Bioactivities of Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. Leaf and Its Triterpenes
Biography
Methanolic extracts from the flower buds and leaves of sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera,
Nymphaeaceae) were found to show inhibitory effects on melanogenesis in theophylline-
stimulated murine B16 melanoma 4A5 cells. From the methanolic extracts, a new alkaloid