Milky Sap of Greater Celandine ( L.) and Anti-Viral Properties.

The milky juice of the greater celandine herb has been used in folk medicine and in homeopathy for treatment of viral warts for years. However, classical medicine fails to use properties of celandine herbs in treatment of diseases induced by papilloma viruses. Nevertheless, dermatological outpatient clinics are regularly visited by patients reporting efficacy of milky sap isolated from celandine herb in treatment of their own viral warts.

A double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trial of Serratulae quinquefoliae folium, a new source of β-arbutin, in selected skin hyperpigmentations.

Background: Arbutin is one of the most effective lightening substances. Serratula quinquefolia is a new source of its β-anomer. The HPLC method showed that the solid content of this compound in the dried plant raw material accounts for 6.

Medicinal plants used in treatment of inflammatory skin diseases.

Skin is an organ providing contact with the environment and protecting the human body from unfavourable external factors. Skin inflammation, reflected adversely in its functioning and appearance, also unfavourably affects the psyche, the condition of which is important during treatment of chronic skin diseases. The use of plants in treatment of inflammatory skin diseases results from their influence on different stages of inflammation.

Germacrane derivatives from Santolina pinnata subsp. neapolitana.

From the aerial parts of Santolina pinnata subsp. neapolitana, one new and four known germacrane derivatives were isolated. The new compound was characterized as 1alpha,10beta-epoxy-7alphaH-germacr-4(15)-ene-2/beta5alpha,6beta-triol by spectral methods.