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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…