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 Set       Description
 
 S1        ETHNOBOTANY
 S2        MEDICINAL
 S3        PLANTS
 S4        MEDICINAL (W) PLANTS
 S5        FOLK
 S6        MEDICINE
 S7        FOLK (W) MEDICINE
 S8        TRADITIONAL
 S9        MEDICINE
 S10       TRADITIONAL (W) MEDICINE
 S11       TRADITIONAL
 S12       MEDICINES
 S13       TRADITIONAL (W) MEDICINES
 S14       HERBAL
 S15       HERBALS
 S16       HERBS, THERAPEAUTIC USE
 S17       PHYTOPHARMACEUTICAL
 S18       ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
 S19       ETHNOBOTANY OR MEDICINAL PLANTS OR FOLK MEDICINE OR     
      TRADITIONAL MEDICINE OR TRADITIONAL MEDICINES OR
           HERBAL OR HERBALS OR "HERBS, THERAPEUTIC USE" OR
           PHYTOPHARMACEUTICAL OR ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
 S20       UD=9107:9207
 S21       S19 AND S201                                    NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 (-)-
 Di-de-O-methylgrandisin, a lignan from Virola pavonis
 leaves. Ferri, P.H.; Barata, L.E.S.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (12): p. 4204-4205; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Brazil; Virola pavonis; Medicinal plants; Leaves;
 Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Lignans
 
 Abstract:  Leaves of Virola pavonis yielded a
 (7-alpha,7'-beta,8-beta,8'-alpha)-4, 4'-dihydroxy-3,3'5,5'-
 tetramethoxy-7, 7'-epoxylignan,(-)-di-de-O-methylgrandisin.
 
 
 2                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.I47 (+)-
 Dihydroperfamine: an alkaloid from Halplophyllum
 tuberculatum. Al-Yaha, M.A.; El-Domiaty, M.M.; Al-Meshal,
 I.A.; Al-Said, M.S.; El-Feraly, F.S.
 Lisse, Netherlands : Swets & Zeitlinger; 1991.
 International journal of pharmacognosy v. 29 (4): p. 268-272; 1991. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Haplophyllum tuberculatum; Alkaloids; Chemical
 analysis; Medicinal plants; Nuclear magnetic resonance
 
 
 3                                    NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 11,11-dimethyl-1,3,8,10-tetrahydroxy-9-methoxypeltogynan and three
 pentacyclic triterpenes from Cassine transvaalensis.
 Drewes, S.E.; Mashimbye, M.J.; Field, J.S.; Ramesar, N.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (10): p. 3490-3493; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Southern Africia; Triterpenoids; Chemical
 composition; Spectral analysis; Roots; Bark; Medicinal plants;
 Cassine
 
 Abstract:  From the root bark of Cassine transvaalensis a new
 peltogynoid, (+)-11,11-dimethyl-1,3,8,10-tetrahydroxy-9-
 methoxypeltogynan was obtained along with three pentacyclic
 triterpenes, canophyllol, canophyllal and 6-beta-hydroxy-
 lup-20(30)-en-3-one. The latter was fully characterized by X-ray
 analysis and high resolution NMR. The carbohydrate
 galactitol was also present in unusually high concentration.
 
 
 4                                    NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 13
 beta-dihydroeurycomanol, a quassinoid from Eurycoma
 longifolia. Chan, K.L.; Lee, S.P.; Sam, T.W.; Tan, S.C.;
 Noguchi, H.; Sankawa, U. Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (9): p. 3138-3141; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Malaysia; Medicinal plants; Roots; Spectral
 analysis; Quassinoids; Chemical composition; Antimalarials;
 Eurycoma longifolia
 
 Abstract:  A new quassinoid, 13 beta,18-dihydroeurycomanol, and
 14,15 beta-dihydroxyklaineanone have been isolated from the roots
 of Eurycoma longifolia. On the basis of NOE and
 1H-1H COSY measurements, the previous 1H NMR assignment for the C-4
 and C-10 methyl groups of
 eurycomanol-2-O-beta-D-glycopyranoside and eurycomanol are
 reversed.
 
 
 5                                    NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 2-
 Ethoxycarbonyl-1-hydroxyanthraquinone from Rubia akane.
 Okuyama, E.; Sato, K.; Yoshihira, K.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1990.
 Phytochemistry v. 29 (12): p. 3973-3974; 1990.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Japan; Rubia; Medicinal plants; Roots; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Anthraquinones
 
 Abstract:  From the roots of Rubia akane, 1-hydroxy-2-
 methylanthraquinone and a new anthraquinone, 2-
 ethoxycarbonyl-1-hydroxyanthraquinone were isolated. The
 structure of the new compound was elucidated by spectroscopy and
 synthesis.
 
 
 6                                    NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 5-
 Hydroxy-3,6,7,2',5'-pentamethoxyflavone from Inula
 grantioides. Ahmad, V.U.; Ismail, N.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (3): p. 1040-1041; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Pakistan; Inula; Medicinal plants; Chemical
 composition; Spectral analysis; Flavonols; Medicinal
 properties; Asthma
 
 Abstract:  A new flavonol, grantioidin, has been isolated from
 Inula grantioides and its structure was determined as
 5-hydroxy-3,6,7,2',5'-pentamethoxyflavone. beta-Sitosterol, lupeol,
 taraxasterol, taraxasterol acetate and triacontanol were also
 isolated for the first time from this plant.
 
 
 7                                    NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 6-
 hydroxykaempferol 7-rutinoside from leaves of Sapium
 eugniaefolium. Ahmad, M.; Jain, N.; Kamil, M.; Ilyas, M.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (8): p. 2815-2816; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: India; Medicinal plants; Leaves; Chemical
 composition; Kaempferol; Glycosides; Sapium
 
 Abstract:  A new glycoside 6-hydroxykaempferol 7-glucosyl(1 leads
 to 6)rhamnoside was isolated from the leaves of Sapium
 eugniaefolium.
 
 
 8                                    NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 6-
 methoxygeniposidic acid, an iridoid glycoside from Rubia
 cordifolia. Wu, L.J.; Wang, S.X.; Hua, H.M.; Li, W.; Zhu,
 T.R.; Miyase, T.; Ueno, A. Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (5): p. 1710-1711; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Abstract:  6-Methoxygeniposidic acid, a new iridoid glucoside, was
 isolated from the roots of Rubia cordifolia. The structure was
 deduced from spectral and chemical evidence.
 
 
 9                                    NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 7-
 hydroxycoumarin derivatives from the juice oil of Citrus
 hassaku. Masuda, T.; Muroya, Y.; Nakatani, N.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1992 Apr.
 Phytochemistry v. 31 (4): p. 1363-1366; 1992 Apr.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Citrus hassaku; Citrus fruits; Medicinal plants;
 Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Juices; Plant oils;
 Coumarins; Derivatives
 
 Abstract:  Three new 7-hydroxycoumarin derivatives have been
 isolated from the juice oil of whole fruits of Citrus hassaku, and
 their structures determined to be 7-(6R-hydroxy-3,7-
 dimethyl-2E,7-octadienyloxy)coumarin, (+/-)-7-hydroxy-6-
 linalylcoumarin and
 (R)-6-O-(4-geranyloxy-2-hydroxy)cinnamoylmarmin by spectral data
 and chemical evidence.
 
 
 10                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 7-
 Keto-octadec-cis-11-enoic acid from Gardenia lucida seed
 oil. Mahmood, C.; Daulatabad, J.D.; Mulla, G.M.M.; Mirajkar, A.M.;
 Hosamani, K.M. Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (7): p. 2399-2400; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Seed oils; Chemical composition; Keto acids;
 Fatty Acides; Medicinal plants; Antibiotics; Gardenia lucida
 
 Abstract:  A hitherto unknown keto fatty acid has been
 isolated from Gardenia lucida seed oil. It has been
 characterized as 7-keto-octadec-cis-11-enoic acid based on
 spectrometry and chemical degradations.
 
 
 11                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 8-
 Hentriacontanol and other constituents from Piper
 attenuatum. Sumathyutty, M.A.; Madhusudana Rao, J.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (6): p. 2075-2076; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: India; Medicinal plants; Leaves; Chemical
 composition; Piper attenuatum
 
 Abstract:  Pipoxide chlorohydrin, (-)-galbelgin and a new
 aliphatic alcohol, 8-hentriacontanol have been isolated from the
 leaves of Piper attenuatum.
 
 
 12                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 8-
 Hydroxyflavonoid glucuronides from Malva sylvestris.
 Billeter, M.; Meier, B.; Sticher, O.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (3): p. 987-990; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Medicinal plants; Leaves; Spectral analysis;
 Chemical composition; Flavonoids; Glucuronic acid;
 Derivatives; Malva sylvestris
 
 Abstract:  Four 8-hydroxyflavonoid glucuronides were isolated from
 the leaves of Malva sylvestris L. The structures of the two novel
 compounds gossypetin 3-glucoside-8-glucuronide and hypolaetin 4'-
 methyl ether 8-glucuronide were determined on the basis of
 spectroscopy and hydrolysis experiments. For
 hypolaetin 8-glucuronide and isoscutellarein 8-glucuronide
 spectroscopic data are given.
 
 
 13                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Abietane diterpenoids from Saliva microstegia.
 Ulubelen, A.; Topcu, G.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (6): p. 2085-2086; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Turkey; Salvia; Medicinal plants; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Diterpenoids
 
 Abstract:  Four abietane diterpenoids were isolated from the aerial
 parts of Salvia microstegia. Two, ferruginol and
 pisiferal, are known compounds. The other two, 10-
 acetylferruginol and 5,11,12-trihydroxy-abieta-8,11,13-triene, are
 new compounds.
 
 
 14                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Acetylenes from Cirsium japonicum.
 Takaishi, Y.; Okuyama, T.; Masuda, A.; Nakano, K.; Murakami, K.;
 Tomimatsu, T. Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1990.
 Phytochemistry v. 29 (12): p. 3849-3852; 1990.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Medicinal plants; Roots; Chemical composition;
 Alkynes; Molecular conformation; Cirsium japonicum
 
 Abstract:  Three new and two known acetylene derivatives were
 isolated from the roots of C. japonicum and their structures
 established by chemical and spectroscopic means.
 
 
 15                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Acidic and phenolic lignans from Juniperus sabina.
 San Feliciano, A.; Miguel del Corral, J.M.; Gordaliza, M.;
 Castro, A. Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (10): p. 3483-3485; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Spain; Medicinal plants; Leaves; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Lignans; Juniperus sabina
 
 Abstract:  Along with some known compounds, two new lignans, a
 naphthalene derivative named junaphtoic acid and (-)-3-O-
 demethylyatein, were isolated from the acidic fraction of a n-
 hexane extract from the leaves of Juniperus sabina. Their
 structures were established by spectroscopic and chemical
 means.
 
 
 16                                    NAL Call. No.: 450 P697
 Acinospesigenin--ein neues Triterpen aus den Blattern von
 Phytolacca acinosa [Acinospesigenin: a new triterpene from the
 leaves of Phytolacca acinosa]. Spengel, S.; Schaffner, W.
 Stuttgart, W. Ger. : Georg Thieme Verlag; 1990 Jun.
 Planta medica v. 56 (3): p. 284-286; 1990 Jun.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  German
 
 Descriptors: Leaves; Plant Extracts; Medicinal plants;
 Triterpenoids; Phytolacca acinosa
 
 
 17                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Activity of water extracts of Albizzia anthelmintica and A. lebbek
 barks against experimental Hymenolepis diminuta
 infection in rats. Galal, M.; Bashir, A.K.; Salih, A.M.; Adam,
 S.E.I.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Mar.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 31 (3): p. 333-337; 1991 Mar. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Albizia; Albizia lebbek; Hymenolepis diminuta; Plant
 extracts; Traditional medicines; Bark; Rats
 
 Abstract:  The aqueous extract of Albizzia anthelmintica bark at
 10-150 g/kg orally showed no toxicity and high anthelmintic
 activity (68-100%) against experimental Hymenolepis diminuta
 infection in albino rats. The water extract from A. lebbek
 bark at 10-100 g/kg orally was less effective against the
 cestode and was toxic to rats at the highest dose tested (150
 g/kg).
 
 
 18                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Acyclic sequiterpene oligoglycosides from pericarps of
 Sapindus delavayi. Wong, W.H.; Kasai, R.; Choshi, W.;
 Nakagawa, Y.; Mizutani, K.; Ohtani, K.; Tanaka, O.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (8): p. 2699-2702; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Yunnan; Sapindus; Pericarp; Medicinal plants;
 Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Sesquiterpenes;
 Glycosides; Surfactants
 
 Abstract:  From pericarps of Sapindus delavayi, new acyclic
 sesquiterpene oligoglycosides named pyishauosides Ib, IIb,
 IIIA, IVa and IVb were isolated and the structure of these
 glycosides was elucidated. A remarkable solubilizing effects on
 saponin A, geraniol, farnesol and dl-alpha-tocopherol in water were
 observed for pyishiauoside IIIa and IVa.
 
 
 19                                   NAL Call. No.: 470 SCI24
 Adjuvant advantage: breast cancer therapies promise a longer life.
 Fackelmann, K.A.
 Washington, D.C. : Science Service :.; 1992 Feb22.
 Science news v. 141 (8): p. 124-125; 1992 Feb22.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: U.S.A.; Taxus; Medicinal plants
 
 
 20                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.I47
 Aflatoxin and citrinin in seeds of some medicinal plants under
 storage. Roy, A.K.; Kumari, V.
 Lisse, Netherlands : Swets & Zeitlinger; 1991 Feb.
 International journal of pharmacognosy v. 29 (1): p. 62-65; 1991
 Feb. Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Hydnocarpus; Acanthaceae; Piper betle; Acacia
 concinna; Caesalpinia; Cassia fistula; Medicinal plants;
 Seeds; Storage; Microbial contamination; Aflatoxins; Citrinin;
 Aspergillus flavus; Penicillium citrinum; Deuteromycotina
 
 
 21                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Agaveside C, a steroidal glycoside from Agave cantala.
 Uniyal, G.C.; Agrawal, P.K.; Sati, O.P.; Thakur, R.S.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (4): p. 1336-1339; 1991.  Part 34 in the
 series 'Studies on Indian Medicinal Plants'.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Uttar pradesh; Agave cantala; Fruits; Spectral
 analysis; Glycosides; Plant extracts
 
 Abstract:  A new steroidal glycoside, agaveside C, isolated from
 the fruits of Agave cantala was characterized as 3 beta-[alpha-L-
 rhamnopyranosyl-(1 leads to 2)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 leads to
 3)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-[beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1 leads to 4)-
 alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 leads to 2)]-beta-D-
 glucopyranosyl]-2 alpha-hydroxy-25R-5 alpha-spirostane on the basis
 of chemical degradation, 13CNMR spectroscopy and fast atom
 bombardment mass spectrometry.
 
 
 22                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Aliphatic hydroxyketones from Adhatoda vasica.
 Singh, R.S.; Misra, T.N.; Pandey, H.S.; Singh, B.P.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (11): p. 3799-3801; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: India; Adhatoda vasica; Medicinal plants;
 Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Ketones
 
 Abstract:  Two new aliphatic hydroxyketones, isolated from the
 aerial parts of Adhatoda vasica have been characterized as 37-
 hydroxyhexatetracont-1-en-15-one and 37-
 hydroxyhentetracontan-19-one, respectively, on the basis of
 spectral data and chemical studies.
 
 
 23                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Alkaloids, flavonoids and phenylpropanoids of the West African
 plant Oxymitra velutina.
 Achenbach, H.; Hemrich, H.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (4): p. 1265-1267; 1991.  Part 40 in the
 series 'Constituents of Tropical Medicinal Plants'.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Ghana; Annonaceae; Stems; Chemical composition;
 Flavonoids; Sesquiterpenoids; Alkaloids; Propionic acid;
 Phytosterols
 
 Abstract:  From the twigs of Oxymitra velutina 23 compounds
 belonging to the alkaloids, flavonoids, phenylpropanoids,
 sterols and sesquiterpenes have been isolated. Among the
 alkaloids, aporphine-type and related constituents prevail.
 (2S)-5,6,7-Trimethoxyflavanone has been isolated as a natural
 product for the first time.
 
 
 24                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Alkaloids from Guatteria goudotiana.
 Castedo, L.; Granja, J.A.; Rodriguez de Lera, A.; Villaverde, M.C.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (8): p. 2781-2783; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Colombia; Guatteria; Medicinal plants; Leaves; Bark;
 Chemical composition; Alkaloids; Isoquinoline alkaloids
 
 Abstract:  The leaves and bark of Guatteria goudotiana were
 investigated for their alkaloid content. From the leaves, 15
 alkaloids were isolated: the 1-benzylisoquinolines, (+)-
 reticuline and (-)-juziphine; the morphinandienone, (-)-
 pallidine; the noraporphines, (-)-3-hydroxynornuciferine, (+)-
 laurotetanine and (+)-norisodomesticine; the aporphines, (+)-
 neolitsine, (+)-isodomesticine, (+)-N-methyllaurotetanine,
 (+)-isoboldine and (+)-corytuberine; the dehydroaporphines,
 dehydroneolitsine, dehydronantenine and goudotianine; and the
 oxoaporphine, liriodenine. From the bark, the following four
 alkaloids were isolated: the noraporphines, (+)-
 norisodomesticine and (-)-anolobine; the dehydroaporphine,
 goudotianine; and the phenanthrene alkaloid, argentinine. This is
 the first time the dehydroaporphines, dehydroneolitsine and
 goudotianine, have been isolated from a natural source.
 
 
 25                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Alkaloids from leaves and root bark of Ervatamia hirta.
 Clivio, P.; Richard, B.; Deverre, J.R.; Sevenet, T.; Zeches, M.; Le
 Men-Oliver, L.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (11): p. 3785-3792; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Malaysia; Poisonous plants; Medicinal plants;
 Leaves; Roots; Bark; Spectral analysis; Chemical composition;
 Indole alkaloids; Ervatamia
 
 Abstract:  During chemical investigation of the leaves and
 root bark of Ervatamia hirta, 33 alkaloids were isolated.
 Seven are new: six are the 'monomeric' alkaloids (E) 16-epi-
 normacusine B, (E) 16-epi-affinisine, O-acetyl-16-epi-
 affinisine, affinisine-N(4)-oxide, dehydro-16-epi-affinisine,
 norfluorocurarine-N(4)-oxide, and the seventh is the bisindole 16-
 decarbomethoxyvoacamine-pseudoindoxyl. The known alkaloids are: (E)
 16-epi-isositsirikine, beta-yohimbine, yohimbine,
 19,20-dehydro-beta-yohimbine, beta-yohimbine-pseudoindoxyl,
 isositsirikine, 19,20-dihydroisositsirikine, beta-yohimbine-
 oxindole, normacusine B, affinisine, vobasine, dregamine,
 tabernaemontanine, norfluorocurarine, 12-
 hydroxynorfluorocurarine, apparicine, 3,14-dihydroellipticine,
 antirhine, voacristine, ibogaine, iboxygaine, iboxygaine-
 hydroxyindolenine, iboluteine, 4',17,(17 beta)-
 dihydrotchibangensine, 16-decarbomethoxyvoacamine and 19,20-
 dihydro-16-decarbomethoxyvoacamine. Structural elucidation of the
 new alkaloids is based on spectral data and chemical
 correlations.
 
 
 26                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Alkaloids from Melodinus suaveolens.
 Ye, J.H.; Zhou, Y.L.; Huang, Z.H.; Picot, F.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (9): p. 3168-3170; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: China; Apocynaceae; Medicinal plants; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Alkaloids
 
 Abstract:  Fourteen alkaloids were isolated from the trunk of
 Melodinus suaveolens. Thirteen of them were identified as
 delta 14-vincine, vindolinine, 11-methoxytabersonine,
 vincadifformine, hazuntine, 11-hydroxytabersonine, 11-
 methoxyoxyvicadiffromine, cathovalinine, vincoline, 19R-
 hydroxytabersonine, 11-methoxy-19R-hydrotabersonine, 11,19R-
 dihydroxytabersonine and tabersonine. The last one is a new
 alkaloid, named suvaeolenine; its structural elucidation was
 achieved by means of detailed spectral analysis.
 
 
 27                                    NAL Call. No.: 450 P697
 Alkaloids of anatolian Thalictrum foetidum.
 Baser, K.H.C.; Ertan, A.
 Stuttgart, W. Ger. : Georg Thieme Verlag; 1990 Jun.
 Planta medica v. 56 (3): p. 337; 1990 Jun.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Turkey; Thalictrum; Plant extracts; Medicinal
 plants; Alkaloids
 
 
 28                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.I47
 Allelopathic activity of the essential oils of Nigerian
 medicinal plants. Oguntimein, B.O.; Elakovich, S.D.
 Lisse, Netherlands : Swets & Zeitlinger; 1991 Feb.
 International journal of pharmacognosy v. 29 (1): p. 39-44; 1991
 Feb. Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Nigeria; Eugenia uniflora; Piper guineense;
 Chromolaena; Medicinal plants; Lactuca sativa; Plant extracts;
 Essential oils; Allelopathins; Allelopathy; Seedling growth;
 Bioassays
 
 
 29                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Allose gallates from Euphorbia fischeriana.
 Lee, S.H.; Tanaka, T.; Nonaka, G.I.; Nishioka, I.; Zhang, B. Oxford
 : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (4): p. 1251-1253; 1991.  Part 104 in the
 series 'Tannins and Related Compounds'.  Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: China; Euphorbia; Medicinal plants; Insecticidal
 plants; Roots; Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Gallic
 acid; Tannins; Ellagic acid
 
 Abstract:  A chemical investigation of the roots of Euphorbia
 fischeriana has led to the isolation of three novel
 gallotannins, 1,3,6-tri-O-, 1,2,6-tri-O-and 1,2,3,6-tetra-O-
 galloyl-beta-D-allopyranoses, together with ellagitannins
 (corilagin, sanguiin H-5 and tercatain) and 3,4,6-tri-O-
 galloyl-D-glucose. The structures of these compounds were
 established from spectroscopic and chemical evidence.
 
 
 30                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 alpha-Amyrin derivatives from Corchorus depressus.
 Khan, M.S.Y.; Javed, K.; Khan, M.H.; Shamsi, M.A.; Siddiqui, A.A.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (6): p. 1989-1992; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: India; Corchorus; Medicinal plants; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Triterpenoids
 
 Abstract:  From the whole plant of Corchorus depressus, in
 addition to sitosterol glucoside, sitosterol, apigenin and
 luteolin, three new alpha-amyrin derivatives, cordepressic
 acid, cordepressenic acid and cordepressin, have been isolated and
 their structures established by spectral data and chemical
 evidence.
 
 
 31                                    NAL Call. No.: 450 P697
 Ambrosanolides and other constituents of two Rudbeckia
 species. Gutierrez, A.B.; Herz, W.
 Stuttgart, W. Ger. : Georg Thieme Verlag; 1990 Jun.
 Planta medica v. 56 (3): p. 295-297; 1990 Jun.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Missouri; Medicinal plants; Sesquiterpenoid
 lactones; Coumarin; Plant extracts; Rudbeckia
 
 
 32                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Ambrosia maritima: effects on molluscs and non-target
 organisms. Geerts, S.; Belot, J.; Sabbe, F.; Triest, L.;
 Sidhom, M.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 May.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 33 (1/2): p. 1-12; 1991 May. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Ambrosia; Molluscicidal properties; Toxicology;
 Pharmacology; Chemical properties; Plant morphology; Taxonomy;
 Geographical distribution; Traditional medicines;
 Sesquiterpenoid lactones
 
 Abstract:  The actual knowledge about Ambrosia maritima is
 reviewed with emphasis on recent developments in the fields of
 plant morphology and taxonomy, the molluscicidal principles--the
 sesquiterpene lactones--present in the plant and the
 effects on snails and on nontarget organisms. The use of the plant
 in traditional medicine is also discussed. Areas where more
 research is needed are outlined.
 
 
 33                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.I47
 Analgesic and antiinflammatory effects of chasmanthera
 dependens. Onabanjo, A.O.; John, T.A.; Sokale, A.A.; Samuel, O.T.
 Lisse, Netherlands : Swets & Zeitlinger; 1991 Feb.
 International journal of pharmacognosy v. 29 (1): p. 24-28; 1991
 Feb. Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Menispermaceae; Medicinal plants; Pharmaceutical
 products; Plant extracts; Alkaloids; Tannins; Cardiac
 glycosides; Medicinal properties; Analgesics; Antiinflammatory
 agents; Drug toxicity; Mice
 
 
 34                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Analgesic effect of Momordica charantia seed extract in mice and
 rats. Biswas, A.R.; Ramaswamy, S.; Bapna, J.S.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Jan.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 31 (1): p. 115-118; 1991 Jan. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Momordica charantia; Medicinal plants; Plant
 extracts; Analgesics; Mice; Rats
 
 
 35                                  NAL Call. No.: S605.5.O74 And
 now for something completely different: create your own botanical
 bodycare.
 Meyer, S.
 Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale Press, Inc; 1991 Dec.
 Organic gardening v. 38 (9): p. 46-49; 1991 Dec.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Medicinal plants; Home gardens; Essential oils;
 Allergic reactions; Essential oil plants
 
 
 36                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Anthraquinones from Salvia przewalskii.
 Lu, X.Z.; Xu, W.H.; Naoki, H.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1992 Feb.
 Phytochemistry v. 31 (2): p. 708-709; 1992 Feb.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Salvia; Medicinal plants; Roots; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Anthraquinones
 
 Abstract:  One new anthraquinone, przewalskinone B and a known
 compound, ziganein, were isolated from Salvia przewalskii.
 Their chemical structures were elucidated by spectral
 analysis.
 
 
 37                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.I47
 Antibacterial aromatic isothiocyanates from the essential oil of
 Hippocratea welwitschii roots.
 Iwu, M.W.; Unaeze, N.C.; Okunji, C.O.; Corley, D.G.; Sanson, D.R.;
 Tempesta, M.S.
 Lisse, Netherlands : Swets & Zeitlinger; 1991 Jun.
 International journal of pharmacognosy v. 29 (2): p. 154-158; 1991
 Jun. Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Celastraceae; Medicinal plants; Antibacterial
 plants; Essential oils; Benzyl isothiocyanate; Antibacterial
 properties; Volatile compounds; Saponins; Cyanogenic
 glycosides; Triterpenoids
 
 
 38                                   NAL Call. No.: 381 J825N
 Anticancer drug: boost to taxol supply planned.
 Borman, S.
 Washington, D.C. : American Chemical Society; 1992 Mar09.
 Chemical and engineering news v. 70 (10): p. 4; 1992 Mar09.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Taxus; Medicinal plants
 
 
 39                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Anticholinergic action of Swertia japonica and an active
 constituent. Yamahara, J.; Kobayashi, M.; Matsuda, H.; Aoki, S.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 May.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 33 (1/2): p. 31-35; 1991 May. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Japan; Swertia japonica; Colon; Cholinergic
 mechanisms; Contraction; Carbachol; Plant extracts; Rats;
 Traditional medicines
 
 Abstract:  The anticholinergic action of Swertia japonica,
 used in Japan as a bitter stomachic, was examined using in
 vivo experiments in rats in order to substantiate the presence or
 absence of antispasmodic properties. The methanol extract of
 Swertia japonica was found to be an effective
 anticholinergic given orally. Fractionation and purification of the
 methanol extract through column chromatography revealed that
 swertiamarin, found in the methanol extract in amounts of about
 30%, was an active constituent with an anticholinergic action.
 
 
 40                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Anticonceptive and estrogenic effects of a seed extract of
 Ricinus communis var. minor.
 Okwuasaba, F.K.; Osunkwo, U.A.; Ekwenchi, M.M.; Ekpenyong,
 K.I.; Onwukeme, K.E.; Olayinka, A.O.; Uguru, M.O.; Das, S.C.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Sep.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 34 (2/3): p. 141-145; 1991 Sep. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Ricinus communis; Seeds; Plant extracts;
 Contraceptives; Estrogenic properties; Females; Rates; Mice;
 Traditional medicines
 
 Abstract:  An ether-soluble fraction of a methanol extract of
 Ricinus communis var. minor seeds administered subcutaneously to
 adult female rats and rabbits at doses up to 1.2 g/kg and 600
 mg/kg, respectively, in divided doses showed anti-
 implantation and anticonceptive activities. Laparotomy
 performed on Day 10 and Day 15 or pregnancy on mated female rats
 and rabbits treated with the extract did not reveal any uterine
 implantation sites. The animals were protected against pregnancy
 for over three gestation periods and among those
 that later delivered, there was no evidence of abnormality in the
 pups. In ovariectomized young female rats as well as in immature
 mice, the extract dose-dependently increased uterine wet weight.
 Furthermore, the extract induced premature opening of the vagina,
 increased the number of epithelial cells and cornified cells and
 decresed the leucocyte number in the
 vaginal smear. The estrogen-like activities exhibited by the
 extract were dose-dependent and the anticonceptive effect may be
 due at least in part to such estrogenic action.
 
 
 41                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Antihypertensive action of a procyanidin glycoside from
 Rhamnus lycioides. Terencio, M.C.; Sanz, M.J.; Paya, M.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Jan.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 31 (1): p. 109-114; 1991 Jan. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Rhamnus; Antihypertensive agents; Glycosides;
 Hypertension; Rats; Folk medicine
 
 Abstract:  The antihypertensive action of a procyanidin
 glycoside from Rhamnus lycioides aerial parts was studied in
 spontaneously and renal hypertensive rats. This compound, like 20
 microgram/kg i.v. of captopril, produced a very clear in vivo
 inhibition of angiotensin I converting enzyme when given at a dose
 of 3 mg/kg i.v.
 
 
 42                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Antiinflammatory activity of a Ghanaian antiarthritic herbal
 preparation. I. Kweifio-Okai, G.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Jul.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 33 (3): p. 263-267; 1991 Jul. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Ghana; Alstonia boonei; Rauvolfia vomitoria;
 Elaeis guineensis; Roots; Antiinflammatory agents;
 Carrageenan; Traditional medicines; Plant extract; Arthristis; Rats
 
 Abstract:  A boiling water extract from a powdered sample
 containing Alstonia boonei root bark (90%) Rauvolfia vomitoria root
 bark (5%) and Elaeis guineensis nut without pericarp (5%) was
 tested intraperitoneally for its antiinflammatory activity by
 measuring rat hindpaw edema induced by the subplantar
 injection of carrageenin in the presence or absence of
 arachidonic acid. Arachidonic acid increased swelling during the
 early phase of carrageenin edema. The extract suppressed the late
 phase of carrageenin edema and both phases in the
 presence of arachidonic acid. These preliminary results are
 consistent with a herbal preparation known to be used in the
 management of r heumatoid arthritis.
 
 
 43                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Antiinflammatory activity of a Ghanaian antiarthritic herbal
 preparation. II. Kweifio-Okai, G.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 May.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 33 (1/2): p. 129-133; 1991 May. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Ghana; Alstonia boonei; Rauvolfia vomitoria;
 Elaeis guineensis; Roots; Bark; Nuts; Antiinflammatory agents;
 Arthritis; Rats; Plant extracts
 
 Abstract:  A boiling water extract from a mixture of Alstonia
 boonei and Rauvolfia vomitoria root barks and Elaeis
 guineensis nuts without pericarp was tested for its
 antiinflammatory activity by measuring over a period of 17
 days the changes in rat ankle diameter caused by subplantar
 injection of complete Freund's adjuvant. The extract fed in
 drinking water ad libitum reduced ipsilateral ankle adjuvant
 swelling by an average of 16% for the period of +4 to +17 days and
 improved weight gain.
 
 
 44                                   NAL Call. No.: RS164.P59 The
 antiinflammatory effect in rats of Chieh-pu-warn, a
 traditional Chinese herbal preparation.
 Chang, C.G.; Chen, M.C.; Yang, H.Y.
 Sussex : John Wiley & Sons; 1991 Jun.
 Phytotherapy research : PTR v. 5 (3): p. 107-110; 1991 Jun. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Medicinal plants; Antiinflammatory agents; Drug
 toxicity; Folk medicine
 
 
 45                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Antiinflammatory evaluation of a Pluchea indica root extract. Sen,
 T.; Nag Chaudhuri, A.K.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 May.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 33 (1/2): p. 135-141; 1991 May. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Pluchea; Roots; Plant extracts; Antiinflammatory
 agents; Arthritis; Traditional medicines; Mice
 
 Abstract:  A methanolic fraction of a chloroform extract of
 defatted Pluchea indica roots was investigated for its
 antiinflammatory potential against several models of
 inflammation. The extract showed significant inhibitory
 activity against carrageenin-, histamine-, serotonin-,
 hyaluronidase- and sodium urate-induced pedal inflammation. The
 extract inhibited protein exudation and leucocyte
 migration. The extract also inhibited carrageenin- and cotton
 pellet-induced granuloma formation as well as turpentine-
 induced joint oedema and adjuvant-induced polyarthritis. The
 present observations establish the efficacy of the extract in the
 exudative, proliferative and chronic stages of
 inflammation.
 
 
 46                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Antimalarial activity and cytotoxicity of Evodia fatraina stem bark
 extracts. Ratsimamanga-Urverg, S.; Rasoanaivo, P.;
 Rakoto-Ratsimamanga, A.; Le Bras, J.; Ramiliarisoa, O.; Savel, J.;
 Coulaud, J.P.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Jul.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 33 (3): p. 231-236; 1991 Jul. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Madagascar; Euodia; Bark; Plant extracts;
 Traditional medicines; Antimalarials; Cytotoxicity; Plasmodium
 falciparum; Mice
 
 Abstract:  Stem bark extracts of Evodia fatraina (Rutaceae) were
 tested for antimalarial activity in vitro on Plasmodium falciparum
 using an isotopic semi-microtest and in vivo on
 Plasmodium berghei in mice. Ethyl acetate extract showed
 moderate antimalarial activity in vitro (IC50=8.5 microgram ml-1).
 However, ethanolic extract exhibited significant
 potency in vivo (65% suppression of parasitaemia). Moreover, low
 toxicity against HeLa cells and L 929 fibroblasts was
 observed with ethanolic extract (IC50=95 microgram ml-1 and 60
 microgram ml-1, respectively).
 
 
 47                                  NAL Call. No.: R850.A1B72
 Antimalarial activity of crude extracts from Brazilian plants
 studied in vivo in Plasmodium berghei-infected mice and in
 vitro against Plasmodium falciparum in culture.
 Carvalho, L.H.; Brandao, M.G.L.; Santos-Filho, D.; Lopes,
 J.L.C.; Krettli, A.U.
 Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brasil : Associacao Brasileira de
 Divulgacao Cientifica; 1991.
 Brazilian journal of medical and biological research; Revista
 brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas v. 24 (11): p.
 1113-1123; 1991.  Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Brazil; Medicinal plants; Plant extracts;
 Medicinal properties; Folk medicine; Plasmodium falciparum;
 Plasmodium berghei; Malaria; Mice
 
 
 48                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Antimalarial activity of some plant remedies in use in
 Marracuene, southern Mozambique.
 Jurg, A.; Tomas, T.; Pividal, J.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 May.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 33 (1/2): p. 79-83; 1991 May. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Mozambique; Euphorbiaceae; Bridelia; Plant
 extracts; Antimalarials; In vitro; Traditional medicines
 
 Abstract:  Two plants, Spirostachys africana and Bridelia were
 selected for investigation on the basis of a clinical study of four
 herbal antimalarial remedies used in southern Mozambique. Petroleum
 ether, ethanol and aqueous extracts were tested for activity in
 vitro against Plasmodium falciparum. Crude
 ethanolic and aqueous extracts of the root and the ethanolic
 extract of the stem of B. cathartica caused a 50% inhibition of
 parasite growth at an incubation concentration of 0.05
 mug/ml.
 
 
 49                                    NAL Call. No.: 450 P697
 Antimalarial activity of Tanzanian medicinal plants.
 Weenen, H.; Nkunya, M.H.H.; Bray, D.H.; Mwasumbi, L.B.;
 Kinabo, L.S.; Kilimali, V.A.E.B.
 Stuttgart, W. Ger. : Georg Thieme Verlag; 1990 Aug.
 Planta medica v. 56 (4): p. 368-370; 1990 Aug.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Tanzania; Plasmodium falciparum; Medicinal
 plants; Antimalarials
 
 
 50                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.I47
 Antimalarial activity of traditional plants against
 erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium berghei.
 Misra, P.; Pal, N.L.; Guru, P.Y.; Katiyar, J.C.; Tandon, J.S.
 Lisse, Netherlands : Swets & Zeitlinger; 1991 Feb.
 International journal of pharmacognosy v. 29 (1): p. 19-23; 1991
 Feb. Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Medicinal plants; Pharmaceutical products; Plant
 extracts; Screening; Antimicrobial properties; Plasmodium
 berghei; Malaria; Treatment; Mice; Schizonts
 
 
 51                                    NAL Call. No.: 450 P697
 Antimalarial compounds containing an alpha, beta-unsaturated
 carbonyl moiety from Tanzanian medicinal plants.
 Weenen, H.; Nkunya, M.H.H.; Bray, D.H.; Mwasumbi, L.B.;
 Kinabo, L.S.; Kilimali, V.A.E.B.; Wijnber, J.B.P.A.
 Stuttgart, W. Ger. : Georg Thieme Verlag; 1990 Aug.
 Planta medica v. 56 (4): p. 371-373; 1990 Aug.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Tanzania; Plasmodium falciparum; Medicinal
 plants; Plant extracts; Antimalarials
 
 
 52                                  NAL Call. No.: 448.9 R813 Anti-
 malarial property of an extract of the plant Streblus
 asper in murine malaria.
 Das, M.K.; Beuria, M.K.
 London : The Society; 1991 Jan.
 Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and
 Hygiene v. 85 (1): p. 40-41; 1991 Jan.  Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: India; Medicinal plants; Plant extracts; Bark;
 Pharmaceutical products; Medicinal properties; Malaria;
 Plasmodium berghei; Mice
 
 
 53                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6 The
 antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from Achillea
 fragrantissima. Barel, S.; Segal, R.; Yashphe, J.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 May.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 33 (1/2): p. 187-191; 1991 May. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Achillea; Plant extracts; Essential oils;
 Antimicrobial properties; Folk medicine
 
 Abstract:  Essential oil from Achillea fragrantissima exerted a
 bactericidic effect on several gram positive and gram
 negative bacterial strains, as well as on Candida albicans. The oil
 was fractionated on sillica gel columns by a gradient of ether in
 petrol ether (30 degrees C - 40 degrees C). Two fractions which
 contained less polar compounds were active
 against C. albicans only. The fractions which contained more polar
 compounds inhibited the growth of all the microorganisms tested.
 One of these compounds was identified as terpinen-4-ol. Commercial
 terpinen-4-ol had a similar antimicrobial
 activity.
 
 
 54                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Antimicrobial screening of medicinal plants from Baja
 California Sur, Mexico. Dimayuga, R.E.; Garcia, S.K.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Feb.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 31 (2): p. 181-192; 1991 Feb. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Mexico; Medicinal plants; Plant extracts;
 Antimicrobial properties; Staphylococcus aureus; Bacillus
 subtilis; Streptococcus faecalis; Escherichia coli; Candida
 albicans; Traditional medicines; Correlation; Screening
 
 Abstract:  The ethanolic extracts of 72 plants belonging to 35
 different families, and used in traditional medicine in Baja
 California Sur (Mexico), were tested for antimicrobial
 activity in vitro using the filter paper disk assay method.
 Activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis,
 Streptococcus faecalis (Gram-positive microorganisms),
 Escherichia coli (Gram-negative microorganisms) and Candida
 albicans (yeast) is discussed.
 
 
 55                                    NAL Call. No.: 450 P697 Anti-
 platelet action of GU-7, a 3-arylcoumarin derivative,
 purified from glycyrrhizae radix.
 Tawata, M.; Yoda, Y.; Aida, K.; Shindo, H.; Sasaki, H.; Chin, M.;
 Onaya, T. Stuttgart, W. Ger. : Georg Thieme Verlag; 1990 Jun.
 Planta medica v. 56 (3): p. 259-263; 1990 Jun.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Japan; Glycyrrhiza uralensis; Plant extracts;
 Medicinal plants; Coumarin; Platelets
 
 
 56                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Antipyretic activity of six indigenous medicinal plants of
 Tirumala Hills, Andhra Pradesh, India.
 Vedavathy, S.; Rao, K.N.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 May.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 33 (1/2): p. 193-196; 1991 May. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Andhra pradesh; Medicinal plants; Plant extracts;
 Antipyretics; Rats; Folk medicine
 
 
 57                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Antitumor activity of quassinoids from Hannoa klaineana.
 Lumonadio, L.; Atassi, G.; Vanhaelen, M.; Vanhaelen-Fastre, R.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Jan.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 31 (1): p. 59-65; 1991 Jan. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Simaroubaceae; Roots; Bark; Quassinoids;
 Medicinal plants; Neoplasms; Leukemia; Melanoma; Carcinoma; Mice
 
 Abstract:  Of the five quassinoids isolated from the root bark of
 Hannoa klaineana, only 15-desacetylundulatone was found
 active against P388 mouse lymphocytic leukemia cells and colon 38
 adenocarcinoma. Undulatone and especially 15-O-beta-D-
 glucopyranosyl-21-hydroxy-glaucarubolone were found to be more
 toxic while 6 alpha-tigloyloxy-glaucarubol and
 21-hydroxyglaucarubolone were found inactive. Structure-
 activity relationships are discussed.
 
 
 58                                 NAL Call. No.: QD415.A1B52
 Antitumor effect of echitamine chloride on methylcholonthrene
 induced fibrosarcoma in rats.
 Kamarajan, P.; Sekar, N.; Mathuram, V.; Govindasamy, S.
 Marrickville : Academic Press; 1991 Oct.
 Biochemistry international v. 25 (3): p. 491-498; 1991 Oct. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Alstonia scholaris; Plant composition; Alkaloids;
 Antineoplastic agents; Bioassays; Neoplasms; Rats; Medicinal plants
 
 Abstract:  Echitamine chloride a plant alkaloid from Alstonia
 scholaris has been used to examine the anticancer effects on
 methylcholanthrene - induced fibrosarcoma. Echitamine chloride
 dissolved in saline (10mg/kg body weight) and injected
 subcutaneously for 20 days in fibrosarcoma rats has exhibited
 significant regression in tumor growth. The altered activities of
 plasma and liver transaminases and gamma-glutamyl
 transpeptidase and lipid peroxidation in fibrosarcoma have
 been corrected to near normal after echitamine chloride
 treatment. The decreased liver glutathione content and the
 lowered activities of glutathione peroxidase, superoxide
 dismutase and catalase have also been reversed to near normals
 after echitamine chloride treatment.
 
 
 59                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Antiulcerogenic effects of two Maytenus species in laboratory
 animals. Souza-Formigoni, M.L.O.; Oliveira, M.G.M.; Monteiro, M.G.;
 Silveira-Filho, N.G. da; Braz, S.; Carlini, E.A.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Aug.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 34 (1): p. 21-27; 1991 Aug. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Brazil; Maytenus; Medicinal properties; Gastric ulcer;
 Rats; Traditional medicines
 
 Abstract:  Leaves of Maytenus species are commonly used in
 Brazil for the treatment of gastric ulcers, dyspepsias and
 other gastric problems. The present study evaluated the
 antiulcerogenic potential of a boiling water extract of equal parts
 of M. aquifolium and M. ilicifolia leaves against ulcer lesions
 induced by indomethacin and cold-restraint stress in rats.
 Ranitidine and cimetidine were used as reference drugs. The oral
 and intraperitoneal administration of the extract had a potent
 antiulcerogenic effect against both types of ulcers. The extract
 was shown to cause an increase in volume and pH of gastric juice of
 the animals with the pH effects comparable to those of cimetidine.
 The results tend to confirm the popular use of the plant.
 
 
 60                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Antraquinones from Cassia greggii.
 Gonzalez, A.G.; Barrera, J.B.; Davila, B.B.; Valencia, E.;
 Dominguez, X.A. Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1992 Jan.
 Phytochemistry v. 31 (1): p. 255-258; 1992 Jan.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Mexico; Cassia; Medicinal plants; Roots; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Anthraquinones
 
 Abstract:  The dichloromethane extract of the roots of Cassia
 greggii afforded seven new anthraquinones:
 5-hydroxy-1,4,6,7-tetramethoxy-2-methylanthraquinone,
 1,5,7-trihydroxy-4,6-dimethoxy-2-methylanthraquinone,
 5,6-dihydroxy-1,4,7-trimethoxy-2-methylanthraquinone,
 1-hydroxy-4,7-dimethoxy-5,6-methylenedioxy-2-
 methylanthraquinone, 5,7-dihydroxy-1,4,6-trimethoxy-2-
 hydroxymethylanthraquinone, 4,5-dihydroxy-1,6,7-trimethoxy-2-
 methylanthraquinone, and 5,6-dihydroxy-4,7-dimethoxy-2-
 methylanthraquinone. Their structures were elucidated on the basis
 of chemical and spectral data.
 
 
 61                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Applanoxidic acids A, B, C and D, biologically active
 tetracyclic triterpenes from Ganoderma applanatum.
 Chairul; Tokuyama, T.; Hayashi, Y.; Nishizawa, M.; Tokuda, H.;
 Chairul, S.M.; Hayashi, Y.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (12): p. 4105-4109; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Indonesia; Ganoderma applanatum; Medicinal
 plants; Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Triterpene acids
 
 Abstract:  Four novel polyoxygenated lanostanoid triterpenes, named
 applanoxidic acids A, B, C, and D, have been isolated from an
 Indonesian tropical fungus, Ganoderma applanatum.
 Their structures were determined by spectrocopic and chemical
 methods. Biological activity as an anti-tumour promoter was
 observed for these components.
 
 
 62                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Arbutin and sucrose in the leaves of the resurrection plant
 Myrothamnus flabellifolia.
 Suau, R.; Cuevas, A.; Valpuesta, V.; Reid, M.S.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (8): p. 2555-2556; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Zimbabwe; Dicotyledons; Medicinal plants; Leaves;
 Plant composition; Sucrose; Disaccharides; Metabolites;
 Drought resistance; Desiccation
 
 Abstract:  Forty-two per cent of the desiccated leaves of
 Myrothamnus flabellifolia was extracted in methanol, and
 contained two major components, sucrose (30%) and arbutin
 (65%). Its arbutin content can probably explain the purported
 medicinal properties of this plant. By analogy with other
 desiccation-tolerant organisms, sucrose and arbutin may be
 partially responsible for the extreme resistance of
 Myrothamnus to environmental stress.
 
 
 63                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Aryltetralin lignans from Linum flavum and Linum capitatum.
 Broomhead, A.J.; Dewick, P.M.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1990.
 Phytochemistry v. 29 (12): p. 3839-3844; 1990.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Linum; Podophyllum; Podophyllum peltatum;
 Chemical composition; Lignans; Spectral analysis;
 Antineoplastic agents; Biosynthesis; Medicinal plants;
 Glucosides
 
 Abstract:  Phytochemical analysis of ethanol extracts from
 Linum flavum, L. flavum compactum and L. capitatum has
 demonstrated their capability of producing and storing
 relatively large amounts of cytotoxic aryltetralin lignans
 structurally related to podophyllotoxin. 5-
 Methoxypodophyllotoxin, its glucoside and acetate are the main
 constituents of both roots and stem/leaves of L. flavum and L.
 flavum compactum, the roots containing up to 3.5% dry weight of
 these compounds. Although 5-methoxypodophyllotoxin and its
 glucoside were also found in L. capitatum roots, stem/leaves were
 shown to produce alpha- and beta-peltatins and their 5-O-
 glucosides. Coniferyl alcohol and coniferin were present in all
 three plants.
 
 
 64                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 A-
 type proanthocyanidins from Prunus spinosa.
 Kolodziej, H.; Sakar, M.K.; Burger, J.F.W.; Engelshowe, R.;
 Ferreira, D. Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (6): p. 2041-2047; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Prunus spinosa; Flowers; Medicinal plants;
 Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Stereochemistry;
 Anthocyanidins; Metabolites
 
 Abstract:  The range of natural dimeric A-type
 proanthocyanidins is extended by identification of ent-
 epicatechin-(4 alpha leads to 8;2 alpha leads to O leads to 7)-
 catechin and ent-epiafzelechin-(4 alpha leads to 8;2 alpha leads to
 O leads to 7)-epicatechin. They are accompanied in the flowers of
 Prunus spinosa by the structurally related
 metabolites ent-epicatechin-(4 alpha leads to 8;2 alpha leads to O
 leads to 7)-epicatechin, ent-epiafzelechin-(4 alpha leads to 8;2
 alpha leads to O leads to 7)-catechin and ent-
 epiafzelechin-(4 alpha leads to 8;2 alpha leads to O leads to 7)-
 epiafzelechin, these being reported from a plant source for the
 second time. Nuclear Overhauser effect difference
 spectroscopy facilitated assessment of both 3,4-relative
 stereochemistry of the heterocyclic ring C and absolute
 configuration of terminal units, as well as determination of the
 mode of interflavanyl linkage. Whereas methylation and
 subsequent acetylation of A-types with 'lower' catechin units
 produce the expected methyl ether acetates, those species with a
 'lower' epicatechin moiety indicate restricted access of
 diazomethane to 5-OH(A).
 
 
 65                            NAL Call. No.: SB294.A8W44 1991
 Australian bush flower essences..  Bush flower essences
 White, Ian
 Sydney ; New York : Bantam Books,; 1991.
 xiv, 210 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. 
 Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-194).
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Medicinal plants; Wild flowers; Essences and
 essential oils; Plants
 
 
 66                                 NAL Call. No.: TX392.A1V44 A
 beginner's guide to using herbs at home.
 Gladstar, R.
 Mt. Morris, Ill. : Vegetarian Times; 1991 Dec.
 Vegetarian times (172): p. 64-70. ill; 1991 Dec.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Home food preparation; Food quality; Food
 purchasing; Food storage; Medical treatment; Information
 services; Medicinal plants
 
 Abstract:  The author explains her view of herbology as an
 excellent preventive and first choice medicine and how it is
 possible to incorporate this philosophy into your life.
 Included are the basic steps needed to get started as a
 knowledgeable home herbalist.
 
 
 67                                     NAL Call. No.: 450 EC7
 Begonias as food and medicine.
 Laferriere, J.E.
 Bronx, N.Y. : New York Botanical Garden; 1992 Jan.
 Economic botany v. 46 (1): p. 114-116; 1992 Jan.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Begonia; Ethnobotany; Medicinal properties;
 Edible species; Medicinal plants; Food crops
 
 
 68                                    NAL Call. No.: 451 F16B The
 Belize ethnobotany project: discovering the resources of the
 tropical rain forest.
 Balick, M.J.
 Miami, Fla. : The Garden; 1991 Apr.
 Fairchild Tropical Garden bulletin v. 46 (2): p. 16-24. ill; 1991
 Apr.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Belize; Ethnobotany; Tropical rain forests
 
 
 69                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Benzofuranosesquiterpenes from Ligularia virgaurea.
 Jia, Z.J.; Chen, H.M.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (9): p. 3132-3134; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Gansu; Ligularis; Rhizomes; Medicinal plants;
 Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Sesquiterpenes;
 Furans
 
 Abstract:  Three new benzofuranosesquiterpenes,
 2-(3'-pentenyl)-3,7-dimethylbenzofuran-1,4-dione,
 1-hydroxy-2,(3'-pentenyl)-3,7-dimethylbenzofuran and
 1-methoxy-2-(3'-pentenyl)-3,7-dimethylbenzofuran, were
 isolated from the rhizome of Ligularia virgaurea, together
 with two known furanoeremophilanes, cacalol and 4 alphaH-9-
 methoxyfuranoeremophilane.
 
 
 70                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 A
 benzoquinone and a coumestan from Psoralea plicata.
 Rasool, N.; Khan, A.Q.; Ahmad, V.U.; Malik, A.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (8): p. 2800-2803; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Pakistan; Psoralea; Medicinal plants; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Benzoquinone; Coumarins;
 Derivatives
 
 Abstract:  The neutral fraction from the ethanolic extract of
 Psoralea plicata afforded a new coumestan, plicadin, and a new
 benzoquinone, alpha-tocopherolquinone methyl ether, together with
 alpha-tocopherolquinone. Their structures were elucidated by
 spectroscopic studies and biogenetic consideration.
 
 
 71                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 A
 betulinic and glycoside from Schefflera venulosa.
 Purohit, M.C.; Pant, G.; Rawat, M.S.M.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (7): p. 2419; 1991.  Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Schefflera; Medicinal plants; Leaves; Chemical
 composition; Triterpenoids; Glycosides
 
 Abstract:  A new betulinic acid glycoside,
 lup-20(29)-en-28-oic-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl (2 leads to 1)-O-
 beta-D-glucopyranoside has been characterized from the
 leaves of Schefflera venulosa.
 
 
 72                               NAL Call. No.: HD9000.9.U5A1
 Beware the unknown brew--herbal teas and toxicity.
 Snider, S.
 Rockville, Md. : Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health
 & Human Services; 1991 May.
 F.D.A. consumer v. 25 (4): p. 30-33; 1991 May.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Herbal teas; Toxicity; Food and nutrition
 controversies; Health hazards; Regulations; Adverse effects;
 Symphytum officinale; Lobelia; Sassafras
 
 Abstract:  Herbal teas have been the subject of controversy in the
 United States since their introduction into the mainstream
 marketplace two decades ago. Possible adverse effect and toxic
 reactions are discussed.
 
 
 73                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 A
 bidesmosidic triterpenoid saponin from Schefflera
 octophylla. Sung, T.V.; Peter-Katalinic, J.; Adam, G.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (11): p. 3717-3720; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Vietnam; Medicinal plants; Leaves; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Triterpenoids; Saponins;
 Trisaccharides; Schefflera
 
 Abstract:  A new 3,28-bidesmosidic triterpenoid saponin was
 isolated from the leaves of Schefflera octophylla together
 with a new trisaccharide and oleanonic acid. Based on
 spectroscopic data and chemical transformations, the
 structures of the new constituents were determined as 3-epi-
 betulinic acid 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside 28-O-[alpha-L-
 rhamno-pyranosyl (1 leads to 4)-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1
 leads to 6)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside and alpha-L-
 rhamnopyranosyl(1 leads to 4)-O-beta-D-g]ucopyranosyl(1 leads to
 6)-beta-D-glucopyranose.
 
 
 74                                      NAL Call. No.: A00110 Bill
 would catalog U.S. biological riches: aim is to protect nation's
 'biodiversity'.
 San Francisco, Calif. : The Chronical Publishing Co; 1991
 May25. San Francisco chronicle. p. A3; 1991 May25.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: U.S.A.; Diversity; Legislation; Medicinal plants
 
 
 75                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Bioactive butenolides from Melodorum fruticosum.
 Tuchinda, P.; Udchachon, J.; Reutrakul, V.; Santisuk, T.;
 Taylor, W.C.; Farnsworth, N.R.; Pezzutos, J.M.; Kinghorn, A.D.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (8): p. 2685-2689; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Thailand; Annonaceae; Branches; Leaves; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Flavonoids; Cytotoxic
 compounds; Medicinal plants
 
 Abstract:  From leaves and branches of Melodorum fruticosum, five
 butenolides have been isolated: (4Z)-6-acetoxy-7-
 benzoyloxy-2,4-heptadien-4-olide, (4E)-6-acetoxy-7-
 benzoyloxy-2,4-heptadien-4-olide,
 (4Z)-7-benzoyloxy-6-hydroxy-2,4-heptadien-4-olide,
 (4E)-7-benzoyloxy-6-hydroxy-2,4-heptadien-4-olide and
 (4Z)-6-benzoyloxy-7-hydroxy-2,4-heptadien-4-olide. In
 addition, two known flavonoids (chrysin, pinocembrin) and
 benzoic acid were isolated. All butenolides showed cytotoxic
 activities in several tumour cell lines. The structures of the
 isolated compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic methods.
 
 
 76                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Bioactivity in plants: the link between phytochemistry and
 medicine. Hamburger, M.; Hostettmann, K.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (12): p. 3864-3874; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Medicinal plants; Plant physiology; Bioassays;
 Screening; History; Literature reviews
 
 Abstract:  The development of medicinal plant research over the
 last 30 years is reviewed with reference to the search for new
 active principles. Difficulties inherent to activity
 guided isolation and the specific requirements of bioassays are
 discussed. An overview is given on currently used systems for
 various bioactivities, with emphasis on simple bioassays for
 phytochemical laboratories. The progress in medicinal
 plant research is illustrated by selected examples of plant derived
 compounds of importance as drugs or pharmacological tools.
 
 
 77                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Biomimetic cyclizations of a germacranolide from Tanacetum
 annuum. Barrero, A.F.; Sanchez, J.F.; Barron, A.; Ramirez, A.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1992 Jan.
 Phytochemistry v. 31 (1): p. 332-335; 1992 Jan.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Tanacetum; Flowers; Medicinal plants; Chemical
 composition; Sesquiterpenoid lactones
 
 Abstract:  A new germacranolide was isolated from the flowers of
 Tanacetum annuum, which was chemically transformed into
 three eudesmanolides and a lactone with a rearranged
 sesquiterpene skeleton.
 
 
 78                                 NAL Call. No.: TP248.2.A77
 Biosource genetics using tobacco plants as protein factories.
 Stamford, Conn. : Business Communications Co., Inc; 1991 Sep.
 Applied genetics news v. 12 (2): p. 11-12; 1991 Sep.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Medicinal plants; Tobacco mosaic tobamovirus;
 Field tests; Genetic engineering; Nicotiana tabacum
 
 
 79                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.I47 Blood
 sugar lowering effect of Pterocarpus santalinus (Red
 Sanders) wood extract in different rat models.
 Nagaraju, N.; Prasad, M.; Gopalakrishna, G.; Rao, K.N.
 Lisse, Netherlands : Swets & Zeitlinger; 1991 Jun.
 International journal of pharmacognosy v. 29 (2): p. 141-144; 1991
 Jun. Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Pterocarpus santalinus; Medicinal plants; Wood; Plant
 extracts; Pharmaaceutical products; Medicinal
 properties; Blood sugar; Experimental diabetes; Rates
 
 
 80                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Boerhaavia diffusa: a study of its hepatoprotective activity.
 Chandan, B.K.; Sharma, A.K.; Anand, K.K.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Mar.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 31 (3): p. 299-307; 1991 Mar. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Uttar pradesh; Boerhavia diffusa; Plant extracts; Folk
 medicine; Liver; Rats; Mice
 
 Abstract:  An alcoholic extract of whole plant Boerhaavia
 diffusa given orally exhibited hepatoprotective activity
 against experimentally induced carbon tetrachloride
 hepatotoxicity in rats and mice. The extract also produced an
 increase in normal bile flow in rats suggesting a strong
 choleretic activity. The extract does not show any signs of
 toxicity up to an oral dose of 2 g/kg in mice.
 
 
 81                                     NAL Call. No.: 450 EC7 The
 botanical origin of scented myrrh (bissabol or habak
 hadi). Thulin, M.; Claeson, P.
 Bronx, N.Y. : New York Botanical Garden; 1991 Oct.
 Economic botany v. 45 (4): p. 487-494; 1991 Oct.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Somalia; Commiphora; Resins; Ethnobotany;
 Perfumery; History; Geographical distribution; Habitats
 
 
 82                                      NAL Call. No.: Q1.S37
 Botanists ply trade in tropics, seeking plant-based
 medicinals. Eisner, R.
 Philadelphia, Pa. : Institute for Scientific Information :.; 1991
 Jun10. The scientist v. 5 (12): p. 1, 4-5, 25; 1991
 Jun10.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Rain forests; Diversity; Conservation;
 Ethnobotany; Patents; Licenses; Medicinal plants
 
 
 83                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Brahmighritham, an Ayurvedic herbal formula for the control of
 epilepsy. Shanmugasundaram, E.R.B.; Mohammed Akbar, G.K.;
 Radha Shanmugasundaram, K. Limerick : Elsevier Scientific
 Publishers; 1991 Jul.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 33 (3): p. 269-276; 1991 Jul. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Cacopa; Cyperus rotundus; Saussurea lappa; Ghee;
 Epilepsy; Rats; Traditional medicines; Drug formulations
 
 Abstract:  Brahmighritham is an Ayurvedic herbal recommended for
 the control of epilepsy. The preparation of the drug is described.
 It was tested for its oral effectiveness in
 controlling pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in male albino rats
 and was compared with benzdiazepam. Alterations in the EEG pattern
 and gross neurological function were measured or rated 60 min after
 pentylenetetrazole administration. Thirty-day pretreatment with
 both Brahmighritham and benzdiazepam
 served to make the rats more insensitive to epileptogenic
 events.
 
 
 84                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Brandioside, a phenylpropanoid glycoside from Brandisia
 Hancei. He, Z.D.; Yang, C.R.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (2): p. 701-702; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Yunnan; Scrophulariaceae--glycosides--medicinal
 plants--chemical composition--spectral analysis
 
 Abstract:  A new phenylpropanoid glycoside, brandioside, was
 isolated from Brandisia hancei. Its structure,
 [beta-(3',4'-dihydroxylphenyl)-ethyl]-(2-O-acetyl)-
 (3,6-O-di-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl) (4-O-caffeoylyl)-beta-D-
 glucopyranoside, was established by chemical and spectroscopic
 methods.
 
 
 85                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 A
 butyrolactone lignan disaccharide from Flacourtia ramontchi.
 Satyanarayana, V.; Krupadanam, G.L.D.; Srimannarayana, G.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (3): p. 1026-1029; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: India; Flacourtia; Medicinal plants; Heartwood;
 Spectral analysis; Lignans; Lactones; Disaccharides
 
 Abstract:  beta-Sitosterol, beta-sitosterol-beta-D-
 glucopyranoside and a butyrolactone lignan disaccharide,
 ramontoside, were isolated from the heartwood of Flacourtia
 ramontchi. The structure of ramontoside was determined as
 diphyllin-4-O-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1 leads to
 4)]-beta-2,3-di-O-methyl-D-xylopyranoside by hydrolysis and
 spectral data.
 
 
 86                                   NAL Call. No.: QK725.P54
 Callus induction in Phyllanthus species and inhibition of
 viral DNA polymerase and reverse transcriptase by callus
 extracts.
 Unander, D.W.
 Berlin, W. Ger. : Springer International; 1991.
 Plant cell reports v. 10 (9): p. 461-466; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Phyllanthus; Phyllanthus urinaria; Medicinal
 plants; In vitro culture; Callus; Induction; Growth; Plant
 extracts; Hepatitis b virus; Enzyme inhibitors; Dna
 polymerase; Transcription
 
 Abstract:  Studies on callus induction and growth in
 Phyllanthus amarus Schum. & Thonn. (Euphorbiaccae) and some related
 species are described, as well as the inhibition of enzymes of
 hepatitis B and related viruses by callus extracts. Callus was
 induced from stem or branch pieces of P. amarus
 placed on several media combinations. Optimum induction and growth
 of friable, undifferentiated calli occurred on
 Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with either 0.5 mg or 1 mg
 of BA/liter and 1 mg/liter of either 2,4-D or IBA, but not IAA.
 Callus induction using the same media was also
 attempted with other Phyllanthus spp. The best success was
 with P. abnormis. Aqueous extracts from field-grown plants
 were more active in vitro against viral DNA polymerase and
 reverse transcriptase than extracts of calli.
 
 
 87                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6 Can
 ethnopharmacology contribute to the development of anti-fertility
 drugs?. Xiao, P.G.; Wang, N.G.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Apr.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 32 (1/3): p. 167-177; 1991 Apr. 
 Paper presented at the First International Conference on
 Ethnopharmacology, June 5-9, 1990, Strasbourg, France. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: China; Females; Males; Fertility agents; Birth
 control; Folk medicine; Medicinal plants; Medicinal properties
 
 Abstract:  China, one of the developing countries with approx. one-
 fifth of the world population, has been making great
 efforts in controlling her population size. One of the efforts
 being stressed is to look into the practicability of employing
 Chinese herbal medicine for fertility control. The rich
 ethnopharmacological descriptions in the ancient books of
 herbal remedy and those scattered in the folklore medicine
 contribute the possibility of this approach. After a
 discussion concerning the facets of antifertility drugs linked with
 male or female fertility regulation, several selected
 examples are presented, which include yuehchukene (isolated from
 Murraya paniculata), pseudolarix acids A and B (from
 Pseudolarix kaempferi), mardekoside A (from Mardenia koi),
 gardenic acid and gardenodic acid A (from Gardenia
 jasminoides) as early pregnancy terminating agent, for
 fertility regulation in females; whereas gossypol (from
 cottonseed oil) and total glycosides of Tripterygium wilfordii
 (GTW) as antispermatogenic agent for fertility regulation in males.
 Further research and development strategies of
 antifertility drugs from herbal medicines have also been
 discussed based on a collective research data in this field
 worldwide.
 
 
 88                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6 Can
 ethnopharmacology contribute to the development of
 antimalarial agents?. Phillipson, J.D.; Wright, C.W.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Apr.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 32 (1/3): p. 155-165; 1991 Apr. 
 Paper presented at the First International Conference on
 Ethnopharmacology, June 5-9, 1990, Strasbourg, France. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Plasmodium malariae; Plasmodium ovale; Plasmodium
 vivax; Plasmodium falciparum; Antimalarials; Medicinal plants;
 Traditional medicines; Terpenoids; Alkaloids; Quinones;
 Phenols
 
 Abstract:  The resistance of Plasmodium falciparum, the cause of
 tertian malaria, to synthetic antimalarials, together with the
 resistance of the vector mosquitoes to insecticides, has resulted
 in a resurgence in the use of quinine and a search for new
 antimalarial agents. In recent years, artemisinin,
 isolated from Artemisia annua which is used in Chinese
 traditional medicine for the treatment of malaria, has proved to be
 effective in the treatment of cerebral malaria due to chloroquine-
 resistant strains of P. falciparum. The
 development of in vitro tests utilising P. falciparum obtained from
 malaria patients means that it is possible to use
 bioassay guided fractionation of active extracts in order to
 isolate active principles. A number of laboratories throughout the
 world are currently investigating plants used in
 traditional medicine for their active constituents. Some of their
 results will be described and in particular two aspects of our
 investigations with species of Simaroubaceae and
 Menispermaceae will be discussed. There is every possibility that
 such approaches which use leads from Ethnopharmacology will result
 in the development of new antimalarial agents. it is vitally
 important to those populations relying on
 traditional medicines for the treatment of malaria that the safety
 and efficacy of such medicines be established, their active
 principles determined and that reproducible dosage
 forms be prepared and made available for use.
 
 
 89                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6 Can
 ethnopharmacology contribute to the development of
 antiviral drugs?. Vlietinck, A.J.; Vanden Berghe, D.A.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Apr.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 32 (1/3): p. 141-153; 1991 Apr. 
 Paper presented at the First International Conference on
 Ethnopharmacology, June 5-9, 1990, Strasbourg, France. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Antiviral agents; Virucides; Medicinal plants; Plant
 extracts; In vitro; Testing; Rhinovirus; Human
 immunodeficiency virus
 
 Abstract:  In recent years, many compounds having potent
 antiviral activity in cell cultures and in experimental
 animals have been detected, but only a few have been approved by
 Western health authorities for clinical use. Nevertheless, some of
 these compounds are currently undergoing either
 preclinical or clinical evaluation, and perspectives for
 finding new interesting antiviral drugs are promising. Among these
 antiviral substances are several natural compounds
 isolated from plants used in traditional medicine including
 polysaccharides, flavonoids, terpenes, alkaloids, phenolics and
 amino acids. Some of these plant compounds exhibit a
 unique antiviral mechanism of action and are good candidates for
 further clinical research. What follows is a brief summary of the
 selection methods of plants for antiviral screening and in vitro
 and in vivo assays, which are currently used for
 detecting this activity in plant extracts. The importance of the
 plant kingdom as a source of new antiviral substances will be
 illustrated by presenting a survey on plant-derived
 antirhinovirus and anti-HIV agents.
 
 
 90                                    NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6 Can
 ethnopharmacology contribute to the development of new
 anticancer drugs?. Cordell, G.A.; Beecher, C.W.W.; Pezzuto, J.M.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Apr.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 32 (1/3): p. 117-133; 1991 Apr. 
 Paper presented at the First International Conference on
 Ethnopharmacology, June 5-9, 1990, Strasbourg, France. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: U.S.A.; Neoplasms; Plants; Medical research; Drug
 therapy; Databases; Pharmacology; Government organizations
 
 Abstract:  Ethnopharmacologic and ethnomedical information has been
 poorly utilized in the past in the search for new and
 effective treatments for cancer. In spite of this, plants have been
 a very viable source of clinically useful compounds,
 leads for synthetic modification and tools for mechanistic
 studies. In this paper, a new strategy for the discovery of
 anticancer agents from plants is proposed in which
 ethnomedical information is correlated against pertinent
 published chemical and biological information, resulting in a
 prioritization of plants for collection. Authenticated plants are
 extracted and the extracts tested in a broad array of more than 20
 human cancer cell and mechanism-based assays through a cooperative
 research program involving a university, a
 research institute and a pharmaceutical company. Bioactivity-
 directed fractionation will be carried out at all three sites, with
 a view to identifying novel compounds which will serve as
 candidates for preclinical testing.
 
 
 91                                 NAL Call. No.: 330.9 N21NE Can
 the neem solve world problems?.
 Lowe, S.
 Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, National
 Research Council; 1992 Feb.
 News report v. 42 (2): p. 5-7; 1992 Feb.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Azadirachta indica; Medicinal plants; Drought
 resistance; Research support; Pesticidal properties
 
 
 92                                      NAL Call. No.: A00110 The
 cancer medicine no one knew was there.
 Mathews, J.
 San Francisco, Calif. : The Chronical Publishing Co; 1991
 Jul07. San Francisco chronicle. p. 16; 1991 Jul07.  This
 article is found in the San Francisco Examiner which is the Sunday
 edition to the San Francisco Chronicle.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Taxus baccata; Medicinal plants; Diversity
 
 
 93                                      NAL Call. No.: A00110
 Cancer-killing yew bark plundered.
 McCabe, M.
 San Francisco, Calif. : The Chronical Publishing Co; 1991
 Oct09. San Francisco chronicle. p. A1, A9; 1991 Oct09.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Oregon; Taxus baccata; Medicinal plants;
 Vandalism
 
 
 94                             NAL Call. No.: SB108.P4R8 1990
 Catalogo de plantas utiles de la Amazonia Peruana  [Catalog of
 useful plants of the Peruvian Amazon]., 2. ed. rev..
 Rutter, Richard A.; Shanks, Ann
 Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Peru : Ministerio de Educacion :
 Instituto Linguistico de Verano,; 1990.
 xix, 349 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. (Comunidades y culturas peruanas ; no.
 22). "Primera edicion en microfichas: Plantas de la
 Amazonia y sus usos, Datos etno-linguisticos, no. 44, 1976"--T.p.
 verso.  Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-349).
 
 Language:  Spanish
 
 Descriptors: Botany, Economic; Medicinal plants; Plant names,
 Popular; Dictionaries, Polyglot
 
 
 95                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 Cell
 culture of Holarrhena antidysenterica: growth and
 alkaloid production. Panda, A.K.; Bisaria, V.S.; Mishra, S.;
 Bhojwani, S.S.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (3): p. 833-836; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: India; Holarrhena; Callus; Cell suspensions;
 Growth; Steroid alkaloids; Biosynthesis; Medicinal plants;
 Quantitative analysis; Spectral analysis
 
 Abstract:  Callus and suspension culture of Holarrhena
 antidysenterica were established for production of steroidal
 alkaloids, especially conessine. The doubling time and
 specific growth rate of cells in suspension culture were
 computed to be 47.5 hr and 0.35 per day respectively. A
 maximum of 300 mg alkaloids per 100 g dry cell wt in 40 days and
 130 mg per 100 g dry cell wt in eight days were obtained in the
 callus and suspension cultures respectively. Alkaloid production in
 suspension culture was a combined growth and
 non-growth associated phenomena. About 90% of the total
 alkaloids produced in the cell culture was conessine, which was
 confirmed by spectral data.
 
 
 96                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Chalcones from Angelica keiskei.
 Baba, K.; Nakata, K.; Taniguchi, M.; Kido, T.; Kozawa, M.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1990.
 Phytochemistry v. 29 (12): p. 3907-3910; 1990.  Part 7 in the
 series 'Chemical Components of Angelica keiskei.'.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Japan; Angelica keiskei; Medicinal plants; Roots;
 Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Chalcones
 
 Abstract:  Four new chalcones, xanthangelols B-E were isolated from
 roots of Angelica keiskei and their structures determined to be
 2',4,4'-trihydroxy-3'-[(E)-6-hydroxy-3,7-dimethyl-2,7-
 octadienyl]chalcone, 2',4,4'-trihydroxy-3'-[(E)-3-methyl-6-
 oxo-2-hexenyl]chalcone, 2',4-dihydroxy-4'-methoxy-3'-(2-
 hydroxy-3-methyl-3-butenyl)chalcone and 2',4-dihydroxy-4'-
 methoxy-3'-(2-hydroperoxy-3-methyl-3-butenyl)chalcone,
 respectively, by means of chemical and spectral analyses.
 
 
 97                                     NAL Call. No.: 26 T754
 Changes in yield components of Plantago ovata Forsk. in
 northern Western Australia in response to sowing date and
 sowing rate.
 McNeil, D.L.
 Guildford : Butterworth Scientific; 1991 Apr.
 Tropical agriculture v. 68 (2): p. 191-195; 1991 Apr. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Western australia; Plantago ovata; Medicinal
 plants; Plant density; Seed production; Sowing date; Sowing rates;
 Yield components; Anticholesteremic agents
 
 
 98                                   NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Changes of the triterpenoid patterns during formation of the fruit
 body in Ganoderma lucidum.
 Hirotani, M.; Furuya, T.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1990.
 Phytochemistry v. 29 (12): p. 3767-3771. ill; 1990.  Part 8 in the
 series 'Studies on the Metabolites of Higher Fungi'. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Ganoderma lucidum; Fruits; Mycelium;
 Developmental stages; Chemical composition; Triterpenoids;
 Regenerative ability; Metabolites; Biosynthesis; Biochemical
 pathways; Stereochemistry; Medicinal plants
 
 Abstract:  The terpenoid components of the extracts of three parts
 (pileus, stalk and underground part) of the fruiting
 bodies of different growth stages (small, medium and large) of the
 fruit body of Ganoderma lucidum and of regenerated
 fruiting bodies from cultured mycelia were examined by HPLC.
 Ganoderic acids T, S and R were found in the extract of the
 underground part of the fruit bodies and ganoderic acid T was
 isolated and identified with an authentic sample.
 
 
 99                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.I47
 Chemical and pharmacological investigations of Limnophila
 conferta and Limnophila heterophylla.
 Reddy, G.B.S.; Melkhani, A.B.; Kalyani, G.A.; Rao, J.V.;
 Shirwaikar, A.; Kotian, M.; Ramani, R.; Aithal, K.S.; Udupa, A.L.;
 Bhat, G. Lisse, Netherlands : Swets & Zeitlinger; 1991 Jun.
 International journal of pharmacognosy v. 29 (2): p. 145-153; 1991
 Jun. Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Limnophila heterophylla; Limnophila; Medicinal plants;
 Antifungal plants; Antibacterial plants; Nematicidal plants;
 Essential oils; Thymol; Phellandrene; Flavones;
 Antibacterial properties; Antifungal properties;
 Anthelmintics; Cytotoxic compounds; Medicinal properties;
 Healing; Wounds
 
 
 100                               NAL Call. No.: SB351.H5H365
 Chinese medicinal plants in the U.S. National Plant Germplasm
 System. Widrlechner, M.P.; Foster, S.
 Amherst, Mass. : Massachusetts Cooperative Extension Service; 1991.
 The Herb, spice and medicinal plant digest v. 9 (4): p. 1-5; 1991. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: China; U.S.A.; Medicinal plants; Gene banks
 
 
 101                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Chromones from Cnidium monnieri.
 Baba, K.; Kawanishi, H.; Taniguchi, M.; Kozawa, M.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1992 Apr.
 Phytochemistry v. 31 (4): p. 1367-1370; 1992 Apr.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Japan; Cnidium; Medicinal plants; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Chromones
 
 Abstract:  Four new chromones, cnidimol C F, along with
 cnidimol A, cnidimol B and karenin were isolated from the
 aerial parts of Cnidium monnieri. The structures of the new
 chromones were determined to be 5,7-dihydroxy -2-hydroxy-
 methylchromone,
 5,7-dihydroxy-6-[(2Z)-3-hydroxymethyl-2-butenyl]-2-
 hydroxymethylchromone, 5,7-dihydroxy-6-[2-hydroxy-3-methyl-3-
 butenyl]-2-hydroxymethylchromone and 5,8-dihydroxy-2-
 hydroxymethyl-8-methyl-4H,
 9H-pyrano[3,2-h][1]benzoxepin-4-one.
 
 
 102                           NAL Call. No.: RS180.C6C58 1975
 Ch'uan kuo Chung ts'ao yao hui pien  [Collection of Chinese
 medicinal plants]., Ti 1 pan..
 Pei-ching shih : Jen min wei sheng ch'u pan she : Hsin hua shu tien
 Pei-ching fa hsing so fa hsing, 1975-1978; 1975-1978.
 2 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.  Includes indexes.
 
 Language:  Chinese; Chinese
 
 Descriptors: Materia medica, vegetable; Medicinal plants
 
 
 103                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Clerodane-type diterpenes and other constituents of Penianthus
 zenkeri. Achenbach, H.; Hemrich, H.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (6): p. 1957-1962; 1991.  Part 42 in the
 series 'Constituents of Tropical Medicinal Plants'.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Ghana; Menispermaceae; Medicinal plants; Leaves;
 Roots; Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Alkaloids
 
 Abstract:  Twenty-four compounds were isolated from Penianthus
 zenkeri and their structures determined by spectroscopic and
 chemical studies. 6-Hydroxycolumbin, 6-hydroxyisocolumbin,
 penianthic acid methyl ester, 2 beta-3 alpha-dihydroxy-2,3,7,8
 alpha-tetrahydropenianthic acid lactone and the glycosides
 floribundic acid glucoside and zenkerin are new clerodanes or
 clerodane derivatives.
 
 
 104                                  NAL Call. No.: RS160.I47
 Clerodendrum colebrookianum, a folk remedy for the treatment of
 hypertension in northeastern India.
 Nath, S.C.; Bordoloi, D.N.
 Lisse, Netherlands : Swets & Zeitlinger; 1991 Jun.
 International journal of pharmacognosy v. 29 (2): p. 127-129; 1991
 Jun. Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: India; Clerodendrum colebrookianum; Medicinal
 plants; Ethnobotany; Medicinal properties; Plant extracts;
 Pharmaceutical products; Hypertension; Folk medicine;
 Traditional medicines
 
 
 105                                 NAL Call. No.: QH442.A1G4
 Cloning of trichosanthin cDNA and its expression in
 Escherichia coli. Shaw, P.C.; Yung, M.H.; Zhu, R.H.; Ho,
 W.K.K.; Ng, T.B.; Yeung, H.W. Amsterdam : Elsevier Science
 Publishers; 1991.
 Gene v. 97 (2): p. 267-272; 1991.  Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Trichosanthes kirilowii; Medicinal plants;
 Escherichia coli; Cloning; Pharmaceutical proteins; Plant
 proteins; Genes; Recombinant  DNA; Nucleotide sequences; Amino acid
 sequences; Restriction mapping; Gene expression
 
 Abstract:  Several cDNA clones coding for trichosanthin (TCS) have
 been isolated from a cDNA library prepared from the
 poly(A) + RNA of the root tuber of Trichosanthes kirilowii
 Maximowicz. The nucleotide sequence codes for a protein of 289
 amino acids (aa) including a putative signal peptide of 23 aa and
 an extra 19 aa at the C terminus; the latter two have not been
 found in TCS obtained from the natural product [Collins et al., J.
 Biol. Chem. 265 (1990) 8665-8669]. Recombinant TCS (reTCS) was
 synthesized in Escherichia coli, in which the cDNA without the
 signal sequence was expressed under the control of the trc
 promoter; reTCS was detected by a rabbit anti-TCS
 antiserum.
 
 
 106                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Cohirsinine, an alkaloid from Cocculus hirsutus.
 Ahmad, V.U.; Rasheed, T.; Iqbal, S.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (4): p. 1350-1351; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Pakistan; Cocculus; Medicinal plants; Chemical
 composition; Alkaloids; Spectral analysis
 
 Abstract:  A new alkaloid, cohirsinine, was isolated from
 Cocculus hirsutus. Its structure is assigned on the basis of
 chemical and spectral studies.
 
 
 107                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Comparative study on essential oil of some Teucrium species from
 Cyprus. Arnold, N.; Bellomaria, B.; Valentini, G.;
 Rafaiani, S.M. Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Dec.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 35 (2): p. 105-113; 1991 Dec. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Cyprus; Teucrium; Traditional medicines;
 Essential oils; gas chromatography
 
 Abstract:  A comparative study on the essential oil of
 Teucrium cyprium ssp. cyprium. T micropodioides. T divaricatum ssp.
 canescens and T. kotschyanum has been carried out. The four
 specimens are found in Cyprus and were used in the
 traditional mecidine of the island. The first three are
 endemic to Cyprus. The essential oil was extracted by steam
 distillation of the dried flowers, leaves and stems and
 analyzed by GLC and GC-MS. The percentage of the essential oil
 obtained varies in the different parts of the plants from 0.07 to
 1.3%. Forty-eight components have been identified. Some of them
 were present in all the species which have been
 investigated, others were characteristic of one species only.
 
 
 108                           NAL Call. No.: NBUQK99 C66 1988 The
 conservation of medicinal plants proceedings of an
 International consultation, 21-27 March 1988 held at Chiang Mai,
 Thailand. Akerele, Olayiwola; Heywood, V. H._1927-;
 Synge, Hugh
 World Health Organization, International Union for
 Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, World Wide Fund for
 Nature
 Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,; 1991. xvi, 362
 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Medicinal plants; Plant conservation
 
 
 109                                    NAL Call. No.: 475 AC8
 Constituents of Bidens pilosa L.: Do the components found so far
 explain the use of this plant in traditional medicine?.
 Geissberger, P.; Sequin, U.
 Amsterdam : Elsevier Science Publishers; 1991 Feb.
 Acta tropica v. 48 (4): p. 251-261; 1991 Feb.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Bidens pilosa; Traditional medicines; Plant
 extracts; Antiinflammatory agents; Antimicrobial properties
 
 
 110                            NAL Call. No.: RS164.C698 1989
 Contribution to the medico-botany of East Godavari and West
 Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh..  Andhrapradesa ke Purvi evam
 Pascimi Godavari janapadom ki aushadha vanaspatiyam
 Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha (India) New
 Delhi : Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and
 Siddha, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India;
 1989.
 xiii, 116 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.  Summary in English and
 Hindi.  Cover title: Andhrapradesa ke Purvi evam Pascimi
 Godavari janapadom ki aushadha vanaspatiyam.  Includes
 bibliographical references (p. 69-[71]).
 
 Language:  English; English
 
 Descriptors: Materia medica, Vegetable--Material medica,
 Vegetable--Medicinal plants
 
 
 111                                NAL Call. No.: S592.7.A1S6 The
 core structure of shilajit humus.
 Ghosal, S.; Lal, J.; Singh, S.K.
 Exeter : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Soil biology and biochemistry v. 23 (7): p. 673-680; 1991. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: India; Rocks; Exudates; Humic acids; Folk
 medicine
 
 Abstract:  The nature of the building blocks and their
 alignments in the humus 'core' of shilajit were determined by mild
 and drastic degradations and by comprehensive
 spectroscopic analyses of the products. Mild hydrolysis of
 humic acids (HAs) from shilajit afforded two new dibenzo-
 alpha-pyrones, viz. 3-O-palmitoyl-8-hydroxydibenzo-alpha-
 pyrone (1) and
 3-O-beta-D-glucosyl-8-hydroxydibenzo-alpha-pyrone (2), and two new
 tirucallane-type triterpenic acids, viz. 24(Z)-3
 beta-hydroxy-tirucalla-8,24-dien-26-oic acid (3) and 24(Z)-3 beta-
 hydroxy-tirucalla-7,24-dien-26-oic acid (4). The
 resistant Has (RHAs), obtained after mild hydrolysis, when
 subjected, separately, to KMnO4 oxidation and Zn dust
 distillation gave several aromatic carboxylic acids,
 polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, a simple dibenzo-alpha-
 pyrone (= 3,4-benzo-coumarin) and fluorene. These products, except
 the two last-named compounds, have been reported from similar
 degradations of soil-sediment humus indicating the
 inherent structural similarities of humus from two dissimilar
 sources. On the basis of the above and related observations, a
 partial structure of the shilajit humus core, involving
 oxygenated dibenzo-alpha-pyrones, is postulated. Additionally, the
 necessity of standardization of shilajit, a panacea in
 oriental medicine, on the basis of its active principles and
 carrier molecules (e.g. fulvic acids, FAs) is suggested.
 
 
 112                                  NAL Call. No.: TX341.P53
 Coumarin compounds in cassava diets: 2 health implications of
 scopoletin in gari.
 Obidoa, O.; Obasi, S.C.
 Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic; 1991 Jul.
 Plant foods for human nutrition v. 41 (3): p. 283-289; 1991 Jul. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Nigeria; Cassava; Lipids; Extractants; Cyanides;
 Toxicity; Flours; Medicinal plants; Pharmacodynamics
 
 
 113                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Coumarin derivatives in Coptis trifolia.
 Mizuno, M.; Kojima, H.; Iinuma, M.; Tanaka, T.; Goto, K.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1992 Feb.
 Phytochemistry v. 31 (2): p. 717-719; 1992 Feb.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Japan; Coptis; Medicinal plants; Chemotaxonomy;
 Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Coumarin; Derivatives
 
 Abstract:  Known compounds, epiberberine, groenlandicine,
 scopoletin and beta-sitosterol were characterized in the whole
 plants of Coptis trifolia. By means of spectral analysis, the
 structures of two new compounds were determined to be
 glycosides of a 10-hydroxygeranyl residue which is linked with
 scopoletin (7-hydroxy-6-methoxycoumarin) through an ether
 linkage.
 
 
 114                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 A
 coumarin from Setaria italica.
 Jain, N.; Alam, M.S.; Kamil, M.; Ilyas, M.; Ali, M.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (11): p. 3826-3827; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: India; Setaria italica; Medicinal plants; Leaves;
 Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Coumarin
 
 Abstract:  A new coumarin named setarin has been isolated from the
 leaves of Setaria italica and its structure elucidated as 4-
 propenoxycoumarin on the basis of spectral and chemical
 analysis.
 
 
 115                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Croton zehntneri: possible central nervous system effects in
 rodents. Bernardi, M.M.; Souza-Spinosa, H. de; Batatinha,
 M.J.M.; Giorgi, R. Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991
 Jul.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 33 (3): p. 285-287; 1991 Jul. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Brazil; Croton zehntneri; Plant extracts; Central
 nervious system; Folk medicine; Rats
 
 
 116                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Cucurbitacins from Wilbrandia ebracteata.
 Schenkel, E.P.; Farias, M.R.; Mayer, R.; Breitmaier, E.;
 Rucker, G. Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1992 Apr.
 Phytochemistry v. 31 (4): p. 1329-1333; 1992 Apr.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Brazil; Cucurbitaceae; Medicinal plants; Roots;
 Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Cucurbitacins;
 Glucosides; Purification
 
 Abstract:  Three new cucurbitacins were isolated from the
 roots of Wilbrandia ebracteata and their structures
 established as
 16-alpha,23-alpha-epoxy-2-beta,3-beta,20-beta-trihydroxy-10-alpha,
 23-beta-cucurbit-5,24-dien-11-one,
 16-alpha,23-alpha-epoxy-2-beta,3-beta,20-beta-trihydroxy-10-alpha,
 23-alpha-cucurbit-5,24-dien-11-one and 2-beta,3-
 beta,16-alpha, 20,25-pentahydroxy-10-alpha-cucurbit-5,23-
 dien-11-one, mainly by spectroscopy.
 
 
 117                       NAL Call. No.: NBUSB302 I4 C84 1982
 Cultivation and utilization of aromatic plants..  Cultivation &
 utilisation of medicinal and aromatic plants, [Rev. ed.]. Atal, C.
 K.; Kapur, B. M.
 Jammu-Tawi : Regional Research Laboratory, Council of
 Scientific & Industrial Research,; 1982.
 xxiii, 815 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.  Companion volume to Cultivation and
 utilization of medicinal plants.  Previous ed.:
 Cultivation & utilisation of medicinal and aromatic plants. 1977. 
 Includes bibliographical references and index.
 
 Language:  English; English
 
 Descriptors: Aromatic plants; Plant products
 
 
 118                               NAL Call. No.: SB351.H5H365
 Cultivation of finnochio fennel.
 Morales, M.; Charles, D.; Simon, J.
 Amherst, Mass. : Massachusetts Cooperative Extension Service; 1991.
 The Herb, spice and medicinal plant digest v. 9 (1): p. 7; 1991. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Bavaria; Culinary herbs; Medicinal plants;
 Poetry; History; Gardening
 
 
 119                                    NAL Call. No.: 450 EC7 The
 Curagua (Ananas lucidus, Bromeliaceae) crop in Venezuela. Freddy,
 L.; Amaya, L.
 Bronx, N.Y. : New York Botanical Garden; 1991 Apr.
 Economic botany v. 45 (2): p. 216-224; 1991 Apr.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Venezuela; Ananas; Fiber plants; Crop production;
 Plant morphology; Plant ecology; Geographical distribution; Plant
 fibers; Ethnobotany
 
 
 120                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Cyclopeptide alkaloids from Zizyphus spina-christi.
 Abdel-Galil, F.M.; El-Jissry, M.A.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (4): p. 1348-1349; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Egypt; Ziziphus spina-christi; Medicinal plants;
 Stems; Bark; Spectral analysis; Chemical composition;
 Alkaloids
 
 Abstract:  In addition to the known alkaloids, zizyphine-F,
 jubanine-A and amphibine-H, a new peptide alkaloid spinanine-A has
 been isolated from the stem bark of Zizyphus spina-
 christi. The structure was deduced by spectroscopic methods and
 chemical degradation. Spinanine-A is a 14-membered
 cyclopeptide alkaloid of the amphibine-B type.
 
 
 121                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Cytotoxic pyranocoumarins from the aerial parts of Peucedanum
 japonicum. Duh, C.Y.; Wang, S.K.; Wu, Y.C.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (8): p. 2812-2814; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Taiwan; Peucedanum; Medicinal plants; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Coumarins; Cytotoxic compounds
 
 Abstract:  Bioactivity-guided fractionation of a chloroform extract
 of the aerial parts of Peucedanum japonicum has
 afforded two new cytotoxic pyranocoumarins, (+)-trans-
 khellactone and
 (+)-trans-4'-acetyl-3'-tigloylkhellactone, as well as a known
 cytotoxic pyranocoumarin, (+)-cis-4'-acetyl-3'-
 angeloylkhellactone.
 
 
 122                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 A
 dammarane from Stevia salicifolia.
 Mata, R.; Rodriguez, V.; Pereda-Miranda, R.; Bye, R.; Linares, E.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (11): p. 3822-3823; 1991.  Part 20 of the
 series 'Chemical Studies on Mexican Plants Used in Traditional
 Medicine'.  Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Mexico; Stevia; Medicinal plants; Roots; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Triterpenoids
 
 Abstract:  A new dammarane was isolated from the hexane
 extract of the roots of Stevia salicifolia. The new metabolite was
 characterized by spectroscopic and chemical methods as
 (20S)-dammar-13(17),24-diene-3 beta-yl acetate.
 
 
 123                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Dammarane triterpenoids from Dysoxylum richii.
 Aalbersberg, W.; Singh, Y.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (3): p. 921-926; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Fiji; Dysoxylum; Fruit; Medicinal plants;
 Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Triterpenoids
 
 Abstract:  Four new dammarane-type triterpenoids, named methyl
 richenoate, richenone, richenol and richenoic acid, together with
 four known triterpenoids, ocotillone, cabraleone, shoreic acid and
 eichlerianic acid, were isolated from the fruits of Dysoxylum
 richii. The proposed structures were established by chemical
 interconversions, spectral analysis and comparisons among closely
 related compounds.
 
 
 124                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Derivatives of (+)-catechin-5-gallate from the bark of Acacia
 nilotica. Malan, E.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (8): p. 2737-2739; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Acacia nilotica; Acacia gerrardii; Medicinal
 plants; Bark; Chemical composition; Catechin; Gallic acid
 
 Abstract:  Four derivatives of (+)-catechin-5-gallate present in
 very low concentrations in the bark of Acacia nilotica were
 isolated and characterized from the acetone extract. An
 attempt was made to synthesize some of the (+)-catechin
 galloyl esters found to date.
 
 
 125                                   NAL Call. No.: 475 J824
 Determination of cinnamic acid and paeoniflorin in traditional
 chinese medicinal preparations by high-performance liquid
 chromatography. Wen, K.C.; Huang, C.Y.; Liu, F.S.
 Amsterdam : Elsevier Science Publishers; 1992 Feb28.
 Journal of chromatography v. 593 (1/2): p. 191-199; 1992
 Feb28.  Paper presented at the 15th International Symposium on
 Column Liquid Chromatography, June 3-7, 1991, Basel,
 Switzerland, Part 2.  Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: China; Paeonia; Cinnamic acid; Medicinal plants; Plant
 extracts; Determination; Hplc
 
 
 126                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Dibenzocyclo-octandiene lignans from Kadsura heteroclita.
 Chen, D.F.; Xu, G.J.; Yang, X.W.; Hattori, M.; Tezuka, Y.;
 Kikuchi, T.; Namba, T.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1992 Feb.
 Phytochemistry v. 31 (2): p. 629-632; 1992 Feb.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Yunnan; Kadsura; Medicinal plants; Stems;
 Spectral analysis; Chemical composition
 
 Abstract:  From the stems of Kadsura heteroclita, new
 dibenzocyclo-octadiene lignans, named heteroclitins A-E, were
 isolated together with the known compounds, kadsurin and
 interiorin. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic
 means.
 
 
 127                                NAL Call. No.: RM666.H33D5
 Dictionary of herbal remedies used by migrant farm workers.
 National Migrant Resource Program (U.S.),Migrant Clinicians Network
 Austin, TX : National Migrant Resource Program, Inc; 1990. 20 p. ;
 28 cm.  For the MCN, Migrant Clinicians Network.  Publication of
 this document was made possible by funds from the Migrant Health
 Program, Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance, U.S.
 Department of Health and Human Services. 
 Includes bibliographical rerferences (p. 17).
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Herbs; Migrant agricultural workers
 
 Abstract:  This booklet is designed as a reference tool. It is
 designed to be used by clinicians to determine the interactive and
 medicinal properties of herbs used by migrant workers. The
 dictionary contains Latin, English and Spanish names for the herbs,
 in addition to information on usage.
 
 
 128                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Digitalis: is there a future for this classical
 ethnopharmacological remedy?. Marullaz, P.D.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Apr.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 32 (1/3): p. 111-115; 1991 Apr. 
 Paper presented at the First International Conference on
 Ethnopharmacology, June 5-9, 1990, Strasbourg, France. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Digitalis purpurea; Medicinal properties; Drugs;
 History; Traditional medicines
 
 Abstract:  Withering's (1741-1799) greatest merit is not so much
 that of having discovered the therapeutic value of
 foxglove in hydropsy, since this indication (among others) was
 already part of traditional medicine, but actually during a decade
 of carefully recording clinical observations, he
 authoritatively settled definite guidelines for its use. In spite
 of its further utilization in many additional illnesses such as
 madness, foxglove, and later its main heteroside
 digitoxine, progressively reached their eventual place in the
 treatment of supraventricular arrhythmias and in congestive heart
 failure. In the latter indication. However, its value is now being
 questioned; it is being accused of augmenting
 myocardial work due to its vasoconstrictor properties, of
 favoring dysrhythmic events in a disease already burdened with a
 50% arrhythmia mortality, and actually of having a low
 therapeutic index. Even though being discarded by a number of
 cardiologists, digitoxine still remains in the appraisal of others
 as an indispensable medicine.
 
 
 129                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 A
 dimeric stilbene from Gnetum parvifolium.
 Lin, M.; Li, J.B.; Li, S.Z.; Yu, D.Q.; Liang, X.T.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1992 Feb.
 Phytochemistry v. 31 (2): p. 633-638; 1992 Feb.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Guangxi; Gnetum; Medicinal plants; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Stilbenes
 
 Abstract:  Ten constituents have been isolated from lianas of
 Gnetum parvifolium. Two novel dimeric stilbenes, gnetifolin C and
 D, a new stilbene glucoside and flavone, gnetifolin E and B have
 been identified along with six known compounds. Their structures
 were deduced on the basis of spectroscopic
 evidence.
 
 
 130                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Dioncopeltine A and dioncolactone A: alkaloids from
 Triphyophyllum peltatum. Bringmann, G.; Rubenacker, M.; Vogt, P.;
 Busse, H.; Assi, L.A.; Peters, K.; Schnering, H.G. von
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (5): p. 1691-1696; 1991.  Part 24 in the
 series 'Acetogenic Isoquinoline Alkaloids.'.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Ivory coast; Triphyophyllum peltatum; Medicinal
 plants; Stems; Bark; Chemical composition; Alkaloids;
 Stereochemistry; Oxidation; Biochemical pathways
 
 Abstract:  The isolation of two novel alkaloids from
 Triphyophyllum peltatum is described. The complete
 stereostructure of dioncopeltine A, which is closely related to
 dioncophylline A, is established by spectroscopic,
 chiroptical, and degradative methods, and is furthermore
 confirmed by its transformation to O-methyl-dioncopophylline A, as
 well as by X-ray crystallography. Dioncolactone A, which can be
 transformed into dioncopeltine A by reductive ring-
 opening, is the first naturally occurring representative of this
 novel type of 'axially prostereogenic' biaryl alkaloids.
 
 
 131                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Dioncophylline B, a naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid with a new
 coupling type from Triphyophyllum peltatum.
 Bringmann, G.; Rubenacker, M.; Geuder, T.; Assi, L.A.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (11): p. 3845-3847; 1991.  Part 26 in the
 series 'Acetogenic Isoquinoline Alkaloids'.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Ivory coast; Triphyophyllum peltatum; Medicinal
 plants; Roots; Bark; Spectral analysis; Chemical composition;
 Isoquinoline alkaloids
 
 Abstract:  The isolation of a new alkaloid, dioncophylline B, from
 the roots of Triphyophyllum peltatum is described. Its complete
 structure, including absolute configuration, was
 established by spectroscopic and degradative methods.
 Dioncophylline B has an unprecedented 7,6'-coupling, and is,
 because of the lack of bulky substituents next to its axis, the
 first 'non-bridged' naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid that is not split
 up into stable atropisomers.
 
 
 132                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 A
 dipeptide derivative from Hypericum japonicum.
 Ishiguro, K.; Nagata, S.; Fukumoto, H.; Yamaki, M.; Takagi, S.;
 Isoi, K. Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (11): p. 3639-3641; 1991.  Part 7 in the
 series 'A Flavanonol Rhamnoside from Hypericum japonicum'. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Medicinal plants; Spectral analysis; Chemical
 composition; Dipeptides; Derivatives; Hypericum
 
 Abstract:  The structure of a novel peptide analogue
 saropeptate, N-benzoyl-L-phenylalanyl-L-phenylalaninol
 acetate, isolated from the whole plant of H. japonicum was
 elucidated by spectroscopic analysis and its absolute
 configuration determined by comparison with four synthetic
 diastereoisomers.
 
 
 133                                   NAL Call. No.: 475 J824
 Direct coupling of high-speed counter-current chromatography to
 thin-layer chromatography. Application to the separation of
 asiaticoside and madecassoside from Centella asiatica.
 Diallo, B.; Vanhaelen-Fastre, R.; Vanhaelen, M.
 Amsterdam : Elsevier Science Publishers; 1991 Oct11.
 Journal of chromatography v. 558 (2): p. 446-450; 1991 Oct11. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Plant products; Medicinal plants; Saponins;
 Separation; Plant extracts; Thin layer chromatography;
 Centella asiatica
 
 
 134                              NAL Call. No.: SB44.D57 1989
 Directory of specialists in herbs, spices, and medicinal
 plants., 2nd ed.. Craker, Lyle E.
 Amherst, MA : Herb, Spice, and Medicinal Plant Digest, the
 Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Massachusetts;
 1989.
 17 leaves ; 28 cm.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Horticulturists; Medical botanists
 
 
 135                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Diterpenes from Saliva mellifera and their biogenetic
 significance. Gonzalez, A.G.; Andres, L.S.; Aguiar, Z.E.;
 Luis, J.G.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1992 Apr.
 Phytochemistry v. 31 (4): p. 1297-1305; 1992 Apr.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: California; Salvia; Medicinal plants; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Diterpenes; Biosynthesis;
 Biochemical pathways
 
 Abstract:  The new diterpenes,
 11,12-dihydroxy-20-nor-abieta-5(10),8,11,13-tetraen-1-one and
 isogaldosol, together with the known compounds carnosic acid,
 carnosol, rosmanol, rosmadial, galdosol and isorosmanol were
 isolated from the aerial part of Salvia mellifera. The
 structures of the new diterpenes were established from their
 spectral data and by chemical correlations. The co-occurrence of
 all these compounds in one species taken together with
 their chemical behaviour led to the postulation of a
 biogenetic pathway to highly oxidized abietatriene diterpenes in
 which enzymatic dehydrogenation processes and the
 participation of singlet-state oxygen appear to play an
 important role.
 
 
 136                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 A
 diterpenoid alkaloid from Aconitum alboviolaceum.
 Hao, Z.; Liu, J.; Zhao, S.; Miao, Z.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (10): p. 3494-3496; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: China; Medicinal plants; Spectral analysis;
 Diterpenoids; Alkaloids; Aconitum albo-violaceum
 
 Abstract:  A new diterpenoid alkaloid, named albovionitine, was
 isolated from Aconitum alboviolaceum. Its structure was elucidated
 by spectral analysis and was shown to be a seco-N-6 and N-20
 hetisine-type diterpenoid alkaloid. Albovionitine is the first
 example of a diterpenoid alkaloid bearing a hydroxyl group at C-18
 and a seco-N-20 functionality. Four known
 diterpenoid alkaloids were also isolated and identified as
 ajacine, avadharidine, lycoctonine and lycaconitine.
 
 
 137                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622 A
 diterpenoid from Rabdosia excisa.
 Chang, R.; Kim, D.; U, Z.; Shen, X.; Chen, Y.; Sun, H.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1992 Jan.
 Phytochemistry v. 31 (1): p. 342-343; 1992 Jan.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Korea democratic people's republic; Plectranthus;
 Medicinal plants; Leaves; Spectral analysis; Chemical
 composition; Diterpenoids; Kaurene
 
 Abstract:  A minor new diterpenoid, excisanin C and five known
 diterpenoids were isolated from Rabdosia excisa. Structures were
 elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analysis.
 
 
 138                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Diterpenoids from Eragrostis ferruginea.
 Nishiya, K.; Kimura, T.; Takeya, K.; Itokawa, H.; Lee, S.R. Oxford
 : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (7): p. 2410-2411; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Korea republic; Eragrostis ferruginea; Roots;
 Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Diterpenoids;
 Medicinal plants
 
 Abstract:  Two new diterpene compounds have been isolated from the
 roots of Eragrostis ferruginea. Their structures were
 elucidated as isopimara-9(11),15-dien-19-ol-3-one and
 cassa-13(14),15-diene-3,12-dione by various spectroscopic
 methods. We have also isolated the known diterpene diol,
 isopimara-9(11),15-diene-3 beta,19-diol.
 
 
 139                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Diterpenoids from Salvia miltiorrhiza.
 Ikeshiro, Y.; Hashimoto, I.; Iwamoto, Y.; Mase, I.; Tomita, Y.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (8): p. 2791-2792; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: China; Salvia miltiorrhiza; Medicinal plants;
 Roots; Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Diterpenoids
 
 Abstract:  The structure of a new abietane type diterpenoid from
 the Chinese traditional medicine Dan-shen, Salvia
 miltiorrhiza, was isolated and its structure determined by
 spectroscopic methods.
 
 
 140                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Diterpenoids from Spirostachys africana.
 Duri, Z.J.; Hughes, N.A.; Munkombwe, N.M.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1992 Feb.
 Phytochemistry v. 31 (2): p. 699-702; 1992 Feb.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Zimbabwe; Euphorbiaceae; Heartwood; Spectral
 analysis; Chemical composition; Diterpenoids; Medicinal
 plants; Insecticidal plants
 
 Abstract:  Two new beyerene derivatives; ent-3
 beta,18-dihydroxy-beyer-15-ene-2-one and ent-3
 beta-hydroxy-19-nor-beyer-15-ene-2,12-dione have been isolated from
 Spirostachys africana in addition to the known ent-3
 beta-hydroxy-beyer-15-ene-2-one.
 
 
 141                                  NAL Call. No.: 450 P5622
 Diterpenoids from the roots of Salvia przewalskii.
 Li, B.; Niu, F.D.; Lin, Z.W.; Zhang, H.J.; Wang, D.Z.; Sun, H.D.
 Oxford : Pergamon Press; 1991.
 Phytochemistry v. 30 (11): p. 3815-3817; 1991.  Includes
 references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Sichuan; Salvia; Medicinal plants; Roots;
 Spectral analysis; Chemical composition; Diterpenoids
 
 Abstract:  Five abietane diterpenoids, przewalskin,
 przewaquinone A, tanshinone II A, tanshinone I and tanshinone II B
 were isolated from the roots of Salvia przewalskii.
 Przewalskin is a new compound. Its structure was established by a
 detailed spectroscopic analysis.
 
 
 142                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Diuretic, natriuretic and hypotensive effects produced by
 Allium sativum (garlic) in anaesthetized dogs.
 Pantoja, C.V.; Chiang, L.C.; Norris, B.C.; Concha, J.B.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Mar.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 31 (3): p. 325-331; 1991 Mar. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Allium sativum; Dogs; Medicinal properties;
 Diuretics; Traditional medicines; Pharmacology
 
 Abstract:  Gastric administration of encapsuled garlic powder to
 anaesthetized dogs induced dose-dependent (2.5 to 15 mg/kg)
 natriuretic and diuretic responses which reached maximum 30-40 min
 after garlic administration and decreased to basal levels after
 100-150 min. A simultaneous decrease in arterial blood pressure was
 observed which continued past the 250 min-mark. High garlic doses
 (15 and 20 mg/kg) provoked bradycardia and T-wave inversion during
 the first 10-15 min of the experiment with recordings returning to
 normal and staying normal
 throughout the remainder of the experiment.
 
 
 143                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6 Does
 pharmacology corroborate the nicotine therapy and
 practices of South American shamanism?.
 Wilbert, J.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Apr.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 32 (1/3): p. 179-186; 1991 Apr. 
 Paper presented at the First International Conference on
 Ethnopharmacology, June 5-9, 1990, Strasbourg, France. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: South America; American indians; Tobacco;
 Nicotine; Ethnography; Pharmacology; Therapy
 
 Abstract:  The use of tobacco by South American Indians is
 deeply rooted in their culture and thought. From early pre-
 Columbian times to the present, tobacco has functioned as an
 important psychotropic drug for magico-religious, medicinal and
 recreational purposes. Native interest in tobacco centers on the
 nicotine alkaloid it contains. Data culled from about 1800 sources
 and pertaining to nearly 300 societies reveal
 that South American Indians employ six major and several minor
 means of nicotine application. There exists a close functional
 relationship between tobacco and shamanism. The empirical
 ethnographical data base of nicotine application is compared to the
 comprehensive literature of experimental clinical
 studies of tobacco and nicotine. Ritual tobacco use aims to achieve
 acute nicotine intoxication. The pharmacological
 effects of the alkaloid on the human body are shown to have
 informed shamanic therapeutic practices and beliefs. Closely
 associated with soil cultivation, tobacco use in the New World is
 much more recent than shamanism. Thus, it is not the drug that gave
 origin to shamanic religion but religion that
 informed the effects of the drug.
 
 
 144                          NAL Call. No.: SB108.N45B76 1988
 Economic native plants of New Zealand.
 Brooker, S. G.; Cambie, R. C.; Cooper, Robert C.
 Christchurch, N.Z. : Botany Division, D.S.I.R.,; 1988.
 xii, 130 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.  February 1988.  Includes
 bibliographical references (p. 99-118) and index.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Botany, Economic; Native plants for cultivation; Maori
 (New Zealand people); Ethnobotany
 
 
 145                                  NAL Call. No.: RS164.E28 The
 economic significance of plants and their constituents as drugs.
 Principe, P.P.
 Orlando, Fla. : Academic Press; 1985.
 Economic and medicinal plant research / edited by H. Wagner,
 Hiroshi Hikino, Norman R. Farnsworth. v. 3 p. 1-17; 1985. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Medicinal plants; Economic impact; Market
 economics
 
 
 146                                  NAL Call. No.: RS160.I47
 Effect of ascorbic acid on the yield and quality of essential oils
 in Indian dark variyali sowa (Anethum sowa).
 Pundarikakshudu, K.; Bhavsar, G.C.
 Lisse, Netherlands : Swets & Zeitlinger; 1991 Feb.
 International journal of pharmacognosy v. 29 (1): p. 57-61; 1991
 Feb. Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Anethum sowa; Medicinal plants; Essential oils; Crop
 yield; Carvone; Dihydrocarvone; Phenolic compounds;
 Foliar spraying; Ascorbic acid; Fruits
 
 
 147                                   NAL Call. No.: TP368.J6
 Effect of batch extraction conditions on extraction of
 polyphenols from rooibos tea (Aspalathus linearis).
 Joubert, E.
 Oxford : Blackwell Scientific Publications; 1990 Jun.
 International journal of food science and technology v. 25
 (3): p. 339-343; 1990 Jun.  Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Herbal teas; Flavonoids; Polyphenols; Extraction;
 Flow; Temperature
 
 
 148                                  NAL Call. No.: RS160.I47
 Effect of cream bases on the antimicrobial properties of the
 essential oil of Aframomum meleguata.
 Igwilo, C.I.; Akpan, U.E.; Adeoye, A.O.; Ilozor, C.N.
 Lisse, Netherlands : Swets & Zeitlinger; 1991 Feb.
 International journal of pharmacognosy v. 29 (1): p. 45-50; 1991
 Feb. Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Aframomum melegueta; Medicinal plants; Essential oils;
 Medicinal properties; Antibacterial properties;
 Antifungal properties; Candida albicans; Escherichia coli;
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; Bacillus
 cereus; Ointments
 
 
 149                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Effect of Melothria maderaspatana on carbon tetrachloride-
 induced changes in rat hepatic microsomal drug-metabolizing enzyme
 activity. Jayatilaka, K.A.P.W.; Thabrew, M.I.; Perera, D.J.B.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1990 Aug.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 30 (1): p. 97-100; 1990 Aug. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Rats; Melothria; Ethanol; Liver diseases;
 Medicinal plants; Plant extracts; Enzymes
 
 Abstract:  Treatment with an aqueous extract of the aerial
 parts of Melothria maderaspatana, before or after CCl4
 administration in rats markedly decreased CCl4-mediated
 reductions in aniline hydroxylase and p-aminopyrine N-
 demethylase activities. Phenobarbital-induced sleeping time in rats
 and kinetic enzyme studies showed that the effect of the plant was
 neither due to an induction of the drug metabolizing enzymes nor
 due to an alteration in the Km values of the
 enzymes.
 
 
 150                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Effect of Salvia haematodes on sexual behaviour of male rats.
 Islam, M.W.; Tariq, M.; Ageel, A.M.; Al-Said, M.S.; Al-Yhya, A.M.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 May.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 33 (1/2): p. 67-72; 1991 May. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Saudi arabia; Rats; Salvia pratensis; Plant
 extracts; Roots; Sex; Stimulants; Sexual behavior; Traditional
 medicines; Males
 
 Abstract:  The effect of an ethanolic extract of Salvia
 haematodes roots was studied on the sexual behaviour of male rats.
 in the initial experiments, male sexual responses were assessed by
 recording penile erection, licking and grooming of genitals and
 copulatory movement in absence of females. In the second set,
 copulatory behaviour was observed by caging males with a receptive
 female brought into estrus with s.c.
 injection of estradiol benzoate and progesterone. The
 frequencies of mounting and intromission and latency of the
 ejaculation were recorded. The results show that the extract (500
 mg/kg, orally) produced a significant increase in
 episodes of penile erection. The drug was found to enhance the
 orientation of males towards the female by increased
 anogenital investigatory behaviour and enhanced licking and
 grooming of the genitals. The extract also increased the
 ejaculation latency. These findings support the folk use of this
 plant as aphrodisiac and for the treatment of premature
 ejaculation.
 
 
 151                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6 The
 effectiveness of Hernandia spp. (Hernandiaceae) in
 traditional Samoan medicine and according to scientific
 analyses.
 Dittmar, A.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1991 Jul.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 33 (3): p. 243-251; 1991 Jul. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Western Samoa; Hernandia; Traditional medicines;
 Analysis; Medicinal properties
 
 Abstract:  The use of Hernandia nymphaefolia (Presl.)
 Kubitzki, Hernandia ovigera Linn., Hernandia peltata Meissner and
 Hernandia sonora Linn. in traditional Samoan medicine is given. The
 constituents have been listed and the effectiveness of the various
 plant parts deduced from them. A comparison of the traditional
 medicinal use with the assigned medicinal
 effectiveness shows clear concordances. Further
 pharmacological investigations are needed.
 
 
 152                                   NAL Call. No.: RS160.J6
 Effects of an aqueous extract of Ferula ovina on rabbit and guinea
 pig smooth muscle.
 Al-Khalil, S.; Aqel, M.; Afifi, F.; Al-Eisawi, D.
 Limerick : Elsevier Scientific Publishers; 1990 Aug.
 Journal of ethno-pharmacology v. 30 (1): p. 35-42; 1990 Aug. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Ferula; Smooth muscle; Rabbits; Guinea pigs;
 Medicinal plants; Plant extracts; Intestines; Trachea; Aorta;
 Acetylcholine; Norepinephrine; Contraction
 
 Abstract:  The effects of an aqueous extract of Ferula ovina were
 tested in vitro using isolated segments of rabbit and
 guinea pig intestine, trachea and aorta. The extract inhibited the
 spontaneous movements of rabbit jejunum and guinea pig
 ileum and the contractions induced by acetylcholine. The
 aqueous extract also inhibited the contractions of rabbit
 trachealis muscle induced by acetylcholine and the
 contractions of guinea pig trachealis muscle induced by
 histamine. These inhibitions were dose-dependent and
 reversible. However, the aqueous extract did not inhibit the
 contractions of rabbit and guinea pig aortic rings induced by
 norepinephrine. These data suggest that this plant has non-
 specific anticholinergic and antihistaminic antispasmodic
 effects.
 
 
 153                                  NAL Call. No.: RS160.I47
 Effects of aqueous extract of Glaucium arabicum on smooth
 muscles of rabbit and guinea pig.
 Aqel, M.; Al-Khalil, S.; Afifi, F.; Al-Eisawi, A.
 Lisse, Netherlands : Swets & Zeitlinger; 1991 Feb.
 International journal of pharmacognosy v. 29 (1): p. 2-8; 1991 Feb. 
 Includes references.
 
 Language:  English
 
 Descriptors: Glaucium; Medicinal plants; Plant extracts;
 Pharmaceutical products;