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Li-da Du
Medicinal Chemistry
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Rotundine
Rotundine is a kind of organic alkaloid with analgesic activity extracted from traditional Chinese medicinal plant named Corydalis rhizoma. It has been used in a lot of countries as an alternative to anxiolytic a...
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Lovastatin
Lovastatin exists in red yeast rice, post-fermented pu-erh tea, oyster mushroom, and different varieties of fungi. It is used to treat dyslipidemia, prevent cardiovascular disease, or combined with dietary int...
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Papaverine
Papaverine is mainly extracted from the mature capsule shell of Papaveraceae poppy. As a vasodilator, papaverine is a nonspecific antispasmodic drug of smooth muscle, used for the treatment of ischemia caused ...
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Puerarin
Puerarin is an isoflavone component extracted from Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi and has widely protecting functions on the cardiovascular system, nervous system, glucose and lipid metabolism, osteoporosis, liver...
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Vitamin A
Human vitamin A is derived from the natural food. Natural vitamin A exists in different forms. Vitamin A not only significantly affects visual function but also has a greater physiological impact than visual f...
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Vitamin B6
Vitamin B6 is the generic descriptor for all 3-hydroxy-2-methylpyridine derivatives exhibiting qualitatively the biological activity of pyridoxine [3-hydroxy-4,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridine]. The metaboli...
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Matrine
Matrine is an alkaloid extracted by organic solvents from the dry roots, plants, and fruits of kushen (Sophora flavescens Ait). Matrine has significant effects of negative frequency and positive inotropic action,...
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Camphor
Camphor was recorded in many ancient books of traditional Chinese medicine. There has been a long history for traditional Chinese medicine to use camphor. The research and development process of camphor has go...
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Vitamin K
Vitamin K is the generic descriptor for 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone and all its derivatives exhibiting qualitatively biological activity of phylloquinone. K are side-chain homologs; each is hydrophobic and ins...
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Cissampelini Methiodidum
Cissampelini Methiodidum is a methiodide of the Yahonglong alkaloid, extracted from Yahonglong. Cissampelini Methiodidum is a muscle relaxant with exact curative effect successfully developed in China. However...
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Oleuropein
Oleuropein is a phenolic compound extracted from olive (Canarium album (Lour.) Raeusch., Gan Lan) leaves mainly. Clinical and experiment statistics demonstrated oleuropein is beneficial to human health, discoveri...
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Toosendanin
Fructus Meliae Toosendan is a traditional Chinese medicine which is still used in internal medicine. Toosendanin is a tetracyclic triterpene compound extracted from fructus toosendan. The structure was identified...
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Theophylline
Theophylline was firstly extracted from tea leaves and naturally found in tea and cocoa beans. Theophylline is a drug used for respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asth...
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Monocrotaline
Morphine is an important alkaloid extracted from Crotalaria sessiliflora L. Monocrotaline showed anticancer activity in vivo, especially for treating squamous cell carcinoma, cervical cancer, and leukemia. Howeve...
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Agrimophol
Agrimophol is the active ingredient of agrimony, the dry part above the ground of Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb, which has excellent anthelmintic effect, and also can be used for treating trichomonas enteritis, vaginiti...
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Strychnine
Strychnine, first discovered in 1818, was the first alkaloid to be identified in plants of maqianzi (Strychnos nux-vomica Linn.). Pharmacological effect of strychnine is mainly manifested in the central nervous s...
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Arecoline
Arecoline is extracted from Areca catechu L., and it is the most important alkaloid in it. Arecoline has the effect of antiparasite and is promoting the motility of the gastrointestinal smooth muscle. It activate...
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Rhomotoxin
Rhomotoxin is a white needle crystal that is extracted from the dried fruit of Rhododendron molle (Bl.) G. Don (yánɡ zhí zhú). Its functions as an analgesic or hypotensive or in kidney protection are the mainl...
