supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China;State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic;Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Many interesting compounds with novel structures and possessing biological activitieshave been isolated from soft coral of genus Clavularia.From the soft coral Clavulariaviridis we have isolated eight new diterpenes a...
Ginseng belongs to the Araliaceae plant (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer). The ginseng in Jilin Province is most famous in China as well as in foreign countries. Ginseng is gathered at White Dew (15th solar term). Heavy gins...
Since pronounced antitumor activity displayed by maytansine and triptolide from the plants of Celastraceae was discovered, scientists investigated and screened the plants of Celastraceae phytochemically and pharmacolo...
Wanburganal (1)and polygodial (2), isolated from the bark of the East African plants Warburgia ugandensis and W.stuhlmannii(Canellaceae),have shown potent antifeedant activity against the African army worm Spodoptera ...
The roots of Celastrus angulatus Maxim. are used in folk medicine for antipycetic and anti-wandering arthritis purpose. It also has been used as insecticide. The seven alkaloids were isolated from the root-bark of thi...