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Sae-Rom Yoo, Soo-Jin Jeong, Na-Ri Lee, Hyeun-Kyoo Shin, Chang-Seob Seo

pp. 339–344 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.211023 · 2017

Background: The fructus of Kochia scoparia Schrader (Chenopodiaceae) is a traditional herbal medicine that has been used for treating gonorrhea and dermatitis. Objective: We investigated the anti-inflammatory activities …

Balaji Meriga, Parim Brahma Naidu, Ganjayi Muniswamy, GEN Hanuma Kumar, Ramavat Ravindar Naik, Suresh Pothani

pp. 385–92 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.208871 · 2017

The prevalence of overweight-obesity and associated comorbidities have reached alarming levels necessitating the need to explore effective therapeutics. In the present work, we demonstrated the promising antiobesity acti…

Kartini, Suratsawadee Piyaviriyakul, Suchitra Thongpraditchote, Pongpun Siripong, Omboon Vallisuta

pp. 393–399 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_406_16 · 2017

Background: Plantago major has been reported to have anticancer and anti‑inflammatory properties. However, its antiproliferative and anti‑inflammatory mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. Moreover, which plant part…

Qing-Fang Jiang, Min-Yi Huang, Kang-Yuan Wu, Jie-Ling Weng, Rong-Gui Deng, Xin-Jie Xu, Jian-Pei Xu, Tao Jiang

pp. 430–8 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_424_16 · 2017

Background: Statins cannot be used for some active liver diseases, which limits its application to some extent. The combined use of statins with other drugs may be one of the ways to solve this dilemma. Objective: This r…

Hui Yan, Cheng Guo, Yang Shao, Zhen Ouyang

pp. 439–445 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.211026 · 2017

Near-infrared spectroscopy combined with partial least squares regression (PLSR) and support vector machine (SVM) was applied for the rapid determination of chemical component of volatile oil content in Mentha haplocalyx…

Zhili Xu, Mingbo Zhang, Deqiang Dou, Xiaojun Tao, Tingguo Kang

pp. 454–458 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_205_16 · 2017

Background: Berberine is a natural isoquinoline alkaloid possessing various pharmacological effects, particularly apparent in the treatment of diarrhea, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Smooth muscle myosin …

Huiru Zhang, Xueqin Wang, Ruifang Li, Xincheng Sun, Siwen Sun, Qiang Li, Chunping Xu

pp. 477–82 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.211033 · 2017

Background: Many exopolysaccharides from the endophytes in medicinal plants possess various potential bioactivities. Materials and Methods: The endophytic fungus JY25 was isolated from the leave of the Chinese medicinal …

Beodeul Yang, Hong-Bum Lee, Sura Kim, Young Chul Park, Koanhoi Kim, Hyungwoo Kim

pp. 483–7 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.211034 · 2017

Background: The root bark of Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz. (Dictamni Radicis Cortex) has been widely used to treat skin diseases in Korea, and its anti-inflammatory efficacies were recently reported. Objective: The paper a…

Hui-Liang Zhang, Hong Zhang

pp. 523–7 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.211042 · 2017

Background: Withaferin-A (WF-A) is a well-known dietary compound isolated from Withania sominifera. It has tremendous pharmacological potential and has been shown to exhibit antiproliferative activity against several typ…

Ena Gupta, Shweta Kaushik, Shalini Purwar, Ramesh Sharma, Anil K. Balapure, Shanthy Sundaram

pp. 345–350 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_29_17 · 2017

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the cytotoxicity, apoptosis induction, and mechanism of action of steviol on human breast cancer cells (Michigan Cancer Foundation‑7 [MCF‑7]). Materials and Methods: Sulforhodam…

Fang-fang Duan, Shan-shan Jia, Ke Yuan

pp. 351–357 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_286_16 · 2017

Background: To determine the antitumor effects and its mechanism of n‑butanol fraction from aril of Torreya grandis (BFAT) on H22 mice models of liver cancer. Materials and Methods: Sixty ICR male mice were used to estab…

Xiujie Liu, Yu Shi, Yulin Deng, Rongji Dai

pp. 358–362 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_384_16 · 2017

Background: Dregea sinensis Hemsl. plant of the genus Dregea volubilis (Asclepiadaceae), plays a vital role in anticancer, antidepression, and immunoregulation. Steroidal glycosides are the main constituents of this herb…

Xiao‑Qiang Li, Rong Kang, Jun‑Cheng Huo, Yan‑Hua Xie, Si‑Wang Wang, Wei Cao

pp. 363–371 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_211_16 · 2017

Background: The seed oil of Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim (ZBSO) is considered to be rich source of fatty acids, mainly oleic and linoleic acids, and has been used for the treatment of burns in Chinese medicine. Objective:…

Shuai Wang, Yong‑Rui Bao, Tian‑Jiao Li, Ting Yu, Xin Chang, Guan‑Lin Yang, Xian‑Sheng Meng

pp. 372–377 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_179_16 · 2017

Background: Fructus Aurantii (FA) derived from the dried, and unripe fruit of Citrus aurantium L. is one of the commonly used traditional Chinese medicines to treat gastrointestinal motility dysfunction diseases. Accordi…

Jie Zhou, Yuan‑Yuan Sun, Meng‑Yao Sun, Wei‑An Mao, Li Wang, Jian Zhang, Hong Zhang

pp. 378–384 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_323_16 · 2017

Background: Radix Saposhnikoviae (RS) exerts anti‑inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic, antioxidation effects and has been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat common colds, headache, and rheumatoid arthritis. P…

Xue Han, Ding-Kun Zhang, Fang Zhang, Jun-Zhi Lin, Hong Jiang, Yang Lan, Xi Xiong, Li Han, Ming Yang, Chao-Mei Fu

pp. 400–406 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_240_16 · 2017

Background: Currently, acute upper respiratory tract infections (AURTIs) are increasingly becoming a significant health burden. Gankeshuangqing dispersible tablets (GKSQDT) which have a good effect on treating AURTIs. GK…

Huaisheng Chen, Wei Wang, Chengying Hong, Ming Zhang, Yingcai Hong, Su Wang, Huadong Zhang

pp. 407–412 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_418_16 · 2017

Background: Sepsis plays an important role in acute gastrointestinal injury (AGI). Our research was designed to determine the effects of omega-3 fish oil (FO) in patients suffering from severe sepsis combined with AGI II…

Yang-Zhi Liu, Yu-Qiang Liu, Rui Jia, Jun Li, Xiao-Wen Chang, Chen-Xi Xu, Qian Cai

pp. 413–417 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_394_16 · 2017

Background: Atractylodis rhizoma is one of the most often used drugs in traditional Chinese medicine. Stir frying with wheat bran is the most common processing method. To clarify the principle of processing, an experimen…

In-Hee Lee, Hwa-Jin Chung, Joon-Shik Shin, In-Hyuk Ha, Me-Riong Kim, Wonil Koh, Jinho Lee

pp. 418–424 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_425_16 · 2017

Background: GCSB-5, an herbal drug composition with an anti-inflammatory effect, is prepared by boiling, which is the most common herbal extraction method in traditional Korean medicine. Several parameters are involved i…

Xiao Fu, Rongrong Lu, Songsong Zhao

pp. 425–429 · DOI: 10.4103/pm.pm_141_16 · 2017

Background: Fuzi–Gancao herb couple is one of the commonly used herb couples involved in the traditional Chinese medicine formulations, with radix aconiti lateralis (Fuzi in Chinese) and radix glycyrrhizae (Gancao in Chi…