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The Efficacy and Mechanism of Chinese Herbal Medicines in Lowering Serum Uric Acid Levels: A Systematic Review

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
Background. Chinese herbal medicines are widely used to lower serum uric acid levels. However, no systemic review summarizes and evaluates their efficacies and the underlying mechanisms of action. Objectives.
Liqian Chen, Liqian Chen, Zhengmao Luo, Ming Wang, Jingru Cheng, Fei Li, Hanqi Lu, Hanqi Lu, Qiuxing He, Yanting You, Xinghong Zhou, Hiu Yee Kwan, Xiaoshan Zhao, Lin Zhou   +13 more
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Biopiracy versus one-world medicine – from colonial relicts to global collaborative concepts [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Practices of biopiracy to use genetic resources and indigenous knowledge by Western companies without benefit-sharing of those, who generated the traditional knowledge, can be understood as form of neocolonialism.Hypothesis: : The One-World ...
Abdelfatah, Sara, Abu-Darwish, Mohammad Sanad, Banerjee, Mita, Bhakta-Guha, Dipita, Bockers, Madeleine, Bolzani, Vanderlan, Daak, Salah, Dawood, Mona, Demirezer, Omur Lutfiye, Efferth, Monika, Efferth, Thomas, El-Seedi, Hesham R., Fischer, Nicolas, Greten, Henry J., Hamdoun, Sami, Hong, Chunlan, Horneber, Markus, Kadioglu, Onat, Khalid, Hassan E., Khalid, Sami A., Kuete, Victor, Mahmoud, Nuha, Marin, José, Mbaveng, Armelle, Midiwo, Jacob, Nakagawa, Hiroshi, Naß, Janine, Ngassapa, Olipa, Ochwang, Dominic, Omosa, Leonida K., Ooko, Edna A., Paramasivan, Poornima, Paul, Norbert W., Rodriguez Romero, Marta, Saeed, Elfatih M., Saeed, Mohamed E.M., Salgueiro, Ligia, Seo, Ean-Jeong, Yan, Ge, Yasin, Zahir, Özenver, Nadire   +40 more
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Transcriptomic and metabolic analyses reveal the potential mechanism of increasing steroidal alkaloids in Fritillaria hupehensis through intercropping with Magnolia officinalis

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Fritillaria hupehensis, a well-known medicinal perennial herb, is used as an antitussive and an expectorant. Continuous cropping and monoculture cultivation usually negativly affect the growth of F. hupehensis. Compared with the monoculture system, the F.
Yuanyuan Duan, Yuanyuan Duan, Yuanyuan Duan, Xiaohong Liu, Jiaqi Wu, Jingmao You, Jingmao You, Fanfan Wang, Fanfan Wang, Xiaoliang Guo, Xiaoliang Guo, Tao Tang, Tao Tang, Mingyan Liao, Jie Guo, Jie Guo   +15 more
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The implications of WTO accession on the pharmaceutical industry in China [PDF]

, 2002
Given the limited capabilities of R&D and global distribution channels, and the virtual non-existence of patented drugs, the Chinese pharmaceutical industry has little chance to enter the global market of Western prescription drugs and compete with the ...
Yeung, Godfrey
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Physiological and Transcriptomic Analyses Reveal the Response of Medicinal Plant Bletilla striata (Thunb. ex A. Murray) Rchb. f. via Regulating Genes Involved in the ABA Signaling Pathway, Photosynthesis, and ROS Scavenging under Drought Stress

Horticulturae, 2023
Bletilla striata is a valuable Chinese herbal medicinal plant widely used in various fields. To meet the market demand for this herb, the tissue culture technology of B. striata was developed.
Hai Liu, Kaizhang Chen, Lin Yang, Xue Han, Mingkai Wu, Zhijun Shen   +5 more
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Pharmacokinetic Herb-Drug Interactions: Insight into Mechanisms and Consequences [PDF]

, 2015
Herbal medicines are currently in high demand, and their popularity is steadily increasing. Because of their perceived effectiveness, fewer side effects and relatively low cost, they are being used for the management of numerous medical conditions ...
Horie, Toshiharu, Oga, Enoche Florence, Sekine, Shuichi, Shitara, Yoshihisa   +3 more
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Disclosure and adverse effects of complementary and alternative medicine used by hospitalized patients in the North East of England [PDF]

, 2012
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, disclosure and adverse effects of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in hospitalised patients, and to explore the associations between patients’ perceived side-effects and relevant
Baqir, wasim, Bello, Nusirat, McGarry, Kenneth, Winit -Watjana, Win   +3 more
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Chinese Herbal Medicine for the Treatment of Prehypertension [PDF]

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2013
Objectives. To assess the current clinical evidence of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) for prehypertension.Search Strategy. Electronic databases were searched until May, 2013.Inclusion Criteria. We included randomized clinical trials testing CHM against life style intervention and no treatment, or combined with life style intervention against life style ...
Jie Wang, Xingjiang Xiong, Xiaochen Yang, Wei Liu, Bo Feng   +4 more
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Chinese herbal medicine for endometriosis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2007
Endometriosis is characterized by the presence of tissue that is morphologically and biologically similar to normal endometrium in locations outside the uterus. Surgical and hormonal treatment of endometriosis have unpleasant side effects and high rates of relapse.
Flower, Andrew, Liu, Jian Ping, Chen, Sisi, Lewith, George, Little, Paul   +4 more
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PlantID – DNA-based identification of multiple medicinal plants in complex mixtures [PDF]

, 2012
Background An efficient method for the identification of medicinal plant products is now a priority as the global demand increases. This study aims to develop a DNA-based method for the identification and authentication of plant species that can be ...
Bremner, Paul, Fowler, Mark, Graham, Eleanor, Howard, Caroline, Scott, Nigel, Slater, Adrian, Socratous, Eleni, Williams, Sarah   +7 more
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