Medicinal Properties of Tinospora Cordifolia (Guduchi)
Tinospora cordifolia is one of the most important medicinal plant commonly known as Giloy belonging to menispermaceae family is a deciduous climbing shrub described known for its immense application in the treatment of various diseases such as jaundice, fever, diabetes, and skin diseases etc.The chemical constituents of this shrub belong to different classes such as alkaloid, lactones, steroids, phenolics, aliphatic compound, glycosides and polyscharide compounds having medical importance.
Tinosporaside, an 18-norclerodane glucoside from Tinospora cordifolia
Abstract The stem wood of Tinospora cordifolia has yielded a novel 18-norclerodane diterpene O -glucoside which has been assigned the trivial name tinosporaside. On the basis of extensive NMR studies this has been assigned the structure (relative stereochemistry) 1,17-dioxo-8β,10α,12α,19α,20β-18-norclerod-2,13(16),14-trien-4α-β- d -glucopyranoside-12,17;15,16-dioxide.
Alicyclic Analogue of Mescaline
WE wish to describe the preliminary pharmacology of a mescaline analogue, 2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-cyclopropylamine (TMT, II). This compound was selected for synthesis as a potential long-acting psychotomimetic which would be useful for studying the mode of action of mescaline-like compounds.