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  1. Astragalus polysaccharides (APS) are active constituents of Astragalus membranaceus. They have been widely studied, especially with respect to their immunopotentiating properties, their ability to counteract the ...

    Authors: Qing E Tian, Huan De Li, Miao Yan, Hua-Lin Cai, Qin-You Tan and Wen-Yuan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:94
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  2. Numerous studies have demonstrated that autophagy plays a vital role in maintaining cellular homeostasis. Interestingly, several anticancer agents were found to exert their anticancer effects by triggering aut...

    Authors: Chuan Bian Lim, Pan You Fu, Nung Ky, Hong Shuang Zhu, XiaoLing Feng, Jinming Li, Kandhadayar Gopalan Srinivasan, Mohamed Sabry Hamza and Yan Zhao
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:93
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  3. Zingiber officinale R. rhizome (ginger) is a popular spice that has traditionally been used to combat the effects of various inflammatory diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of ginger on p...

    Authors: Parvin Rahnama, Ali Montazeri, Hassan Fallah Huseini, Saeed Kianbakht and Mohsen Naseri
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:92
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  4. Toxoplasma gondii infection causes toxoplasmosis, an infectious disease with worldwide prevalence. The limited efficiency of drugs against this infection, their side effects and the potential appearance of resis...

    Authors: Nowroji Kavitha, Rahmah Noordin, Kit-Lam Chan and Sreenivasan Sasidharan
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:91
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  5. Sonchus asper (SAME) is used as a folk medicine in hepatic disorders. In this study, the hepatoprotective effects of the methanol extract of SAME was evaluated against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced liver i...

    Authors: Rahmat A Khan, Muhammad R Khan, Sumaira Sahreen and Naseer Ali Shah
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:90
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  6. Sesquiterpene lactones (SL) are plant secondary metabolites that are known for their anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-tumor properties. Considering that several SL-derived drugs are cur...

    Authors: Melody Saikali, Akram Ghantous, Racha Halawi, Salma N Talhouk, Najat A Saliba and Nadine Darwiche
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:89
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  7. Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are increasingly utilised for resolving difficulties conceiving. These technologies are expensive to both the public purse and the individual consumers. Acupuncture is ...

    Authors: Caroline A Smith, Suzanne Grant, Jane Lyttleton and Suzanne Cochrane
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:88
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  8. Medicinal plants are possible sources for future novel antioxidant compounds in food and pharmaceutical formulations. Recent attention on medicinal plants emanates from their long historical utilisation in fol...

    Authors: Stephen O Amoo, Adeyemi O Aremu, Mack Moyo and Johannes Van Staden
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:87
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  9. The extent to which racial differences exist in use of treatments for osteoarthritis (OA) is debatable. The purpose of this study was to describe the differences between African Americans (AA) and Caucasian Am...

    Authors: Shibing Yang, Rachel Jawahar, Timothy E McAlindon, Charles B Eaton and Kate L Lapane
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:86
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  10. Sasang constitutional medicine (SCM) is a unique form of traditional Korean medicine that divides human beings into four constitutional types (Tae-Yang: TY, Tae-Eum: TE, So-Yang: SY, and So-Eum: SE), which dif...

    Authors: Jun-Hyeong Do, Eunsu Jang, Boncho Ku, Jun-Su Jang, Honggie Kim and Jong Yeol Kim
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:85
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  11. Infection with HIV-1 results in marked immunologic insults and structural damage to the intestinal mucosa, including compromised barrier function. While the development of highly active antiretroviral therapy ...

    Authors: Marco Schunter, Hiutung Chu, Timothy L Hayes, Delandy McConnell, Sean S Crawford, Paul A Luciw, Stig Bengmark, David M Asmuth, Jennifer Brown, Charles L Bevins, Barbara L Shacklett and J William Critchfield
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:84
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  12. Dorstenia mannii (Moraceae) is a medicinal herb used traditionally for the treatment of many diseases. In the present study, the methanol extract of D. mannii and nine of its isolated compounds, namely dorsmanin...

    Authors: Armelle T Mbaveng, Victor Kuete, Bathelemy Ngameni, Veronique P Beng, Bonaventure T Ngadjui, Jacobus J Marion Meyer and Namrita Lall
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:83
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  13. Parkinson’s disease is a high incidence neurodegenerative disease in elderly people, and oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathogenesis. Oxygen metabolism in the brain is high, which lacks an ant...

    Authors: Qinyong Ye, Linfeng Ye, Xianjie Xu, Bixia Huang, Xiaodong Zhang, Yuangui Zhu and Xiaochun Chen
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:82
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  14. In 1957, Tunisia introduced 117 species of Eucalyptus; they have been used as fire wood, for the production of mine wood and to fight erosion. Actually, Eucalyptus essential oil is traditionally used to treat res...

    Authors: Ameur Elaissi, Zyed Rouis, Nabil Abid Ben Salem, Samia Mabrouk, Youssef ben Salem, Karima Bel Haj Salah, Mahjoub Aouni, Farhat Farhat, Rachid Chemli, Fethia Harzallah-Skhiri and Mohamed Larbi Khouja
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:81
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  15. Periodontal diseases are bacterial infections leading to chronic inflammation disorders that are frequently observed in adults. In the present study, we evaluated the effect of auraptene and lacinartin, two na...

    Authors: Annie Marquis, Salvatore Genovese, Francesco Epifano and Daniel Grenier
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:80
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  16. The herbal preparation DAS-77, used for the treatment of various ailments in Nigeria, contains the milled bark of Mangifera indica L. and root of Carica papaya L. Toxicological assessment of the preparation was c...

    Authors: Saheed O Afolabi, Abidemi J Akindele, Olufunsho Awodele, Chidozie C Anunobi and Olufunmilayo O Adeyemi
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:79
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  17. Crassocephalum crepidioides, a plant distributed in Okinawa Islands, is known in folk medicine; however, its anticancer activity has not been investigated. The aim of this study was to determine the in vitro and...

    Authors: Koh Tomimori, Shinji Nakama, Ryuichiro Kimura, Kazumi Tamaki, Chie Ishikawa and Naoki Mori
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:78
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  18. Traditional Indian and Australian medicinal plant extracts were investigated to determine their therapeutic potential to inhibit key enzymes in carbohydrate metabolism, which has relevance to the management of...

    Authors: Vandana Gulati, Ian H Harding and Enzo A Palombo
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:77
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  19. Essential oil of Pimpinella anisum L. Apiaceae (anise oil) has been widely used in traditional Persian medicine to treat a variety of diseases, including some neurological disorders. This study was aimed to test ...

    Authors: Fariba Karimzadeh, Mahmoud Hosseini, Diana Mangeng, Hassan Alavi, Gholam Reza Hassanzadeh, Mohamad Bayat, Maryam Jafarian, Hadi Kazemi and Ali Gorji
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:76
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  20. To evaluate different types of acupuncture treatment for migraine in China from the perspective of health economics, particularly the comparison between treatment of specific acupoints in Shaoyang meridians an...

    Authors: Zhu-qing Deng, Hui Zheng, Ling Zhao, Si-yuan Zhou, Ying Li and Fan-rong Liang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:75
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  21. Nearly 3,000 plant species are used as medicines in South Africa, with approximately 350 species forming the most commonly traded and used medicinal plants. In the present study, twelve South African medicinal...

    Authors: Trine R H Nielsen, Victor Kuete, Anna K Jäger, Jacobus J Marion Meyer and Namrita Lall
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:74
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