The field of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) represents a vast and largely untapped
resource for modern medicine. Exemplified by the success of the antimalarial artemisinin …

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (SM) is a very popular medicinal plant that has been extensively
applied for many years to treat various diseases, especially coronary heart diseases and …

Natural herbs, which contain pharmacologically active compounds, have been used
historically as medicines. Conventionally, the analysis of chemical components in herbal …

Responding to the increased popularity of herbal medicines and other forms of
complementary or alternative medicine world-wide, this reference reviews and evaluates …

Tanshinones, lipophilic diterpenes isolated from the rhizome of Salvia miltiorrhiza, have
diverse pharmacological activities against human ailments including neurological diseases …

Herbs are often administered in combination with therapeutic drugs, raising the potential of
herb-drug interactions. An extensive review of the literature identified reported herb-drug …

The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing all around the
world and it may become the primary cause of terminal liver disease in adults and children …

Danshen is one of the most versatile Chinese herbal drugs that have been used for hundred
of years in the treatment of numerous ailments. Because of its properties of improving …

Ischemia and reperfusion (I/R) exerts multiple insults in microcirculation, frequently
accompanied by endothelial cell injury, enhanced adhesion of leukocytes, macromolecular …

Covering: 1985 to 2004 Recently, intense interest has focused on the antioxidant properties
of natural products. In particular, Chinese herbal medicines (CHM) have become hot topics …