Toshio Fukai

TL;DR: Three new isoflavonoids with a pyran ring, gancaonols A[bond]C, were isolated together with 15 known flavonoids and exhibited anti-H.

TL;DR: The data obtained from this study revealed that MRBF-3 may protect pancreatic beta cells from degeneration and diminish lipid peroxidation, however, this is the first biological screening of the Egyptian Morus alba root bark; further future merit studies including clinical study will be necessary in order to confirm the results obtained.

TL;DR: All flavanones investigated here showed higher cytotoxicity against human oral tumor cell lines (HSC-2 and HSG) than against normal human gingival fibroblasts (HGF) and the cytot toxicity of compound 2 and the Diels-Alder type flavanone sanggenon C isolated from Morus cathayana were the most potent.

TL;DR: Nineteen flavonoids isolated from licorice were tested for their antimicrobial activities against methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, methamphetamineicillin resistant S. aureUS, Micrococcus luteus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

TL;DR: In the course of screening phytoestrogen in medicinal plants, six Glycyrrhiza phenols exhibited the binding affinities for the bovine uterine estrogen receptor, and the affinity of a dihydrostilbene with two 3-methyl-2-butenyl (prenyl) groups, gancaonin R, was higher than those of isoflavone phy toestrogens in dietary foods.