Cancer Chemoprevention by Ginseng in Mouse Liver and Other Organs

Oral administration of red ginseng extracts (1% in diet for 40 weeks) resulted in the significant suppression of spontaneous liver tumor formation in C3H/He male mice. Average number of tumors per mouse in control group was 1.06, while that in red ginseng extracts-treated group was 0.33 (p<0.05). Incidence of liver tumor development was also lower in red ginseng extracts-treated group, although the difference from control group was not statistically significant. Anti-carcinogenic activity of white ginseng extracts, besides red ginseng extracts, was also investigated. In the present study, the administration of white ginseng extracts was proven to suppress tumor promoter-induced phenomena in vitro and in vivo. It is of interest that oral administration of the extracts of Ren-Shen-Yang- Rong-Tang, a white ginseng-containing Chinese medicinal prescription, resulted in the suppression of skin tumor promotion by 12-o-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate in 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-initiated CD-1 mice. These results suggest the usefulness of ginseng in the field of cancer prevention.

Studies on chemical constituents of Bidens bipinnata Ⅰ / 中草药

Object To study the chemical constituents in Bidens bipinnata L Methods Isolation and purifica tion were carried out on silica gel, ODS column and HPLC; the chemical constitue nts were identified by physico-chemical properties and structurally elucidated by spectral analysis Results From EtOAc extract of B bipinnata, eight compounds were obtained and identified as: salicyl i c acid (Ⅰ), 9, 12, 13-trihydroxy-10, 15-octadecadienoic acid (Ⅱ), 9, 12, 13-trihydroxy-10-octadecaenoic acid (Ⅲ), benzyl O-?-D-glucopyranoside (Ⅳ), benzen ethyl O-?-D-glucopyranoside (Ⅴ), (Z)-3-hexenyl O-?-D-glucopyranoside (Ⅵ), eugenyl O-? -D-glucopyranoside (Ⅶ), 3-methyl-2-(2-pentenyl)-4-O-?-D-glucopyranosyl-△ 2-cyclopenten-1-one (Ⅷ) Conclusion All of these compounds, with the exception of Ⅰ, are obtained from the plant for the first time