-AKT/ERK Signaling. 
  • Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationship Correlations of Gnidimacrin Derivatives as Potent HIV-1 Inhibitors and HIV Latency Reversing Agents. 
  • The anti-migraine component of butterbur extracts, isopetasin, desensitizes peptidergic nociceptors by acting on TRPA1 cation channel. 
  • The herbal medicine, Dai-Kenchu-to, accelerates delayed gastrointestinal transit after the operation in rats. 
  • The n-hexane and chloroform fractions of Piper betle L. trigger different arms of immune responses in BALB/c mice and exhibit antifilarial activity against human lymphatic filarid Brugia malayi. 
  • The reversible antifertility effect of Piper betle Linn. on Swiss albino male mice. 
  • Topical and oral administration of the natural water-soluble antioxidant from spinach reduces the multiplicity of papillomas in the Tg.AC mouse model. 
  • Total syntheses of (-)-haemanthidine, (+)-pretazettine, and (+)-tazettine. 
  • Total synthesis of himandravine. 
  • Toxic effect of the roasted and unroasted beans of Cassia occidentalis in goats. 
  • Unexplained infertility treated with acupuncture and herbal medicine in Korea. 
  • Variability in St. John's wort formulations is an important consideration. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Sampson, John Howard, Robert H., M.D. and Gloria Wilkins Professor of Neurosurgery, in the School of Medicine, Immunology