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Original Article
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Bangxing Han, Huasheng Peng, Hui Yan
pp. 93–97 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.177907 · 2016
Background: Mugua is a common Chinese herbal medicine. There are three main medicinal origin places in China, Xuancheng City Anhui Province, Qijiang District Chongqing City, Yichang City, Hubei Province, and suitable for…
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Jin Bae Weon, Youn Sik Jung, Choong Je Ma
pp. 98–103 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.177904 · 2016
Background: Crataegi fructus is a herbal medicine for strong stomach, sterilization, and alcohol detoxification. Chlorogenic acid and hyperoside are the major compounds in Crataegi fructus. Objective: In this study, we e…
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Gallic Acid, Ellagic Acid, Quercetin from Radix Sanguisorbae Chang‑Seob Seo, Soo‑Jin Jeong, Sae‑Rom Yoo, Na‑Ri Lee, Hyeun‑Kyoo Shin
pp. 104–108 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.177908 · 2016
Background: Radix Sanguisorbae has long been used to treat diarrhea, enteritis, duodenal ulcers, and internal hemorrhage. Objective: We investigated the in vitro anti‑inflammatory effects of Radix Sanguisorbae and perfor…
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Yachun Shu, Yajun Chen, Kunming Qin, Xiao Liu, Baochang Cai
pp. 134–138 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.177911 · 2016
Background: Yinqiaosan (Lonicerae and Forsythiae Powder), as a famous prescription of Dr. Wu Jutong in Qing dynasty of China, has the effects of diaphoresis cooling, fire‑purging, and detoxicaton. It is mainly used in th…
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Zheng Shi, Tian Yu, Rong Sun, Shan Wang, Xiao‑Qian Chen, Li‑Jia Cheng, Rong Liu
pp. 139–144 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.177912 · 2016
Background: Human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) is a trans- membrane receptor like protein, and aberrant signaling of HER2 is implicated in many human cancers, such as ovarian cancer, gastric cancer, and pros…
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Yingzhi Zhang, Aihua Zhang, Ying Zhang, Hui Sun, Xiangcai Meng, Guangli Yan, Xijun Wang
pp. 145–152 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.177902 · 2016
Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr and Maxim) Harms (AS), a member of Araliaceae family, is a typical folk medicinal herb, which is widely distributed in the Northeastern part of China. Due to lack of this resource caused by …
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Yu Jin, Jun Yang, Lianjie Lin, Yan Lin, Changqing Zheng
pp. 153–159 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.177913 · 2016
Background: Oxidative stress (OS) has been regarded as one of the major pathogeneses of ulcerative colitis (UC) through damaging colon. It has been shown that Scutellariae radix (SR) extract has a beneficial effect for t…
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Samara Requena Nocchi, Gislaine Franco de Moura‑Costa, Claudio Roberto Novello, Juliana Rodrigues, Renata Longhini, João Carlos Palazzo de Mello, Benedito Prado Dias Filho, Celso Vataru Nakamura, Tânia Ueda‑Nakamura
pp. 160–164 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.177903 · 2016
Background: Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV‑1) is associated with orofacial infections and is transmitted by direct contact with infected secretions. Several efforts have been expended in the search for drugs to the tre…
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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Bo-Ra Yun, Hye Jin Yang, Jin Bae Weon, Jiwoo Lee, Min Rye Eom, Choong Je Ma
pp. 109–13 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.177905 · 2016
Background: Dianthus superbus L. has been used in Chinese herbal medicine as a diuretic and anti‑inflammatory agent. Objective: In this study, we isolated ten bioactive compounds from D. superbus and evaluated their neur…
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Shaza Mohamed Al-Massarani, Ali Ali El-Gamal, Mansour Sulaiman Al-Said, Maged S. Abdel-Kader, Abdelkader E. Ashour, Ashok Kumar, Wael M. Abdel-Mageed, Adnan Jathlan Al-Rehaily, Hazem A. Ghabbour, Hoong-Kun Fun
pp. 114–9 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.177906 · 2016
Background: A great number of novel compounds with rich chemical diversity and significant bioactivity have been reported from Red Sea sponges. Objective: To isolate, identify, and evaluate the cytotoxic activity of the …
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Die Gao, Yonglan Zhang, Fengqing Yang, Yexin Lin, Qihui Zhang, Zhining Xia
pp. 120–7 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.177909 · 2016
Background: Peroxisome proliferator‑activated receptors (PPAR)‑γ is widely used as an attractive target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Thiazolidinediones, the agonists of PPARγ, has been popularly utilize…
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In vitro and In vivo Antioxidant Activity of Flavonoid Extracted from Mulberry Fruit (Morus alba L.)
Sivakumar Thasma Raman, Ajay Krishna Palani Gounder Ganeshan, Cheng Chen, Chao Jin, Shao-Hui Li, Hui-Juan Chen, Zhongzheng Gui
pp. 128–133 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.177910 · 2016
Background: Many plants possess antioxidants that exhibit additive or synergistic activities. Objective: In this study, an ethanol-extracted flavonoid extracted from mulberry fruit (FEM) was evaluated for the antioxidant…