High impact information on Celastrus

• Three new dammar-type triterpenoid caffeates (1-3) were isolated from the stalks of Celastrus rosthornianus Loes [1].
• Novel bioactive dammarane caffeoyl esters from Celastrus rosthornianus [1].
• Preparative isolation and purification of celastrol from Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. by a new counter-current chromatography method with an upright coil planet centrifuge [2].
• New sesquiterpenes with intestinal relaxant effect from Celastrus paniculatus [3].
• An inhibitor of cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 activity of prostaglandin H2 synthase was isolated from aerial parts of Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb [4].

Associations of Celastrus with chemical compounds

• Celahinine A, a new sesquiterpene pyridine alkaloid from Celastrus hindsii [5].
• Antioxidant benzoylated flavan-3-ol glycoside from Celastrus orbiculatus [6].
• Celastrus paniculatus (CP), a medicinal plant from India has been reputed to be useful as a pharmaceutical aid for learning and memory [7].
• Flowers of Celastrus paniculatus and whole plant of Tecomella undulata were extracted individually in absolute methanol [8].
• Nodes, shoot tips, internodes and leaf bases (approximately 1.0 cm) excised from young vines of the flowering woody climber, Celastrus paniculatus WilId. sub. sp. paniculatus (Celastraceae) were cultured in Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing agar (0.6%), sucrose (3%) and varied concentrations of 6-benzyl aminopurine (BAP) and kinetin [9].

Gene context of Celastrus

• A new sesquiterpene ester from Celastrus orbiculatus reversing multidrug resistance in cancer cells [10].
• Antiinflammatory constituents of Celastrus orbiculatus inhibit the NF-kappaB activation and NO production [11].
• Biochemical, histochemical and histological studies of the effects of an oily extractive from the seeds of Celastrus paniculatus were done on the testes and liver of adult rats [12].

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