CHEMICAL AND BIOWGICAL STUDIES ON SOMETHAI MEDICINAL PLANTS*

FUMIO IKEGAMI,^a SUPANEE DUANGTERAPRECHA,^a NAOKO KURIMURA,^a YUICHI FUJII,^b MASAKI ABURADA,^b NIJSIRI RUANGRUNGSI^c AND ISAMU MURAKOSHI^a

ABSTRACT: Examination of the amino acid compositions and contents in ethanol extracts from 20 species of Thai medicinal plants revealed the significant differences. Several biological activities, including the antipyretic and antimicrobial activities of the aqueous extracts of these selected plants were also examined.

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a Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho 1-33, Chiba 260, Japan,
b Tsumura Research Institute for Pharmacology, Yoshiwara 3586, Ami-cho, Ibaraki 300-11, Japan, and
c Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.

Received 29 May 1989

CHEMICAL AND BIOWGICAL STUDIES ON SOMETHAI MEDICINAL PLANTS*

FUMIO IKEGAMI,a SUPANEE DUANGTERAPRECHA,a NAOKO KURIMURA,a YUICHI FUJII,b MASAKI ABURADA,b NIJSIRI RUANGRUNGSIc AND ISAMU MURAKOSHIa

FUMIO IKEGAMI,^a SUPANEE DUANGTERAPRECHA,^a NAOKO KURIMURA,^a YUICHI FUJII,^b MASAKI ABURADA,^b NIJSIRI RUANGRUNGSI^c AND ISAMU MURAKOSHI^a