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M Saga

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PubMed1977

Mechanism of crystallization of purified human midcycle cervical mucus.

The crystallization phenomenon of human midcycle cervical mucus was studied with purified mucin and sodium chloride. The drying of the purified mucin in saline was subjected to stress by the use of an air curtain, and crystallization (fern pattern) was found to follow the stress. Lithium chloride and calcium chloride were not compatible with the mucin for the formation of fernlike crystals. When a dilute solution of mucin dissolved in saline was dried, a radial crystallization pattern was observed to emanate from a single crystal in the center. Upon closer examination, the pattern was observed to emanate from the corners of the crystal.

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Studies on cytotoxic constituents in pericarps of Mallotus japonicus, Part II.

Two new phloroglucinol derivatives, mallotolerin (8) and mallotochromanol (9), were isolated from the cytotoxic fraction of the pericarps of Mallotus japonicus. The new derivatives were identified as 3-(3-methyl-2-hydroxybut-3-enyl)-5-(3-acetyl-2,4-dihydroxy-5-me thy l-6- methoxybenxyl)-phlorbutyrophenone (8) and 8-acetyl-5,7-dihydroxy-6-(3-acetyl-2,4-dihydroxy-5-methyl-6- methoxybenxyl)2,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxychroman (9) by their respective chemical and spectral data. These compounds were found to be cytotoxic against KB and L-5178Y cell lines in culture and to be moderately effective in inhibiting the growth of Ehrlich carcinoma in mice. Cytotoxic activities of the isolated phloroglucinol derivatives (1-9) from the pericarps are also discussed.

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Three new lanostanoids from Ganoderma lucidum.

Three new lanostanoids--ganodermenonol (1), ganodermadiol (2), and ganodermatriol (3) [isolated as its triacetate derivative (3a)]--were isolated from the MeOH extract of Ganoderma lucidum, together with ergosterol and its peroxide. The new compounds were identified as 26-hydroxy-5 alpha-lanosta-7,9(11),24-trien-3-one (1), 5 alpha-lanosta-7,9(11),24-triene-3 beta, 26-diol (2), and 5 alpha-lanosta-7,9(11),24-triene-3 beta, 26,27-triol (3) by their respective spectral data.

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