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Litsea

 
 
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High impact information on Litsea

  • Litsea cubeba oil is an aromatic essential oil extracted from the fresh fruits of Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers. It is used as a flavor enhancer in foods, cosmetics, and cigarettes; as a raw material in the manufacture of citral, vitamins A, E, and K, ionone, methyl ionone, and perfumes; and as an antimicrobial and insecticide [1].
  • Natural anti-HIV agents-part I: (+)-demethoxyepiexcelsin and verticillatol from Litsea verticillata [2].
  • The eudesmane sesquiterpenoid, verticillatol (1), as well as the lignan, (+)-5'-demethoxyepiexcelsin (2), and a known lignan, (+)-epiexcelsin (3), were isolated from Litsea verticillata Hance [2].
  • A water-soluble arabinoxylan (D-xylose and L-arabinose in the molar ratio 1.0:3.4) was isolated from the mucilaginous bark of Litsea glutinosa (Lauraceae) [3].
  • Antioxidant activity of Litsea cubeba [4].
 

Anatomical context of Litsea

  • Both the methanolic extract and its fractions (0.01 mg/ml) from Litsea cubeba bark were found to inhibit NO and PGE2 production in LPS-activated RAW264.7 macrophages without significant cytotoxicity at less than 0.01 mg/ml concentration [5].
 

Associations of Litsea with chemical compounds

References

  1. Acute and genetic toxicity of essential oil extracted from Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers. Luo, M., Jiang, L.K., Zou, G.L. J. Food Prot. (2005) [Pubmed]
  2. Natural anti-HIV agents-part I: (+)-demethoxyepiexcelsin and verticillatol from Litsea verticillata. Hoang, V.D., Tan, G.T., Zhang, H.J., Tamez, P.A., Hung, N.V., Cuong, N.M., Soejarto, D.D., Fong, H.H., Pezzuto, J.M. Phytochemistry (2002) [Pubmed]
  3. Structural studies of an arabinoxylan isolated from Litsea glutinosa (Lauraceae). Herath, H.M., Kumar, N.S., Wimalasiri, K.M. Carbohydr. Res. (1990) [Pubmed]
  4. Antioxidant activity of Litsea cubeba. Hwang, J.K., Choi, E.M., Lee, J.H. Fitoterapia (2005) [Pubmed]
  5. Effects of methanolic extract and fractions from Litsea cubeba bark on the production of inflammatory mediators in RAW264.7 cells. Choi, E.M., Hwang, J.K. Fitoterapia (2004) [Pubmed]
  6. A new acetylenic ketone from the bark of Litsea rotundifolia var. oblongifolia. Zhao, Y., Song, G.Q., Guo, Y.W. Journal of Asian natural products research. (2005) [Pubmed]
  7. Antibacterial activity of Litsea glutinosa bark. Mandal, S.C., Kumar, C.K., Majumder, A., Majumder, R., Maity, B.C. Fitoterapia (2000) [Pubmed]
  8. Flavonoids from the leaves of Litsea japonica and their anti-complement activity. Lee, S.Y., Min, B.S., Kim, J.H., Lee, J., Kim, T.J., Kim, C.S., Kim, Y.H., Lee, H.K. Phytotherapy research : PTR. (2005) [Pubmed]
 
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