Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least davanone and 1,8-cineol for the manufacture of an antimicrobial and/or antiinflammatory composition as well as a method of producing said composition.

Abstract: A method of making a preparation having effect against allergic symptoms, more particularly a preparation which has proved to be effective for therapeutic and prophylactic relief or prevention of symptoms associated eith allergic rhinitis, asthmatic conditions and other allergic conditions, such as allergic conjunctivitis, urticaria, or insect or plant stings, and in which fresh, newly harvested plants of the species Artemisia or other davanon containing plants are boiled in water (1), whereby water steam and volatile essential oils are given off, said oils are collected (2), the residue green mass is heated in water to allow for hydrolysis of the chemical components (3) which are extracted with alcohol (4) and are mixed with the previously extracted essential oils. The alcohol extract could be exchanged for an extract of another plant (e.g. thyme or chamomile) containing spasmolytic or antiallergic components. The invention also relates to a preparation made according to the method.

Abstract: A compound of the general formula (I) including its pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts wherein A is CHR9, wherein R9 is H, C1-C6 alkyl; n is 1-3; B is CHR10, wherein R10 is H, C1-C6 alkyl; m is 1 or 2; D is O or S; E is CR11R12 or NR13, wherein R11 and R12 are, independent of each other, H or C1-C6 alkyl, R13 is H or C1-C6 alkyl; F is C1-C18 alkyl or R4-R7 cycloalkyl, which may be mono- or di-unsaturated and/or substituted, is useful in treating and preventing pulmonary disease characterized by bronchoconstriction; also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of formula (I), a pharmaceutical carrier and, optionally, an anti-asthmatic, a method for its manufacture, and a method for treating or preventing such disease.

Abstract: In a method of measuring a relaxing effect on constricted human bronchi of a candidate substance a bronchus tissue preparation is mounted to a force transducer in a test apparatus. After conditioning the preparation is exposed for a contraction-effective dose of a known contraction-effective substance to make it assume a first tensioned state. The preparation is then exposed for a dose of the candidate substance to make it assume a second tensioned state. By comparing the contraction forces recorded for said tensioned states, a measure of the bronchorelaxing efficiency of the candidate substance is obtained. Also disclosed is a candidate substance thus identified, its uses, and a corresponding bronchus tissue preparation.

Abstract: A compound of the general formula (I) including its pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts wherein A is CHR9, wherein R9 is H, C1-C6 alkyl; n is 1-3; B is CHR10, wherein R10 is H, C1-C6 alkyl; m is 1 or 2; D is O or S or optionally NR16, wherein R16 is H, C1-C6 alkyl or C2-C6 acyl; E is CR11R12 or NR13, wherein R11 and R12 are, independent of each other, H or C1-C6 alkyl, R13 is H or C1-C6 alkyl; F is C1-C18 alkyl which may be mono- or di-unsaturated and/or substituted, is useful in treating and preventing pulmonary disease characterized by bronchoconstriction. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compound and methods for their manufacture.

Abstract: A method of making a preparation having effect against allergic symptoms, more particularly a preparation which has proved to be effective for therapeutic and prophylactic relief or prevention of symptoms associated eith allergic rhinitis, asthmatic conditions and other allergic conditions, such as allergic conjunctivitis, urticaria, or insect or plant stings, and in which fresh, newly harvested plants of the species Artemisia or other davanon containing plants are boiled in water (1), whereby water steam and volatile essential oils are given off, said oils are collected (2), the residue green mass is heated in water to allow for hydrolysis of the chemical components (3) which are extracted with alcohol (4) and are mixed with the previously extracted essential oils. The alcohol extract could be exchanged for an extract of another plant (e.g. thyme or chamomile) containing spasmolytic or antiallergic components. The invention also relates to a preparation made according to the method.

Abstract: Newly-isolated and purified metabolites which are effective in regulating the development of at least one filamentous fungal microorganism species are disclosed. These compounds, which are referred to as conidiogenol and conidiogenone, may be used to induce conidiation in and/or to inhibit the growth of populations of such fungal species. The compounds are preferably produced by culture of the fungal species Penicillium cyclopium, and may be subsequently recovered from the culture medium and purified. Methods of using and methods of producing these compounds are also disclosed.

Abstract: Newly-isolated and purified metabolites which are effective in regulating the development of at least one filamentous fungal microorganism species are disclosed. These compounds, which are referred to as conidiogenol and conidiogenone, may be used to induce conidiation in and/or to inhibit the growth of populations of such fungal species. The compounds are preferably produced by culture of the fungal species Penicillium cyclopium, and may be subsequently recovered from the culture medium and purified. Methods of using and methods of producing these compounds are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel organochemical compounds, referred to as omphalotins for short, a process for their preparation by an essentially microbiological route and their use as pesticides, preferably for controlling animal pests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel organochemical compound, referred to as omphalotin for short, a process for its preparation by an essentially microbiological route and its use as microbicide and pesticide, preferably for controlling animal pests, harmful fungi and bacteria.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel organochemical compound, referred to as omphalotin for short, a process for its preparation by an essentially microbiological route and its use as microbicide and pesticide, preferably for controlling animal pests, harmful fungi and bacteria.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new biologically active compound as shown in formula (I) and its biologically active derivatives; whereas derivatives are produced by the reaction of formula (I) with nucleophiles.