The therapeutic promises of Lianhuaqingke in the mice model of coronavirus pneumonia (HCoV-229E and SARS-CoV-2)Chinese Medicine - - 2021
Mingye Wang, Wenyan Li, Wenwen Cui, Yuanyuan Hao, Yao Mi, Hongtao Wang, Yunlong Hou, Zhenhua Jia
Lianhuaqingke (LHQK) has been approved for the treatment of acute tracheobronchitis and exerts a broad-spectrum antiviral effect in our previous study. Acute pneumonia caused by HCoV-229E was modeled in BALB/c mice. The anti-viral effect of LHQK was assessed by measuring the lung index and virus titer of lung tissues. The expression levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in lung tissues and peripher...... hiện toàn bộ
Effect of Da-Cheng-Qi decoction for treatment of acute kidney injury in rats with severe acute pancreatitisChinese Medicine - Tập 13 - Trang 1-8 - 2018
Ling Yuan, Lv Zhu, Yumei Zhang, Huan Chen, Hongxin Kang, Juan Li, Xianlin Zhao, Meihua Wan, Yifan Miao, Wenfu Tang
The traditional Chinese formula Da-Cheng-Qi-decoction (DCQD) has been used to treat acute pancreatitis for decades. DCQD could ameliorate the disease severity and the complications of organ injuries, including those of the liver and lungs. However, the pharmacological effects in the kidney, a target organ, are still unclear. This study aimed to investigate the herbal tissue pharmacology of DCQD fo...... hiện toàn bộ
Total flavonoids of Astragalus protects glomerular filtration barrier in diabetic kidney diseaseChinese Medicine - Tập 19 - Trang 1-13 - 2024
Pei-Yu Liu, Kin-Fong Hong, Ya-Di Liu, Zhong-Yan Sun, Ting-Ting Zhao, Xu-Ling Li, Chi-Chou Lao, Shu-Feng Tan, Hai-Ying Zhang, Yong-Hua Zhao, Ying Xie, You-Hua Xu
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a prevalent complication of diabetes and the leading cause of end-stage renal disease. Recent evidence suggests that total flavonoids of Astragalus (TFA) has promising effects on diabetes; however, its influence on DKD and the underlying mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we induced the DKD model using streptozotocin (STZ) in male C57BL/6J mice and utilized ...... hiện toàn bộ
Comparison of ONT and CCS sequencing technologies on the polyploid genome of a medicinal plant showed that high error rate of ONT reads are not suitable for self-correctionChinese Medicine - Tập 17 - Trang 1-12 - 2022
Peng Zeng, Zunzhe Tian, Yuwei Han, Weixiong Zhang, Tinggan Zhou, Yingmei Peng, Hao Hu, Jing Cai
Many medicinal plants are known for their complex genomes with high ploidy, heterozygosity, and repetitive content which pose severe challenges for genome sequencing of those species. Long reads from Oxford nanopore sequencing technology (ONT) or Pacific Biosciences Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT) sequencing offer great advantages in de novo genome assembly, especially for complex genomes with h...... hiện toàn bộ
Simultaneous UPLC–TQ-MS/MS determination of six active components in rat plasma: application in the pharmacokinetic study of Cyclocarya paliurus leavesChinese Medicine - Tập 14 - Trang 1-11 - 2019
Zi-Wan Ning, Li-xiang Zhai, Jiao Peng, Ling Zhao, Tao Huang, Cheng-yuan Lin, Wei-hong Chen, Zhen Luo, Hai-tao Xiao, Zhao-xiang Bian
Cyclocarya paliurus (Batal.) Ijinskaja (CP) is a monotypic genus plant, also called sweet tea tree that belongs to the Juglandaceae family, which is mainly distributed in the subtropical highlands in China. Our previous work has verified that CP leaves exhibit a potent hyperglycemic effect by inhibiting pancreatic β cell apoptosis through the regulation of MPAK and Akt signaling pathways. However,...... hiện toàn bộ
Herbal therapy for ameliorating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease via rebuilding the intestinal microecologyChinese Medicine - Tập 16 - Trang 1-16 - 2021
Xiao-Fang Yang, Ming Lu, Lijiao You, Huan Gen, Lin Yuan, Tianning Tian, Chun-Yu Li, Kailiang Xu, Jie Hou, Ming Lei
The worldwide prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing, and this metabolic disorder has been recognized as a severe threat to human health. A variety of chemical drugs have been approved for treating NAFLD, however, they always has serious side effects. Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) have been widely used for preventing and treating a range of metabolic diseases with s...... hiện toàn bộ
Antiviral activities of Artemisia vulgaris L. extract against herpes simplex virusChinese Medicine - - 2023
Ji Xiao, Ping Liu, Yuze Hu, Tao Liu, Yuying Guo, Pinghua Sun, Junxia Zheng, Zhe Ren, Yifei Wang
Artemisia vulgaris L. is often used as a traditional Chinese medicine with the same origin of medicine and food. Its active ingredient in leaves have multiple biological functions such as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and insecticidal, anti-tumor, antioxidant and immune regulation, etc. It is confirmed that folium Artemisiae argyi has obvious anti-HBV activity, however, its antiviral activity a...... hiện toàn bộ
Poria cocos polysaccharides exert prebiotic function to attenuate the adverse effects and improve the therapeutic outcome of 5-FU in ApcMin/+ miceChinese Medicine - Tập 17 - Trang 1-14 - 2022
Lin Yin, Guoxin Huang, Imran Khan, Lu Su, Wenrui Xia, Betty Yuen Kwan Law, Vincent Kam Wai Wong, Qiang Wu, Jingyi Wang, Wai Kit Leong, W. L. Wendy Hsiao
As a first-line chemotherapeutic agent, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) exhibits many side effects, weakening its efficacy in cancer treatment. In this study, we hypothesize that Poria cocos polysaccharides (PCP), a traditional Chinese herbal medicine with various bioactivities and prebiotic effects, might improve the therapeutic effect of 5-FU by restoring the homeostasis of the gut microenvironment and th...... hiện toàn bộ