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Chemical composition and biological activity of a new type of Brazilian propolis: red propolis.

RNAi silencing of genes for elicitation or biosynthesis of 5-deoxyisoflavonoids suppresses race-specific resistance and hypersensitive cell death in Phytophthora sojae infected tissues.

Antibacterial pterocarpans from Erythrina subumbrans.

Cytotoxic constituents from Butea superba Roxb.

Structural basis for dual functionality of isoflavonoid O-methyltransferases in the evolution of plant defense responses.

Antiestrogenic glyceollins suppress human breast and ovarian carcinoma tumorigenesis.

Catalytic specificity of pea O-methyltransferases suggests gene duplication for (+)-pisatin biosynthesis.

Silver-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans: a new chiral synthesis of pterocarpans.

Identification of cDNAs encoding pterocarpan reductase involved in isoflavan phytoalexin biosynthesis in Lotus japonicus by EST mining.

Isolation of four new pterocarpans from Zygophyllum eurypterum (Syn. Z. atriplicoides) with enzyme-inhibition properties.

Insect antifeedants, pterocarpans and pterocarpol, in heartwood of Pterocarpus macrocarpus Kruz.

Absorption and metabolism of Astragali radix decoction: in silico, in vitro, and a case study in vivo.

Induction of apoptosis by pterocarpans from Platymiscium floribundum in HL-60 human leukemia cells.

Studies on the late steps of (+) pisatin biosynthesis: evidence for (-) enantiomeric intermediates.

LDL-antioxidant pterocarpans from roots of Glycine max (L.) Merr.

Rautandiols A and B, pterocarpans and cytotoxic constituents from Neorautanenia mitis.

Erybraedin C and bitucarpin A, two structurally related pterocarpans purified from Bituminaria bituminosa, induced apoptosis in human colon adenocarcinoma cell lines MMR- and p53-proficient and -deficient in a dose-, time-, and structure-dependent fashion.

Conformational landscape of (R,R)-pterocarpans with biological activity in vacuo and in aqueous solution (PCM and/or water clusters).

Effects of soybean glyceollins and estradiol in postmenopausal female monkeys.

The nysB sunD double mutant of Dictyostelium discoideum is blocked in the acquisition of non-degradative resistance to the pea phytoalexin pisatin