Hoodia research on Botanical and Clinical Aspects

Here is a list of research and bibliographical references on Hoodia:

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• Chen et al., "A novel C-21 steroidal glycoside from Marsdenia incisa", Chemical Abstracts. 1991. Dec. 23; 115(25):591. Abstract No. 275751.
• Chen SW et al., "The hyperphagic effect of 3 alpha-hydroxylated pregnane steroids in male rats", Pharmacol Biochem Behav. Apr. 1996; 53(4):777-782.
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• Dolle RE and Nicolaou KC, "Total synthesis of elfamycins: aurodox and efrotomycin. 1. Strategy and construction of key intermediates", J Am Chem Soc. Mar. 20, 1985; 107(6):1691-1694.
• Dolle RE and Nicolaou KC, "Total synthesis of elfamycins: aurodox and efrotomycin. 2. Coupling of key intermediates and completion of the synthesis", J Am Chem Soc. Mar. 20, 1985; 107(6):1695-1698.
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• Foster S and Duke JA, 1990, A Fiueld Guide to Medicinal Plants, Eastern and Central North American, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, pp. 136, 154.
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• Haskell-Luevano C et al., "Discovery of prototype peptidomimetic agonists at the human melanocortin receptors MC1R and MC4R", J Med Chem. Jul. 4, 1997;40(14):2133-2139.
• Hayashi K et al., "Four pregnane glycosides, boucerosides AI, AII, BI and BII, from Boucerosia aucheriana", Phytochemistry. 1988; 27(12):3919-3924.
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• Huszar D et al., "Targeted disruption of the melanocortin-4 receptor results in obesity in mice", Cell. Jan. 10, 1997;88(1):131-141.
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• Millspaugh CF, 1974, American Medicinal Plants, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, pp. 534-543.
• Mitsuhashi H et al., "Studies on the constituents of Asclepiadaceae plants. XIII. Epimerization at C-17 and optical rotatory dispersion Study of C/D cis pregnane-2-one derivatives", Steroids. 1964; 4(4):483-493.
• Mitsuhashi H and Nomura T, "Constituents of Asclepiadaceae plants. XVI. Components of Metaplexis japonica", Chem Pharm Bull. 1965. 13(11):1332-1340. Chemical Abstracts. Nov. 7, 1966; 65(10) Abstract No. 15447d.
• Mitsuhashi H and Mizuta H, "Constituents of Asclepiadaceae plants. XXV. Components of Cynanchum boerhavifolium", Yakugaku Zasshi. 1969. 89(10):1352-1357. Chemical Abstracts. Feb. 16, 1970; 72(7):53. Abstract No. 028873.
• Miwa H et al., "Structural determinants of the melanocortin peptides required for activation of melanocortin-3 and melanocortin-4 receptors", J Pharmacol Exp Ther. Apr. 1995; 273(1):367-372.
• Nikaido et al., "Components of Boucherosia aucheriana DECNE", Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 1967; 15(5):725-726.
• Oki et al., "Intramolecular interaction between hydroxyl group and carbonyl moiety in keto-alcohols", Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. Jan. 1968; 41(1):176-182.
• Swarupanandan K et al., "The subfamilial and tribal classification of the family Asclepiadaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society. 1996; 120;327-369.
• Tanaka T et al., "Studies on the constitutuents of Asclepiadaceae plants. Part 71. Pregnane glycosides from Boucerosia aucheriana", Phytochemistry. 1990; 29(1):229-237.
• Templeton JF et al., "Progesterone derivatives that bind to the digitalis receptor: synthesis of 14 beta-hydroxyprogesterone. A novel steroid with positive inotropic activity", J Med Chem. Aug. 1987; 30(8):1502-1505.
• Trivedi R et al., "A pregnane ester oligoglycoside from Oxystelma Esculentum", Phytochemistry. 1989; 28(4):1211-1213.
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• Tschesche R et al., "Uber Digitanolglykoside--XI (1) Zur Konstitiution des Digipupuogenin", Tetrahedron Letters. 1964; 9:473-480.
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• www4.torget.se/users/k/Kohleria/Engelska/ascltaxonomi.html Asclepiadaceae accessed Sep. 6, 1999.
• www.graylab.ac.uk/usr/hodgkiss/aclass.html Succulent Asclepiad Genera accessed Sep. 6, 1999.
• www.graylab.ac.uk/usr/hodgkiss/asclep.html The Asclepiad Page accessed Jun. 15, 1999.
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• Yoshikawa K et al., "Steroidal glycosides from the fresh stem of Stephanotis lutchuensis var. japonica (Asclepiadaceae). Chemical structures of stephanosides A-J", Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). Dec. 1996; 44(12):1790-1796.
• Yoshikawa K et al., "Steroidal glycosides from the fresh stem of Stephanotis lutchuensis var. japonica (Asclepiadaceae). Chemical structures of stephanosides K-Q", Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). Dec. 1996; 44(12):2243-2248.
• Chen et al. "The hyperphagic effect of 3-alpha-hydroxylated pregnane steroids in male rats"., Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, vol., 53, No.4, pp. 777-782, 1996.
• Wada et al. "Studies on the constituents of Asclepiadaceae plants. L. Two new oligoglycosides, cynanchoside C2 and cynanchoside C1, from Cynanchum caudatum Max." Chem. Pharm. Sci., (1982), 30(10), 3500-4..

Source: Extracted from Reference list, Patent USPTO 6376657