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Hai-Ping Chen, Kai Yang, Li-Shi Zheng, Chun-Xue You, Qian Cai, Cheng-Fang Wang
pp. 675–681 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.165543 · 2015
Context: It was found that the essential oil of Acorus calamus rhizomes showed insecticidal activity. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the chemical composition of the essential oil from A. calamus rhizomes, ev…
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Lin Liu, Bao-Jia Shen, Dong-Hao Xie, Bao-Chang Cai, Kun-Ming Qin, Hao Cai
pp. 682–689 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.165545 · 2015
Background: Cimicifugae rhizoma was a Ranunculaceae herb belonging to the composite family, and the roots of C. rhizoma have been widely used in tradition Chinese medicine. Materials and Methods: Ultrasound‑assisted extr…
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Zhong-guang Zhou, Chao-ying Zhang, Hong-xin Fei, Li-li Zhong, Yun Bai
pp. 690–697 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.165548 · 2015
Background: The Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway plays an important role in pancreatic cancer (PC) cells. Phenolic alkaloids from Menispermum dauricum (PAMD), a traditional Chinese medicine used for the treatment of immun…
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Zhang E Xiong, Wei Guo Dong, Bao Ying Wang, Qiao Yun Tong, Zhong Yan Li
pp. 707–715 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.165556 · 2015
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the protective effect of curcumin on chronic ethanol‑induced liver injury in mice and to explore its underlying mechanisms. Materials and Methods: Ethanol‑exposed Balb/c mice we…
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Xiang Ding, Yiling Hou, Wanru Hou, Yuanxiu Zhu, Lei Fu, Hongqing Zhu
pp. 716–723 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.165559 · 2015
Background: Oligosaccharides are composed of a variable number of monosaccharide units and very important in the biologically diverse of biological systems. Materials and Methods: Crude water‑soluble oligosaccharide was …
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Rong Wu, Jian‑Ping Gao, Hui‑Lin Wang, Yan Gao, Qian Wu, Xiao‑Hua Cui
pp. 724–731 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.165562 · 2015
Background: Cordyceps sinensis (CS) is one of the rare traditional Chinese herbs, only a very limited amount of natural CS is produced. Fermented CS, as a substitute for natural CS, is widely used in the field of supplem…
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Xiao‑Ping Huang, Huang Ding, Bei Wang, Yong‑Yuan Qiu, Ying‑Hong Tang, Rong Zeng, Chang‑Qing Deng
pp. 732–739 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.165572 · 2015
Background: Astragalus and Panax notoginseng are traditional Chinese medicines used for the treatments of cardio‑cerebrovascular ischemic diseases, astragaloside IV (AST IV) and ginsenoside Rg1 (Rg1), ginsenoside Rb1 (Rb…
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Ling Fu, Pan Wang, Yiqun Sun, Yangyang Wang, Jing Zhao, Yuting Ye, Yanbin Zhang, Yuefeng Bi
pp. 740–744 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.165574 · 2015
Background: Chrysanthemi indici Flos, a traditional herbal medicine is used to clearing heat–toxicity, removing the liver fire, and improving eyesight. In our preliminary work, an active extract of CTC in C. An indici Fl…
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Lin Yu, Xu Ke-ke, Chen Chao-yong, Zhang Rui-tong, Lan Ming, Li Shao-hua, Pan Ling-zhen, Zhang Tian-e
pp. 745–749 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.165575 · 2015
Background: Recently we found the ethanolic extract and iridoid‑rich fraction from Valeriana jatamansi Jones, which is a traditional Chinese medicine exhibited anxiolytic properties. Objective: This study aims to the sub…
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Jinjun Shan, Jiashuang Zou, Tong Xie, An Kang, Wei Zhou, Haishan Deng, Yancao Mao, Liuqing Di, Shouchuan Wang
pp. 750–755 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.165576 · 2015
Background: Platycodi radix, the dried root of Platycodon grandiflorum A. DC, has been widely used as food and herb medicine for treating cough, cold and other respiratory ailments, and platycodin D (PD) is one of the mo…
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Li Wen‑Lan, Zhang Xue, Yang Xin‑Xin, Wang Shuai, Zhao Lin, Zhao Huan‑Jun, Bao Yong‑Rui
pp. 756–763 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.165577 · 2015
Background: Patrinia scabiosaefolia Fisch and Patrinia villosa (Thunb.) Juss., two species herbs with the same Chinese name “BaiJiangCao”, are important ancient herbal medicines widely used for more than 2000 years. The …
