Cardiometabolic diseases are reaching epidemic proportions worldwide. Dietary fiber intake
can improve the risk factors associated with CMD. Psyllium, especially its husk, is one of the …

Kampo medicine has been practiced as traditional medicine (TM) in Japan. Kampo
medicine uses Kampo formulae that are composed of multiple crude drugs to make Kampo …

Objective To establish a rapid and comprehensive method for the quality evaluation of
Plantaginis Semen (PS) by using near-infrared spectroscopy combined with chemometrics …

Plantaginis semen is the dried ripe seed of Plantago asiatica L. or Plantago depressa Willd.,
which has a long history in alleviating hyperuricemia (HUA) and chronic kidney diseases …

Background Poria is an herb with both medicinal and dietary application. It has been used in
various traditional Chinese patent medicines and medicinal decoctions for the treatment of …

Ginseng is the main Chinese herbal medicine for tonifying Qi and invigorating the spleen. It
has been used to treat spleen‐qi deficiency with good protective effects for thousands of …

Natural products have been a key source of drug lead discovery. However, their
identification has long been a challenge even with the state-of-the-art analysis technologies …

Plantago asiatica L., a perennial herb in the family Plantaginaceae, has been shown to
impart several pharmacologic activities, including anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, and …

Plantago asiatica, an herbaceous perennial species of Plantaginaceae, has been used as a
traditional herbal medicine plant in China. In this study, the complete chloroplast (cp) …

The quality of Chinese medicines (CMs) is the basis to guarantee the clinical safety,
effectiveness, and controllability of medicinal materials. It is the lifeline to promoting …