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Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi is the most widely used medicinal plant in traditional Eastern medicine, especially in Chinese medicine. The major phytochemicals isolated from S. baicalensis are flavonoids, glycosides and their glucoronides such as baicalin, baicalein, wogonin etc. More than 30
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Huang-Lian-Jie-Du Decoction (HLJDD), a well-known Chinese herbal formula recorded in the Tang dynasty, is composed of Coptidis rhizoma (Huang-Lian), Scutellariae radix (Huang-Qin), Phellodendri Chinensis cortex (Huang-Bai) and Gardenia fructus (Zhi-Zi). It has clinical efficacy of purging
A(3) Adenosine receptors (ARs) exhibit large species differences. Potent, selective agonists for rat (e.g. Cl-IB-MECA, 5) and human A(3) ARs (e.g. PENECA, 17, and analogs) have been developed during the past years. Potent, selective antagonists for human A(3) ARs include the imidazopurinones PSB-10
The role of histamine in the cardiovascular responses to hypoxia has not been resolved. Oxatomide, an orally active anti-allergic drug, has been reported to inhibit mast cell discharge and to antagonize any histamine which is released. This drug was administered to six dogs to determine the effect
OBJECTIVE
Although alteplase, a recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), is structurally identical to endogenous tPA and therefore should not induce allergy, single cases of acute hypersensitivity reactions have been reported. Until now, specific antibodies against alteplase were not detected
Cinnamic acid derivatives are widely distributed in nature presenting a wide range of biological activities: antiseptic, stimulant, carminative and insecticide activities. Hydroxy cinnamic acids especially caffeic, ferulic chlorogenic present various biological activities and they are synthesized in
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The adenosine A3 receptor (A3R) is involved in cardiovascular, neurological and tumour-related pathologies and serves as an exceptional pharmaceutical target in the clinical setting. A3R antagonists are considered antiinflammatory, antiallergic and anticancer agents, and to have potential
Phellinus linteus, a natural growing mushroom, has been known to exhibit anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic and anti-oxidant effects. Aiming to exploit the neuroprotective effects of P. linteus, we evaluated its effects on infarct volume reduction in a rat model of focal cerebral ischemia.
Epidemiological studies indicate that the intake of flavonoids is inversely associated with risk of stroke, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Isoliquiritigenin (ISL), a flavonoid constituent in the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra, is known to have vasorelaxant effect, antioxidant, anti-platelet,
Postoperative delirium (POD) in older adults is a very serious complication. Due to the complexity of too many risk factors (RFs), an overall assessment of RFs may be needed. The aim of this study was to evaluate comprehensively the RFs of POD regardless of the organ undergoing OBJECTIVE
An anti-allergic and analgesic drug, "an extract derived from the inflamed cutaneous tissue of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus (ERV)", has been used in medical practice in Japan and some other countries. We examined the effect of ERV, prior to induction of ischemia, on the
Currently, the numbers of patients with cancer, fibrosis, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, stroke and osteoporosis are increasing fast and fast. It's critical necessary to discovery lead compounds for new drug development. Dioscin, one active compound in some medicinal plants, has