Gao, Ming Wu, Yi Yang, Lishou Chen, Faju Li, Liangqun Li, Qiji Wang, Yu Li, Lilang Peng, Mei Yan, Yanfang
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Gastrodia elata Blume (GE) is a Chinese medicinal herb commonly used to treat central nervous system-related diseases, including headaches, dizziness, epilepsy, numbness of the limbs and depression. Microbial-based fermentation has been successfully used to increase the extract efficiency of medicinal herbs in recent years. However, no study has hi...
Erhunse, Nekpen Omoregie, Ehimwenma Sheena Sahal, Dinkar
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Malaria remains one of the most important pathogenic infectious diseases. Although Africa suffers the greatest brunt, a sizeable proportion of her population still relies on herbal medicines for reasons of cost as well as the belief etched in the minds of consumers that herbal medicines are safer and more efficacious than Modern medicines. Agbo-iba...
Kashyap, Bhaswati Saikia, Kangkon Samanta, Suman Kumar Thakur, Debajit Banerjee, Sanjay Kumar Borah, Jagat Chandra Talukdar, Narayan Chandra
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Antidesma acidum Retz, a perennial herb is known for its anti-diabetic potential among the traditional health care providers of the tribal communities of Manipur, India. Scientific validation of the ancient knowledge on traditional use of this plant with the help of modern tools and techniques can promote further research and its use in health care...
Puppala, Eswara Rao Yalamarthi, Sai Sudha Aochenlar, Sunepjungla L Prasad, Neethu Syamprasad, N P Singh, Meenakshi Nanjappan, Satheesh Kumar Ravichandiran, V Tripathi, Dinesh Mani Gangasani, Jagadeesh Kumar
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Mesua Assamica (King & prain) Kosterm. (MA) is an evergreen endemic medicinal tree available in Assam in India and other parts of south Asia. The bark of the plant is traditionally used for ant-malarial activity and treating fevers. It was reported to have anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer and anti-malarial properties, but...
Qian, Yiyun Yan, Liang Wei, Min Song, Pingping Wang, Lihong
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As a traditional medicine, seeds of Ginkgo biloba L. (Gbs) have been used to treat cough or asthma for a long time. It is commonly used in clinic for lung diseases. However, its mechanism of lung protection is not completely clear. This research was designed to explore the protective effects of Gbs on antioxidant and inflammation during the chronic...
Mcotshana, Zenande K S McGaw, Lyndy J Kemboi, Douglas Fouche, Gerda Famuyide, Ibukun M Krause, Rui W M Siwe-Noundou, Xavier Tembu, Vuyelwa Jacqueline
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Monsonia angustifolia is traditionally used to treat anthrax, heartburn, diarrhea, eye infections and hemorrhoids. Dodonaea angustifolia is frequently used as a treatment for dental pain, microbial infections and jungle fever. The two plant species were selected due to the presence of secondary metabolites such as coumarins, flavonoids, terpenoids,...
Ma, Kai Liu, Jiang Sha, Yongyi Zhang, Wei Ni, Zhenhua Kong, Xueqing Xiang, Minhong
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Qi Jing Mingmu (QJMM) decoction is a traditional Chinese medicine that has been widely used for the clinical treatment of conjunctivochalasis (CCH). It is an effective treatment to relieve ocular symptoms including improving tear film and promoting tear secretion. However, its effects and molecular mechanisms need to be elucidated. To determine whe...
Burgos-Pino, Janelly Gual-Orozco, Brandon Vera-Ku, Marina Loría-Cervera, Elsy Nalleli Guillermo-Cordero, Leonardo Martínez-Vega, Pedro Pablo Torres-Tapia, Luis W Castro-Valencia, Karla Peraza-Sánchez, Sergio R Gamboa-León, Rubi
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Approximately 80% of people in developing countries depend on medicinal plants for their health care. Tridax procumbens (T. procumbens) and Allium sativum (A. sativum) have beneficial effects against parasitic and bacterial diseases. On the other side, the biological activity of the oxylipin (3S)-16,17-didehydrofalcarinol isolated from T. procumben...
de Matos Balsalobre, Natália Dos Santos, Elisangela Mariano Dos Santos, Sidney Arena, Arielle Cristina Konkiewitz, Elisabete Castelon Ziff, Edward Benjamin Nazari Formagio, Anelise Samara Leite Kassuya, Candida Aparecida
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Viridiflorol was identified and isolated from the essential oil of Allophylus edulis leaves (EOAE). A. edulis was used as "tereré", which is a drink made by the infusion of herbs in cold water, to treat pain (toothache and headache). All anti-nociceptive (analgesic) and anti-arthritic properties of EOAE and viridiflorol have not been completely sci...
Husain, Islam Dale, Olivia R Martin, Katherine Gurley, Bill J Adams, Sebastian J Avula, Bharathi Chittiboyina, Amar G Khan, Ikhlas A Khan, Shabana I
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The last three decades have witnessed a surge in popularity and consumption of herbal products. An unintended consequence of such popularity is that chronic consumption of these products can often modulate the functions of various proteins involved in drug disposition and may, in turn, impose risks for herb-drug interactions (HDIs), leading to seri...