Wang, Yumeng Lu, Chong Huang, Haixia Yao, Sheng Xu, Congjian Ye, Yang Gui, Suiqi Li, Guiling
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Pinellia pedatisecta Schott extract (PE) is generated from Pinellia pedatisecta Schott, a traditional Chinese medicinal plant. PE suppresses cervical tumor growth and exhibits effects on dendritic cells (DCs) that lead to modulation of antitumor CD4+ and CD8+ responses. To explore the underlying mechanisms by which PE modulates tumor-associated den...
Cui, Jing Shan, Rui Cao, Yanqi Zhou, Yifa Liu, Chunming Fan, Yuying
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Ginsenoside Rg2 is an important ingredient of Panax ginseng which often appears in ancient prescriptions for forgetfulness. Ginsenoside Rg2 exert neuroprotective effects and could be a new potential medicine to treat AD. In our previous study, we reported that ginsenoside Rg2 appears protect PC12 cells against Amyloid β-fragment (25-35) (Aβ25-35)-i...
Zheng, Meizhu Chen, Minghui Liu, Chunming Fan, Yajun Shi, Dongfang
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Alkaloids isolated from Uncaria rhynchophylla (Miq.) Miq. ex Havil. (Rubiaceae), alkaloids (URA) have been used to treat diseases related to the central nervous system, such as Parkinson's disease. Nevertheless, the potential mechanisms underlying their neuroprotective effects are not well-understood. We investigated the neuroprotective effects of ...
Saleem, Hammad Usman, Atif Mahomoodally, Mohamad Fawzi Ahemad, Nafees
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Bougainvillea glabra (Choisy). (Family: Nyctinaginacea) is a valuable ornamental plant with culinary uses and also utilized in traditional medicine for treating common ailments. It is traditionally employed against several diseases such as diarrhoea, hypotension, intestinal disorders, stomachache, nausea, inflammation-related ailments, and in pain ...
Zhang, Wen-Jin Zhao, Zhen-Yu Chang, Li-Kun Cao, Ye Wang, Sheng Kang, Chuan-Zhi Wang, Hong-Yang Zhou, Li Huang, Lu-Qi Guo, Lan-Ping
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Atractylodis Rhizoma (AR), mainly includes Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC. (A. lancea) and Atractylodes chinensis (DC.) Koidz. (A. chinensis) is widely used in East Asia as a diuretic and stomachic drug, for the treatment of rheumatic diseases, digestive disorders, night blindness, and influenza as it contains a variety of sesquiterpenoids and oth...
Wang, Jing Wang, Jia Li, Ling Feng, Li Wang, Yu-Rong Wang, Zhe Tan, Ning-Hua
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The roots of Rubia yunnanensis Diels (Chinese name 'Xiao-Hong-Shen'), a traditional Chinese medicine native to Yunnan province (China), have a long history of use for treating several diseases, such as tuberculosis, rheumatism and cancers. A bicyclic hexapeptidic glucoside named RA-XII was isolated from R. yunnanensis, which has been reported to ex...
Abdulmalek, Shaymaa A Fessal, Marina El-Sayed, Mohamed
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Obesity-induced insulin resistance and chronic inflammation appears to be the most frequent cause of diabetes and its related metabolic complications; in this way a new therapeutic approaches are needed to prevent the chronic obesity and insulin resistance. Lepidium sativum has been extensively used in traditional alternative medicine for cough, sk...
Zhu, Wenbo Wang, Zhibin Sun, Yanping Yang, Bingyou Wang, Qiuhong Kuang, Haixue
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Genus Syringa, which belongs to Oleaceae family, contains 21 accepted species mainly distributed in Southeast Europe, Japan, China, Himalayas, etc. The various parts of Syringa species have been used as traditional Chinese herbal medicines for treatment of cough, myocardial ischemia, acute icteric hepatitis, diarrhea, conjunctivitis, bronchitis and...
Augustynowicz, Daniel Latté, Klaus Peter Tomczyk, Michał
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Potentilla plants are still common herbal medicines used in folk medicine. This review provides an update of research undertaken on Potentilla from 2009 until 2020. This comprehensive review considers biological updates, recent advances in phytochemical and pharmacological research, and toxicological reports on Potentilla sensu lato based on availa...
Pundir, Swati Garg, Prakrati Dviwedi, Ananya Ali, Aaliya Kapoor, V K Kapoor, Deepak Kulshrestha, Saurabh Lal, Uma Ranjan Negi, Poonam
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Hippophae rhamnoides L. (family- Elaeagnaceae, common name- Sea buckthorn) is a flowering shrub native to cold temperate regions of Eurasia. Berries, seeds, and leaves of the plant are widely used as a folk medicine for the treatment of hypertension, oedema, inflammation, tissue-regeneration, skin-grafts, burns/injury, wounds, and ulcers. This arti...
