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Analysis of thirteen populations of black cohosh for formononetinE J Kennelly
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College and The Center for Graduate Studies, The City University of New York, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Phytomedicine 9:461-7. 2002..Therefore, the clinically observed estrogen-like actions of black cohosh, such as reduction of hot flashes, are likely due to a compound, or combination of compounds, other than formononetin...
Phytochemical fingerprinting to thwart black cohosh adulteration: a 15 Actaea species analysisBei Jiang
Department of Biological Science, Lehman College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Phytochem Anal 22:339-51. 2011..Correct plant species identification is a key first step for good manufacturing practices of safe black cohosh products...
Synergistic interactions between carotene ring hydroxylases drive lutein formation in plant carotenoid biosynthesisRena F Quinlan
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York 10468, USA
Plant Physiol 160:204-14. 2012..These findings will facilitate efforts to manipulate carotenoid content and composition for improving plant adaptation to climate change and/or for enhancing nutritionally important carotenoids in food crops...
Edible Myrciaria vexator fruits: bioactive phenolics for potential COPD therapyKeyvan Dastmalchi
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468, United States
Bioorg Med Chem 20:4549-55. 2012....
Increase in cone biomass and terpenophenolics in hops ( Humulus lupulus L.) by treatment with prohexadione-calciumAdam R Kavalier
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, New York 10468, USA
J Agric Food Chem 59:6720-9. 2011..Induced changes in cone biomass production and terpenophenolic accumulation were most dependent on cultivar and the developmental stage at which plants were treated...
Benzophenones and biflavonoids from Rheedia edulisUlyana Muñoz Acuña
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York 10468, United States
J Nat Prod 73:1775-9. 2010..Compound 1 showed significant antioxidant activity in both DPPH and ABTS free radical scavenging assays, whereas compound 2 was inactive...
White and green teas (Camellia sinensis var. sinensis): variation in phenolic, methylxanthine, and antioxidant profilesUchenna J Unachukwu
Dept of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
J Food Sci 75:C541-8. 2010....
Edible neotropical blueberries: antioxidant and compositional fingerprint analysisKeyvan Dastmalchi
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, New York, United States
J Agric Food Chem 59:3020-6. 2011..Each fruit species formed its own cluster, and therefore the antioxidant profile of each species was shown to be distinct...
Saponins from the traditional medicinal plant Momordica charantia stimulate insulin secretion in vitroAmy C Keller
Lehman College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Phytomedicine 19:32-7. 2011..007, and p=0.002, respectively. This is the first report of a saponin-rich fraction, and isolated compounds from M. charantia, stimulating insulin secretion in an in vitro, static incubation assay...
Two new antioxidant malonated caffeoylquinic acid isomers in fruits of wild eggplant relativesChunhui Ma
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, New York 10468, United States
J Agric Food Chem 59:9645-51. 2011..To the authors' knowledge, these two malonylcaffeoylquinic acid isomers have not previously been reported...
Detecting potential teratogenic alkaloids from blue cohosh rhizomes using an in vitro rat embryo cultureE J Kennelly
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U S Food and Drug Administration, 200 C Street SW, Washington, D C 20204, USA
J Nat Prod 62:1385-9. 1999..Thalictroidine, anagyrine, and alpha-isolupanine were not teratogenic in the REC at tested concentrations. Taspine (2) showed high embryotoxicity, but no teratogenic activity, in the REC...
Antioxidant glucosylated caffeoylquinic acid derivatives in the invasive tropical soda apple, Solanum viarumShi Biao Wu
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, New York 10468, USA
J Nat Prod 75:2246-50. 2012..The antioxidant activities determined by ABTS(•+) and DPPH(•) assays were in the order 1 > 2 > 5-CQA...
Phytochemical and morphological characterization of hop (Humulus lupulus L.) cones over five developmental stages using high performance liquid chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry, ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography photodiAdam R Kavalier
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, Bronx, New York 10468, United States
J Agric Food Chem 59:4783-93. 2011..The methods reported here can be used for targeted metabolic profiling of flavonoids, phenolic acids, and terpenophenolics in hops, and are applicable to quantitation in other crops...
Metabolic profiling of Actaea species extracts using high performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometryChunhui Ma
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard W, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
J Chromatogr A 1218:1461-76. 2011..The use of metabolic profiling to distinguish black cohosh from related species of Actaea has broader implications in the identification of markers to help authenticate other important medicinal plants...
Lycopene cyclase paralog CruP protects against reactive oxygen species in oxygenic photosynthetic organismsLouis M T Bradbury
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York, West, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:E1888-97. 2012..Therefore, CruP represents a unique target for developing resilient plants and algae needed to supply food and biofuels in the face of global climate change...
Polyisoprenylated benzophenones from Clusiaceae: potential drugs and lead compoundsUlyana Muñoz Acuña
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, Bronx, New York 10468, USA
Curr Top Med Chem 9:1560-80. 2009..The structure-activity relationships of polyisoprenylated benzophenones from natural sources and those of synthetic analogues are included in this review. Absorption, metabolism, and elimination of benzophenones are also discussed...
Benzophenones and biflavonoids from Garcinia livingstonei fruitsHui Yang
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, The City University of New York, Bronx, New York 10468, USA
J Agric Food Chem 58:4749-55. 2010..Both compounds exhibited strong activity against HCT-116 and HT-29 cell lines with IC(50) values between 5 and 10 microM, and somewhat weaker activity with SW-480 cells (IC(50) values ranging from 18 to 25 microM)...
Stability evaluation of selected polyphenols and triterpene glycosides in black cohoshBei Jiang
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Bronx, New York 10468, USA
J Agric Food Chem 56:9510-9. 2008..The rate of compound decomposition depended upon the chemical structure of the individual polyphenols. Polyphenols in the extracts decomposed more readily than those in plant material...
Evaluation of the botanical authenticity and phytochemical profile of black cohosh products by high-performance liquid chromatography with selected ion monitoring liquid chromatography-mass spectrometryBei Jiang
The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
J Agric Food Chem 54:3242-53. 2006..For the products containing only black cohosh, there was significant product-to-product variability in the amounts of the selected triterpene glycosides and phenolic constituents, and as expected, no formononetin was detected...
Phytoestrogens: a review of the present state of researchAndreana L Ososki
Biological Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York, 250 Bedford Park Blvd West, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Phytother Res 17:845-69. 2003..The effects of phytoestrogens on breast and prostate cancers, cardiovascular disease, menopausal symptoms and osteoporosis will also be examined including research on benefits and risks...
Antioxidant capacities of ten edible North American plantsUlyana Muñoz Acuña
Division of Pharmacognosy, University of Uppsala, Box 579, S 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
Phytother Res 16:63-5. 2002....
Growth inhibitory activity of extracts and purified components of black cohosh on human breast cancer cellsLinda Saxe Einbond
Herbert Irvign Comperhensive Cancer Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 83:221-31. 2004..Further studies are in progress to identify the mechanisms by which actein and related compounds present in black cohosh inhibit growth of human breast cancer cells...
Analysis of polyphenolic antioxidants from the fruits of three pouteria species by selected ion monitoring liquid chromatography-mass spectrometryJun Ma
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, New York 10468, USA
J Agric Food Chem 52:5873-8. 2004..The levels of the seven polyphenols corresponded with the results of the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl assay, by which P. sapota had the highest antioxidant activity, P. viridis the second highest, and P. campechiana the lowest...
A traditional method of Cinnamomum carolinense preparation eliminates safrole from a therapeutic Pohnpean teaKurt A Reynertson
Lehman College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
J Ethnopharmacol 102:269-74. 2005..The limit of detection and limit of quantitation of safrole were determined to be 1.25 and 3.75 microg/mL, respectively. The traditional preparation method, which boils the bark shavings, degrades the safrole...
Polyphenolic constituents of Actaea racemosaPaiboon Nuntanakorn
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, Bronx, New York 10468, USA
J Nat Prod 69:314-8. 2006..Compounds 1 and 2 also exhibited a small stimulating effect on the growth of MCF-7 breast cancer cell proliferation 1.24-fold (14 microM) and 1.14-fold (10 microM), respectively, compared to untreated cells...
Comparative analyses of bioactive Mammea coumarins from seven parts of Mammea americana by HPLC-PDA with LC-MSHui Yang
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, New York 10468, USA
J Agric Food Chem 54:4114-20. 2006..Additionally, the described HPLC-PDA and LC-MS methods are sensitive and accurate and can be applied to the analysis of mammea coumarins in other samples...
Actein and a fraction of black cohosh potentiate antiproliferative effects of chemotherapy agents on human breast cancer cellsLinda Saxe Einbond
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 701 W 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
Planta Med 72:1200-6. 2006....
Gene expression analysis of the mechanisms whereby black cohosh inhibits human breast cancer cell growthLinda Saxe Einbond
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
Anticancer Res 27:697-712. 2007..Our aim is to identify alterations in gene expression induced by treatment with a methanolic extract (MeOH) of black cohosh...
Analysis of polyphenolic compounds and radical scavenging activity of four American Actaea speciesPaiboon Nuntanakorn
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Phytochem Anal 18:219-28. 2007..The radical scavenging activity of the Actaea extracts correlates to their polyphenolic composition. This validated HPLC method can be used to distinguish A. racemosa from the other major American Actaea species based on this study...
