Ammoury, Carl Younes, Maria El Khoury, Marianne Hodroj, Mohammad H. Haykal, Tony Nasr, Peter Sily, Marilyne Taleb, Robin I. Sarkis, Rita Khalife, Rana
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BackgroundThe edible fruit Annona cherimola has previously shown many nutritional and medicinal properties. The current study evaluates the anti-cancer and anti-proliferative properties of Annona cherimola ethanolic leaf extract (AELE) on Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) cell lines cultured in vitro (Monomac-1 and KG-1).MethodsThe anti-proliferative ef...
Waddington, Freya Lee, Jenny Naunton, Mark Kyle, Greg Thomas, Jackson O’Kane, Gabrielle
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BackgroundThe use of Complementary Medicines (CMs) has significantly increased in Australia over the last decade. This study attempts to determine the extent to which complementary and alternative medicines are recorded, ceased or initiated in the acute hospital setting and investigate which health professionals have a role in this process.MethodsA...
Yusof, Hamidah Mohd Ali, Norlaily Mohd Yeap, Swee Keong Ho, Wan Yong Beh, Boon Kee Koh, Soo Peng Long, Kamariah Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu
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BackgroundTempeh is a widely known fermented soybean that contains elevated level of bioactive contents. Our previous study has shown that anaerobic fermented Nutrient Enriched Soybean Tempeh (NESTE) with increase amino acid and antioxidant levels possessed better hepatoprotective effect than raw soybean.MethodsIn this study, the anti-inflammatory ...
Wang, Qian Wang, Yongxin Pang, Silin Zhou, Jia Cai, Jie Shang, Jing
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BackgroundVernonia anthelmintica (L.) willd is a traditional urgur herb in China for a long history. Its alcohol extract (AVE) has been proved to promote hair follicle growth in C57BL/6 mice. We conducted this study to investigate the hair-growth effects of AVE in stressed mice and its possible mechanism of action.MethodsThe hair-follicle growth ef...
Zu, Yu-Yao Liu, Quan-Fang Tian, Shu-Xin Jin, Li-Xia Jiang, Fu-Sheng Li, Mei-Ya Zhu, Bing-Qi Ding, Zhi-Shan
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BackgroundBletilla striata is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat hemorrhage, scald, gastric ulcer, pulmonary diseases and inflammations. In this study, we investigated bioactivity of the effective fraction of B. striata (EFB) in reducing the inflammatory cytokine production induced by water or organic extracts of PM2.5.MethodsPM2.5 extrac...
Yu, Shengyuan Ran, Ye Xiao, Wei Tang, Wenjing Zhao, Jianjun Chen, Wei Zhuang, Huikui Ouyang, Cun Lin, Hai Liu, Dequan
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BackgroundTianshu capsule (TSC), a formula of traditional Chinese medicine, has been widely used in clinical practice for prophylactic treatment of headaches in China. However, former clinical trials of TSC were small, and lack of a standard set of diagnostic criteria to enroll patients. The study was conducted to re-evaluate the efficacy and safet...
Fei, Qiao-ling Zhang, Xiao-yu Qi, Rui-juan Huang, Yun-feng Han, Yi-xin Li, Xi-meng Cai, Run-lan Gao, Yuan Qi, Yun
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BackgroundCanscora lucidissima (Levl. & Vaniot) Hand.-Mazz. (C. lucidissima), mainly distributed in southern China, has been shown to be effective in the treatment of inflammatory diseases. However, the underlying mechanism of its anti-inflammatory effect is not fully understood.MethodsIn this study, we investigated the anti-inflammatory mechanism ...
Chang, Ting-Chen Chiang, Hao Lai, Yu-Heng Huang, Yu-Ling Huang, Hsiu-Chen Liang, Yu-Chih Liu, Hui-Kang Huang, Cheng
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BackgroundObesity and its associated health conditions, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), are worldwide health problems. It has been shown that insulin resistance is associated with increased hepatic lipid and causes hepatic steatosis through a myriad of mechanisms, including inflammatory signaling.Method...
Zhou, Xu Liu, Meilu Ren, Qing Zhu, Weifeng Wang, Yang Chen, Haochen Chen, Jianrong
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BackgroundMarsdenia tenacissima extract (MTE) is a phytochemical widely used as complementary therapy in cancer care. This systematic review was conducted to investigate the anticancer and detoxification effects of MTE, as an adjuvant therapy to chemotherapy, for treating gastric cancer.MethodsTen databases were searched to identify randomized cont...
Jeong, Jiwon Bae, Kiljoon Kim, Jihoon Choi, Chanhun Na, Changsu Park, Myeongkyu Kim, Youngran Seo, Chang-Seob Kim, Seon-Jong
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BackgroundChondroT, a new herbal medication, consists of Angelica grosseserrata Maxim., Lonicera japonica Thunb., Angelica gigas Nakai, Clematis terniflora var. manshurica (Rupr.) Ohwi, and Phellodendron amurense Rupr. (6:4:4:4:3). Our previous studies have shown that ChondroT exhibits significant anti-arthritic and anti-inflammatory effects. In th...
