lithospermic acid/necrosis

Lithospermic acid B, an active principle found in a Chinese herbal medicine for treating various heart ailments, was recently isolated, purified and demonstrated by us to salvage the postischemic rabbit heart from reperfusion injury. In this work, we further report that lithospermate B is able to

BACKGROUND Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorders after Alzheimer's disease. The main cause of the disease is the massive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Neuronal apoptosis and neuroinflammation are thought to be the key contributors

Accumulation of an excess amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) can cause hepatotoxicity that may result in liver damage. Therefore, development of anti-oxidative agents is needed for reducing liver toxicity. This study investigated the anti-oxidative and hepatoprotective activity of lithospermic

BACKGROUND Lithospermic acid B (LAB), an active component isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza radix, has been reported to have antioxidant effects. We examined the effects of LAB on the prevention of diabetic retinopathy in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats, an animal model of type 2

BACKGROUND The roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza f. alba (Lamiaceae) (RSMA) are used as the Danshen, a traditional Chinese medicine, to treat the vascular diseases at local clinics, especially for the remedy of thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) more than 100 years. Phenolic acids are one of the major

In this paper, human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) hypoxic injury models were established by sodium dithionite (Na2S2O4). With the protective effects of total salvianolic acids components (TSAC) against oxidative damage of HUVEC as a starting point, cellviability was measured by MTT

The water extract from the root of Salvia miltiorhiza Bunge showed a protective effect on cultured rat hepatocytes against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced necrosis. A further study was carried out to isolate the active constituent. Activity guided fractionation of the extract and chemical