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Chem. Pharm. Bull. (Tokyo)., 2009 ,57(11):1227-30. | The constituents and their bioactivities of Houttuynia cordata.[Pubmed: 19881272] | METHODS AND RESULTS: Chemical investigation on the whole plant of Houttuynia cordata has resulted in the isolation of two new compounds, named as houttuynoside A (1) and houttuynamide A (2), together with thirty-eight known compounds. The structures of 1 and 2 were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analysis. In the inhibitory effects on herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) assay, norCepharadione B (10) showed good inhibitory activity against the replication of HSV-1. In addition, the antioxidant and antityrosinase activities of some isolated compounds were also evaluated.
CONCLUSIONS:
Among these compounds, quercitrin (25) and quercetin-3-O-beta-D-galactopyranoside (26) showed excellent 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical-scavenging property with IC50 values of 31 and 63 microM, respectively. Cepharadione B (9) exhibited strong tyrosinase inhibitory activity with an IC50 value of 170 microM. | Arch. Pharm.Res., 2001, 24(6):518-21. | Cytotoxic alkaloids from Houttuynia cordata.[Pubmed: 11794526] | METHODS AND RESULTS: Six bioactive alkaloids, aristolactam B(1), piperolactam A(2), aristolactam A(3), norCepharadione B(4), Cepharadione B(5) and splendidine(6) were isolated by bioactivity-guided fractionation of a methanolic extract of the aerial part of Houttuynia cordata.
CONCLUSIONS:
Several of them exhibited significant cytotoxicity against five human tumor cell lines (A-549, SK-OV-3, SK-MEL-2, XF-498 and HCT-15) in vitro. |
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