Traditional herbal medicine and nanomedicine: Converging disciplines to improve therapeutic efficacy and human health

J Zhang, K Hu, L Di, P Wang, Z Liu, J Zhang… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Traditional herbal medicine (THM), an ancient science, is a gift from nature. For thousands of
years, it has helped humans fight diseases and protect life, health, and reproduction …

Aconitine: A review of its pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, toxicology and detoxification

Y Gao, H Fan, A Nie, K Yang, H **ng, Z Gao… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Aconitine, a C 19-norditerpenoid alkaloid, derives from
many medicinal plants such as Aconitum carmichaelii Debx.(Chinese: 乌头), Aconitum …

[HTML][HTML] Plant-derived terpenoids: A plethora of bioactive compounds with several health functions and industrial applications—A comprehensive overview

JS Câmara, R Perestrelo, R Ferreira, CV Berenguer… - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Terpenoids are a large class of natural secondary plant metabolites which are highly diverse
in structure, formed from isoprene units (C-5), associated with a wide range of biological …

Cardiac efficacy and toxicity of aconitine: A new frontier for the ancient poison

W Zhou, H Liu, LZ Qiu, LX Yue… - Medicinal research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aconitine (AC) is well‐known as the main toxic ingredient and active compound of Aconitum
species, of which several aconites are essential herbal medicines of Traditional Chinese …

[HTML][HTML] An insight into current advances on pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, toxicity and detoxification of aconitine

S Li, L Yu, Q Shi, Y Liu, Y Zhang, S Wang… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aconitine is a diterpenoid alkaloid, which mainly exists in the plants of Aconitum. In the last
decade, a plethora of studies on the pharmacological activities of aconitine has been …

Mitochondrial targeting therapeutics: promising role of natural products in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

J Xu, J Shen, R Yuan, B Jia, Y Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become one of the most common chronic liver
diseases worldwide, and its prevalence is still growing rapidly. However, the efficient …

Ginsenoside Rb1 ameliorates cardiotoxicity triggered by aconitine via inhibiting calcium overload and pyroptosis

M Wang, R Wang, H Sun, G Sun, X Sun - Phytomedicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Aconitine-induced cardiotoxicity limits the clinical treatment of cardiotonic,
cancers and immune-related diseases. Ginsenoside Rb1 (Rb1) is an active ingredient of …

Sweroside protects against myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury by inhibiting oxidative stress and pyroptosis partially via modulation of the Keap1/Nrf2 axis

J Li, C Zhao, Q Zhu, Y Wang, G Li, X Li, Y Li… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Aims: Sweroside, a secoiridoid glucoside extracted from Swertia pseudochinensis Hara, is
reported to possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. However, whether …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) suppresses mitophagy and aggravates heart failure via the microRNA-152-3p/ETS1/RhoH axis

Z Deng, J Yao, N **ao, Y Han, X Wu, C Ci, K Chen… - Laboratory …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) shows close link with heart disease. This study
aimed to define the role DNMT1 plays in heart failure and determine the underlying …

Assessing drug-induced mitochondrial toxicity in cardiomyocytes: implications for preclinical cardiac safety evaluation

X Tang, Z Wang, S Hu, B Zhou - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Drug-induced cardiotoxicity not only leads to the attrition of drugs during development, but
also contributes to the high morbidity and mortality rates of cardiovascular diseases …