Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus is the causal agent of ash dieback, a disease that is presently endangering Fraxinus spp. throughout most of Europe. The phytotoxin, viridiol, was previously isolated from culture extracts of H. pseudoalbidus and found to be toxic to leaves of F. excelsior. Thus, we were interested in learning to what extent viridiol is responsible for pathogenicity of H. pseudoalbidus and investigated this using twelve isolates of H. pseudoalbidus. We also included five isolates of the closely related avirulent species, Hymenoscyphus albidus, in our studies. Some, but not all, isolates of H. pseudoalbidus and H. albidus produced measurable quantities of viridiol in culture. Three tests were used to determine to what extent viridiol concentration correlates with virulence: culture extracts were tested for activity in leaf segment tests and for inhibition of germination of seedlings of Fraxinus excelsior; virulence of the isolates was tested following infection of axenically cultured ash seedlings. Activity of the culture extracts varied, as did virulence of the isolates following inoculation into seedlings. No correlations were found between viridiol concentration and activities of culture extracts in leaf segment tests or in the germination test, nor between viridiol concentration and disease symptoms when inoculated into seedlings. However, activities of culture extracts in leaf segment and in the germination test correlated, as did the results of each of these tests with virulence in the infection experiment. Apparently, as yet unidentified factors other than the concentration of viridiol play important roles in the virulence of H. pseudoalbidus.

Objective: To elicit the structure of isolated compounds from roots of sidaguri (Sida rhombifolia Linn). Material and Methods: Several organic standard protocols were involved, including extraction, fractionation, and phytochemical testing. Further spectroscopy methods, FTIR and 1HNMR, were used to determine the predicted structure of molecules, while their ability to inhibit cyclooxygenase (COX 1 and 2) were tested using in vitro method. Results: Overall assessments showed that the structure of the sidaguri is a long chain aliphatic carboxylic acid and identified as Z-3, 6, 6 trimethylhept-2-en-1-ol (T12) and nonanoic (T13). Both isolates significantly inhibit COX-1 and COX-2 non-selectively (the COX-1/COX-2 ratio for T12 was 0.91 and 0.82; while COX-1/COX-2 ratio for T13 was 0.89 and 0.87 at concentrations of 0.05 and 0.025 µg/mL respectively). Conclusion: The active compounds of Sidaguri have antiinflammatory effect by inhibiting COX non-selectively.

The aim of this research to isolate and identify and to test the antioxidant activity of extract and fraction of polyfloral honey originated from Bone regency, South Sulawesi. The results showed that methanol gave results in flavonoid, tannin, saponnin, steroid, and alkaloid with IC50 value of DPPH method of 683,153 µg/mL. DCM extract gave positive results for tannin, steroid and alkaloid with IC50 values of 701,743 µg/mL. n-hexane extract positively contains tannin and alkaloid with IC50 1709,536 µg/Ml, water extract positevely contains tannin, sapponin steroid, alkaloid with IC50 value 1698,345 µg/mL. Pure honey contains all aspects tested with IC50 values 2826,471 µg/mL. This showed extracts and sample have weak antioxidant activity.

Norartocarpetin (1), together with mulberrin (2) and mulberrokromen (3) were isolated from Artocarpus fretessi (Moraceae). This plant is an endemic species in Indonesia and locally known as ";Kelembi"; or ";Maumbi";. The structure of these compounds were elucidated on the basis of physical and spectroscopic data. Compounds (1) is precursor of compound (2) and (3) in the biogenetic pathway.   Keywords: Norartocarpetin, mulberrin, mulberrokromen, Artocarpus fretessi (Moraceae).

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