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Therapeutic Angiogenesis of Chinese Herbal Medicines in Ischemic Heart Disease:A Review [PDF]

, 2018
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is one of the primary causes of death around the world. Therapeutic angiogenesis is a promising innovative approach for treating IHD, improving cardiac function by promoting blood perfusion to the ischemic myocardium.
Chen, Xing, Guo, Dongqing, Jiao, Shihong, Liu, Tianhua, Murdoch, Colin E., Qu, Jia, Wang, Wei, Wang, Yong   +7 more
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Chromosome Doubling-Enhanced Biomass and Dihydrotanshinone I Production in Salvia miltiorrhiza, A Traditional Chinese Medicinal Plant

Molecules, 2018
The root of Chinese sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge) was regarded as top-grade Chinese medicine two thousand years ago, according to Shen Nong Materia Medica.
Elena Gamboa Chen, Kang-Lun Tsai, Hsiao-Hang Chung, Jen-Tsung Chen   +3 more
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Pharmaceutical Crops: An Overview [PDF]

, 2010
Pharmaceutical crops is an ambiguous term used by biologists and chemists for different categories of plants. We define pharmaceutical crops as those cultivated species that are used for extraction or preparation of therapeutic substances such as active ...
Antoun, Mikhail, Balick, Michael, Cragg, Gordon, Li, Shiyou, Yang, Peiying, Yuan, Wei   +5 more
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SIRT6 protects against endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis in mice [PDF]

, 2018
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Bai, Péter, Jin, Zheng, Koroleva, Marina, Little, Peter J., Mastrangelo, Michael, Xu, Suowen, Yin, Meimei, Zhang, Wenbo   +7 more
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Tanshinone IIA effects on ovarian cancer cell line

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2018
Abstract Objectives To explore the potential therapeutic effect of Tanshinone IIA against ovarian cancer in vitro and elucidate the underlying molecular mechanism. Methods The cell survival upon Tanshinone IIA treatment was determined
Nan Li, Liang Yang, Baolian Zhang, Suqin Chen   +3 more
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Cytochrome P450 enzyme mediated herbal drug interactions (Part 2) [PDF]

, 2014
To date, a number of significant herbal drug interactions have their origins in the alteration of cytochrome P450 (CYP) activity by various phytochemicals. Among the most noteworthy are those involving St.
Phopin, Kamonrat, Prachayasittikul, Virapong, Wanwimolruk, Sompon   +2 more
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Functional characterization of the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase CYP71AU87 indicates a role in marrubiin biosynthesis in the medicinal plant Marrubium vulgare. [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundHorehound (Marrubium vulgare) is a medicinal plant whose signature bioactive compounds, marrubiin and related furanoid diterpenoid lactones, have potential applications for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and type II diabetes.
Addison, J Bennett, Dhanota, Puja, Fiehn, Oliver, Karunanithi, Prema S, Tong, Shen, Zerbe, Philipp   +5 more
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Tanshinone IIA Promotes Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cell Apoptosis in Vitro by Inhibiting the JAK2/STAT3 Signaling Pathway

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2014
Background: Tanshinone IIA inhibits the proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs), but the potential mechanisms of its effects on PASMCs apoptosis remain unclear.
Minggang Chen, Yumei Liu, Dan Yi, Liuping Wei, Yumei Li, Li Zhang   +5 more
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Phytochemical, pharmacological, and biochemical characteristics of essential oil of some Salvia L. Species [PDF]

, 2016
As sciences are advancing, medicinal plants are being increasingly studied for their chemical compounds and the properties of these compounds. Different compounds, with various properties, have been found in plants.
Aleebrahim-Dehkordy, Elahe., Bahmani, Mahmoud., Rafieian-Kopaei, Mahmoud.   +2 more
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Metabolic origins and transport of vitamin e biosynthetic precursors [PDF]

, 2017
Tocochromanols are organic compounds mostly produced by photosynthetic organisms that exhibit vitamin E activity in animals. They result from the condensation of homogentisate with four different polyprenyl side chains derived all from geranylgeranyl ...
Mène-Saffrané, Laurent, Pellaud, Sébastien   +1 more
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