da Silva Santos, Éverton Braz de Oliveira, Arildo José de Fátima Pires da Silva Machado, Maria Mangolin, Claudete Aparecida Correia Gonçalves, Regina Aparecida
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Cereus hildmannianus (K.) Schum. (syn. C. peruvianus) is a native medicinal plant in the Neotropical region. C. hildmannianus cladodes extracts are used in folk medicine for weight loss, reducing cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels, as diuretic and cardiotonic, and to treat various diseases, including pulmonary disorders, rheumatism, ...
Kushida, Hirotaka Matsumoto, Takashi Ikarashi, Yasushi Nishimura, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Masahiro
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Geissoschizine methyl ether (GM), an indole alkaloid from Uncaria hook, is an active ingredient in the traditional Japanese Kampo medicine yokukansan, which is used to treat neurosis, insomnia, irritability, and night crying in children. Recent our pharmacokinetic studies suggested that there may be gender differences in the plasma concentrations o...
Latansio de Oliveira, Thais Fontana, Pâmela Dias Bavia, Lorena Cruz, Luiza Stolz Crisma, Amanda Rabello Sassaki, Guilherme Lanzi Alencar Menezes, Leociley Rocha Wang, Mei Beltrame, Flávio Luís Messias-Reason, Iara Jose
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The species Euphorbia umbellata (leitosinha) has been traditionally used for the treatment of inflammatory diseases and cancer. Evaluation the effect of E. umbellata latex extracts obtained with hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol on the activation of the complement pathways and neutrophil chemotaxis. The latex was partitioned using Soxh...
Wang, Chien-Hao Pandey, Sudhir Sivalingam, Kalaiselvi Shibu, Marthandam Asokan Kuo, Wei-Wen Yu-LanYeh, Viswanadha, Vijaya Padma Lin, Yuan-Chuan Liao, Shih-Chieh Huang, Chih-Yang
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The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) has been increasing worldwide. Despite significant improvements in therapeutics and on-going developments of novel targeted-treatment regimens, cardiac diseases lack effective preventive and curative therapies with minimal side effects. Therefore, there is an urgent need to identify and propagate alt...
El-Shiekh, Riham A Salem, Mohamed A Mouneir, Samar M Hassan, Azza Abdel-Sattar, Essam
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Solenostemma argel (Argel) is a traditional perennial edible herb that is commonly used in folkloric medicine for the treatment of rheumatic pain, inflammation, bronchitis, cold, diabetes, gastrointestinal cramps, and urinary tract infections. No previous reports traced the mechanistic activity of this plant for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in...
Ma, Jian Xiong Wang, Bin Li, Hai Song Yu, Jia Hu, Hui Min Ding, Cai Fei Chen, Wang Qiang
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Diabetes mellitus-induced erectile dysfunction (DMED) is one of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus. Leech and centipede granules (LCG) have traditionally been used as blood-activating agents in various ethnomedicinal systems of East Asia, especially in China. It is often used to regulate bodily functions and considered as adjuvant t...
Verma, Rachna Kumar, Dinesh Nagraik, Rupak Sharma, Avinash Tapwal, Ashwani Puri, Sunil Kumar, Harsh Kumari, Amita Nepovimova, Eugenie Kuca, Kamil
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Different plants are used for the treatment of various ailments and Acorus calamus L. is one such plant found in Western Himalaya. Rhizome of this plants has ethnomedicinal significance, as its rhizome is used for curing fever, pain and inflammation. An attempt has been made to alter the phytochemicals and increase its antioxidant property in a sus...
Zhang, Hui Xu, Cong Tian, Qinghua Zhang, Ya Zhang, Guimin Guan, Yongxia Tong, Shengqiang Yan, Jizhong
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Shenqi Jiangtang granule (SJG) is an ancient Chinese herbal formula used for treatment of Diabetes mellitus and its complications. To establish an integrated approach for discovery of effective Aldose reductase inhibitors (ARIs) from SJG. An integrated approach combining ultrafiltration-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UF-LC-MS) with in sil...
Kyaw, Yunn Mi Mi Bi, Yingfeng Oo, Thaung Naing Yang, Xuefei
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Myanmar's Mon people largely depend on a traditional medical system for health care, however, information about their medical plants is rare in the current literature. In this first ethnobotanical study of Mon traditional medicinal plants (MTMs), we attempt to answer three research questions: 1) What species are used as MTMs by the Mon people and w...
Russell, Jonny Sun, Mengmeng Liang, Wen He, Min Schroën, Yan Zou, Wenjun Pommerening, Tanja Wang, Mei
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Ancient Egyptian texts only offer glimpses into their conceptual understandings of the inner-body and illness manifestation. Explanations of how prescribed materia medica were believed to work are rare and obscure, often resulting in modern approximations for ancient terminology such as 'ra-ib'-an ancient Egyptian classification predominantly trans...
