Ethnopharmacological relevance: Benzoinum (Styraceae) is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat stroke and other cardio-cerebrovascular diseases for thousands of years. Benzoinum has also proven to have diverse pharmacological
The Chinese medicine storax is one of the resuscitation-inducing aromatic herbs used to treat stoke, epilepsy, convulsion, etc. In this review, authors summarized the progress on chemical compositions and anti-cerebral injury effects of storax. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) were used
Stroke is the second leading cause of death and the leading cause of long-term disability in the world. There is an urgent unmet need to develop a range of neuroprotective strategies to restrain the damage that occurs in the hours and days following a stroke. Storax, a natural resin extracted from
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