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Alpinia calcarata Roscoe: A potent antiinflammatory agent.

Alpinia calcarata Roscoe (Family: Zingiberaceae) rhizomes are often used in Sri Lankan traditional systems of medicine as a remedy for bronchitis, cough, respiratory ailments, diabetics, asthma and ar...

Antimicrobial compounds from Alpinia conchigera.

The rhizome of Alpinia conchigerahas been used as a condiment in the northern states of Peninsular Malaysia and occasionally in folk medicine in the east coast to treat fungal infections. In some stat...

Novel suppressive effects of cardamonin on the activity and expression of transglutaminase-2 lead to blocking the migration and invasion of cancer cells.

Alpinia katsumadai was recently found in our previous study to have anti-migratory and anti-invasion activities against HT-1080 cells. However, the study did not demonstrate the exact component of Alp...

Snake venom-like waprin from the frog of Ceratophrys calcarata contains antimicrobial function.

A 255-bp cDNA encoding an 84-amino acid residue (aa) precursor protein containing 8 half-cysteines was cloned from the skin of the frog, Ceratophrys calcarata. By sequence comparison and signal peptid...

Inhibitory activity of eudesmane sesquiterpenes from Alpinia oxyphylla on production of nitric oxide.

Sixteen eudesmane-type sesquiterpenes including seven new compounds oxyphyllanene A-G (1-2 and 5-9) were isolated from the fruits of Alpinia oxyphylla. Among them, compounds 1-2 are novel trinoreudesm...