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  1. Mango mistletoes Dendrophthoe pentandra (MMDP) extract has attracted interest due to its pharmacological properties, including gastro protective effects. The aim of this study was to investigate whether MMDP extr...

    Authors: Agustina Tri Endharti and Sofy Permana
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:468
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  2. Although various treatments for breast cancer related lymphedema exist, there is still a need for a more effective and convenient approach. Pilot studies and our clinical observations suggested that acupunctur...

    Authors: Huiru Zhu, Jinwan Li, Zheng Peng, Yujie Huang, Xiaolan Lv, Liuying Song, Gechen Zhou, Shengzhang Lin, Jifei Chen, Baoyu He, Fengxian Qin, Xumexiang Liu, Meiyu Dai, Yan Zou and Shengming Dai
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:467
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  3. The beneficial effects of traditional herbs of Crete, Greece for the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections have been reported in observational and laboratory studies. Following a published, double bl...

    Authors: Marilena Anastasaki, Antonios Bertsias, Stergios A. Pirintsos, Elias Castanas and Christos Lionis
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:466
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  4. Mistletoe extracts have anti-tumor properties and are approved for subcutaneous use in cancer patients. Data on Intravenous application are limited.

    Authors: Roman Huber, Dietrich Schlodder, Carola Effertz, Sabine Rieger and Wilfried Tröger
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:465
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  5. Most of the current anti-fungal treatments are chemical-based, fungistatic, have low efficacy in the treatment of tinea and toxicity concerns, while onychomycosis remains recalcitrant to most antifungal therap...

    Authors: Manoj Parekh, Girisha Ramaiah, Prachi Pashilkar, Ranjani Ramanujam, Peter Johnston and Leodevico L. Ilag
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:464
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  6. Korean medicine (KM) has been widely used in Korea. This study aimed to assess the general perceptions of KM, to investigate the patterns of its usage in 2014, and to compare the results with those of an earli...

    Authors: Soohyun Kwon, Shinhee Heo, Dongjun Kim, Seunghyun Kang and Jong-Min Woo
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:463
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  7. The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria is a worldwide concern and in order to find an alternative to this problem, the occurrence of antimicrobial compounds in Plectranthus amboinicus essential oil was inv...

    Authors: Sara Edwirgens Costa Benício Vasconcelos, Hider Machado Melo, Theodora Thays Arruda Cavalcante, Francisco Eduardo Aragão Catunda Júnior, Mário Geraldo de Carvalho, Francisca Gleire Rodrigues Menezes, Oscarina Viana de Sousa and Renata Albuquerque Costa
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:462
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  8. Plants produce secondary metabolites that often possess widespread bioactivity, and are then known as phytochemicals. We previously determined that several phytochemical-rich food-derived preparations were act...

    Authors: Sabrina M. Noritake, Jenny Liu, Sierra Kanetake, Carol E. Levin, Christina Tam, Luisa W. Cheng, Kirkwood M. Land and Mendel Friedman
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:461
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  9. Alkaloids have been considered as the most promising bioactive ingredients in plant species from the genus Zanthoxylum. This study reports on the compositions and contents of the Zanthoxylum alkaloids (ZAs) from ...

    Authors: Yongqiang Tian, Chunyun Zhang and Mingquan Guo
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:460
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  10. Impaired glucose regulation (IGR) patients have increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Identifying relevant risk factors in IGR subjects could facilitate early detection and prevention of IGR progr...

    Authors: Hong You, Tong Zhang, Wen Feng and Yun Gai
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:459
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  11. The objective of the current study was to assess the in vitro antiplasmodial activities of leaf, bark, flower, and the root of Pongamia pinnata against chloroquine-sensitive Plasmodium falciparum (3D7 strain), cy...

    Authors: P.V.V. Satish and K. Sunita
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:458
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    The Retraction Note to this article has been published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2021 21:139

  12. Tinospora cordifolia (Guduchi or Amrita) is an important drug of Ayurvedic System of Medicine and found mention in various classical texts for the treatment of diseases such as jaundic...

    Authors: Picheswara Rao Polu, Udupa Nayanbhirama, Saleemulla Khan and Rajlexmi Maheswari
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:457
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  13. So-ochim-tang-gamibang (SOCG) is a decoction formula which has been used to improve mental activity in traditional Korean medicine. The present study was performed to evaluate whether ...

    Authors: Hwa Chul Shin, Jae Ho Lee, Ki Joong Kim, Hyun Jin Shin, Jeong June Choi, Chan Yong Lee, Uk Namgung and In Chul Jung
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:456
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  14. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a progressive form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, for which there is currently no safe and effective drug for therapy. In this study, we explored the effects of tau...

    Authors: Wenhua Zhu, Siwen Chen, Ronggui Chen, Zhiqing Peng, Jun Wan and Benyan Wu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:455
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  15. Radix puerariae (RP) is a herbal medicines for diabetes, mainly because of anti-oxidative, insulin resistance and hypoglycemic effect. Fructus crataegi (FC) also possesses strong antioxidant activity in vitro....

    Authors: Zhengyue Chen, Yanyan Yuan, Xinrong Zou, Mengqi Hong, Ming Zhao, Yu Zhao, Yuanping Liu, Guofu Li, Yabin Zhu, Lin Luo, Beiyan Bao and Shizhong Bu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:454
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  16. Foodstuffs of both plant and animal origin contain a wide range of bioactive compounds. Although human intervention studies are mandatory to assess the health effects of bioactives, the in vitro approach is of...

    Authors: Mattia Di Nunzio, Veronica Valli, Lidia Tomás-Cobos, Teresa Tomás-Chisbert, Lucía Murgui-Bosch, Francesca Danesi and Alessandra Bordoni
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:453
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  17. This study was designed to assess the quality of reporting on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of scalp acupuncture for the treatment of stroke.

    Authors: Young-Nim You, Myung-Rae Cho, Jae-Hong Kim, Ju-Hyung Park, Gwang-Cheon Park, Min-Yeong Song, Jin-Bong Choi and Jae-Young Han
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:452
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  18. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for Chinese medicine (CM) are being developed to assist doctors with appropriate decisions concerning CM care. To date, there has been little investigation on the perspectiv...

    Authors: Mengyu Liu, Chi Zhang, Qinglin Zha, Wei Yang, Ya Yuwen, Linda Zhong, Zhaoxiang Bian, Xuejie Han and Aiping Lu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:451
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  19. “Jiedu Huayu” (JDHY) granules are traditional Chinese herbal compounds that have been used to treat severe liver injury for many years. The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the safety of JDHY granules.

    Authors: Minggang Wang, Hua Qiu, Rongzhen Zhang, Fuli Long and Dewen Mao
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:450
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  20. Previous studies have revealed that gypenosides (GPS) improve the symptoms of anxiety disorders in a 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-lesioned rat model of Parkinson’s disease (PD). The pres...

    Authors: Ting Ting Zhao, Kyung Sook Kim, Keon Sung Shin, Hyun Jin Park, Hyun Jeong Kim, Kyung Eun Lee and Myung Koo Lee
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:449
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  21. Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are chronic inflammatory disorders that are mediated by pathogenic Th1 and Th17 cells. Previous studies have demonstrated that taheebo water extract (TWE) derived from Tabebuia ...

    Authors: Hyun Jung Park, Sung Won Lee, Dong-Joo Kwon, Seong-Il Heo, Se-Ho Park, Sun Young Kim and Seokmann Hong
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:448
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  22. Gout is an inflammatory condition induced by the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in joints and soft tissues, and it can lead to acute or chronic arthritis. MSU are pro-inflammatory stimuli that c...

    Authors: Yun Mi Lee, Eun-Jung Shon, Ohn Soon Kim and Dong-Seon Kim
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:447
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  23. Mutations play a major role in the pathogenesis and development of several chronic degenerative diseases including cancer. It follows, therefore that antimutagenic compound may inhibit the pathological process...

    Authors: Tshepiso Jan Makhafola, Esameldin Elzein Elgorashi, Lyndy Joy McGaw, Maurice Ducret Awouafack, Luc Verschaeve and Jacobus Nicolaas Eloff
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:446
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  24. Although it has been reported to contain high polyphenols, the pharmacological studies of the calyx of Diospyros kaki Thunb (DKC) have not been elucidated in detail. In this study, we elucidated anti-cancer activ...

    Authors: Su Bin Park, Gwang Hun Park, Hun Min Song, Ho-Jun Son, Yurry Um, Hyun-Seok Kim and Jin Boo Jeong
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:445
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  25. Chinese external therapy (CET) is a topical application with mainly Chinese herb medicine therapy with thousands of years of historical implications and is a clinical routine that is commonly used for relievin...

    Authors: Quan Jiang, Xiao-Po Tang, Xian-Chun Chen, Hong Xiao, Ping Liu and Juan Jiao
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:444
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  26. The concept of botanical therapeutics has revitalized due to wide importance of plant derived pharmaceuticals. Therefore, the ameliorative characteristics of Ajuga bracteosa were studied.

    Authors: Syeda Saniya Zahra, Madiha Ahmed, Muhammad Qasim, Bilquees Gul, Muhammad Zia, Bushra Mirza and Ihsan-ul Haq
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:443
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  27. Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb. is a medicinal plant with physiological activities such as anti-cancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory activities and in vitro anti-diabetic activity. However, ...

    Authors: Hwan Hee Jang, Song Yee Nam, Mi Ju Kim, Jung Bong Kim, Jeong Sook Choi, Haeng Ran Kim and Young Min Lee
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:442
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  28. Constipation and symptoms of gastrointestinal discomfort such as bloating are common among otherwise healthy individuals, but with significant impact on quality of life. Despite the recognized contribution of ...

    Authors: Iris Pinheiro, Larry Robinson, An Verhelst, Massimo Marzorati, Björn Winkens, Pieter Van den Abbeele and Sam Possemiers
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:441
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  29. Approximately 11% of the German population are convinced that certain moon phases and moon signs may impact their health and the onset and clinical course of diseases. Before elective surgery, a considerable n...

    Authors: A. Kleespies, M. Mikhailov, P. N. Khalil, S. Pratschke, A. Khandoga, M. Stangl, W. D. Illner, M. K. Angele, K. W. Jauch, M. Guba, J. Werner and M. Rentsch
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:440
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:478

  30. Indigo naturalis is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) ingredient long-recognized as a therapy for several inflammatory conditions, including psoriasis. However, its mechanism is unk...

    Authors: Hui-Man Cheng, Yang-Chang Wu, Qingmin Wang, Michael Song, Jackson Wu, Dion Chen, Katherine Li, Eric Wadman, Shung-Te Kao, Tsai-Chung Li, Francisco Leon, Karen Hayden, Carrie Brodmerkel and C. Chris Huang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:439
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  31. To examine whether the use of Sasang constitutional (SC) types, such as Tae-yang (TY), Tae-eum (TE), So-yang (SY), and So-eum (SE) types, increases the accuracy of risk prediction for metabolic syndrome.

    Authors: Sunghee Lee, Seung Ku Lee, Jong Yeol Kim, Namhan Cho and Chol Shin
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:438
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  32. A variety of plants in Acanthaceae have long been used in traditional Thai ailment and commercialised with significant economic value. Nowadays medicinal plants are sold in processed forms and thus morphologic...

    Authors: Tanakorn Suesatpanit, Kitisak Osathanunkul, Panagiotis Madesis and Maslin Osathanunkul
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:437
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  33. Primary dysmenorrhoea (PD), defined as painful menses in women with normal pelvic anatomy, is one of the most common gynaecological syndromes. Acupoint-stimulation could potentially be an effective interventio...

    Authors: Yang Xu, Wenli Zhao, Te Li, Huaien Bu, Zhimei Zhao, Ye Zhao and Shilin Song
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:436
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  35. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) substantially contributes to the burden of disease and health care provision in sub-Saharan Africa, where traditional healers play a major role in care, due to both their acc...

    Authors: Carolyn M. Audet, Sizzy Ngobeni and Ryan G. Wagner
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:434
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  36. Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium L.), magnesium and coenzyme Q10 are frequently used for migraine prophylaxis. Supplementation with a fixed combination of these three agents (Antemig®, PiLeJe) was investigated in a...

    Authors: Angèle Guilbot, Marie Bangratz, Samira Ait Abdellah and Christian Lucas
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:433
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  37. Recent reports have demonstrated that impaired barrier function and local microinflammation in the duodenal mucosa contribute to the pathogeneses of functional dyspepsia (FD). Thus, restoring normal barrier in...

    Authors: Xiongfei Chang, Luqing Zhao, Jiajia Wang, Xiaofang Lu and Shengsheng Zhang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:432
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  38. Tetracera indica Merr. (Family: Dilleniaceae), known to the Malay as ‘Mempelas paya’, is one of the medicinal plants used in the treatment of diabetes in Malaysia. However, no proper s...

    Authors: Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Qamar Uddin Ahmed, Siti Zaiton Mat Soad, Jalifah Latip, Muhammad Taher, Tengku Muhamad Faris Syafiq, Murni Nazira Sarian, Alhassan Muhammad Alhassan and Zainul Amiruddin Zakaria
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:431
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  39. GS-E3D is a newly developed pectin lyase-modified red ginseng extract. The purpose of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effects of GS-E3D on diabetes-related renal dysfunction in streptozotocin-ind...

    Authors: Chan-Sik Kim, Kyuhyung Jo, Jin Sook Kim, Mi-Kyung Pyo and Junghyun Kim
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:430
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  40. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) utilization is dramatically increasing among patients. As community pharmacies are a major provider of CAM products, community pharmacists need to have the sufficie...

    Authors: Naser Y. Shraim, Ramzi Shawahna, Muna A. Sorady, Banan M. Aiesh, Ghadeer Sh. Alashqar, Raghad I. Jitan, Waed M. Abu Hanieh, Yasmeen B. Hotari, Waleed M. Sweileh and Sa’ed H. Zyoud
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:429
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  41. In immunocompromised patients, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection can lead to severe, life-threatening diseases, such as pneumonitis, hepatitis, gastrointestinal tract disease, and retinitis. We previously...

    Authors: Sohee Bae, Se Chan Kang and Yoon-Jae Song
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:428
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  42. Many patients with gynecological disorders seek traditional medicine consultations in Asian countries. This study intended to investigate the utilization of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in patients with ...

    Authors: Yi-Rong Lin, Mei-Yao Wu, Jen-Huai Chiang, Hung-Rong Yen and Su-Tso Yang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:427
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  43. P-113 (AKRHHGYKRKFH-NH2) is a 12-amino-acid histidine-rich peptide derived from histatin 5 that is highly degradable in high salt concentrations and biological fluids such as serum, plasma and saliva. Nal-P-11...

    Authors: Hong-yan Wang, Li Lin, Wei Fu, Hui-Yuan Yu, Ning Yu, Li-si Tan, Jya-wei Cheng and Ya-ping Pan
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:426
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  44. Considering that large variations exist amongst practitioners in lumbar disorder management and the significant costs that lumbar disorders incur, determining clinical practice patterns to provide preliminary ...

    Authors: Yoon Jae Lee, Joon-Shik Shin, Jinho Lee, Me-riong Kim, Yong-jun Ahn, Ye-sle Shin, Ki Byung Park, Byung-Cheul Shin, Myeong Soo Lee, Joo-Hee Kim, Jae-Heung Cho and In-Hyuk Ha
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:425
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  45. Various studies have suggested the effectiveness of Chinese medicine in the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). There are several principles and methods in Chinese medicine for the treatment of ...

    Authors: Sharad Panthi, Xirun Jing, Chenghan Gao and Tianshu Gao
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:424
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  46. Euphorbia hirta linn., is a species of Euphorbiaceae family. They are known as asthma plant, barokhervi. The plant E. hirta is famous for its medicinal importance among the tribal popu...

    Authors: Riazul Haque Tuhin, Mst. Marium Begum, Md. Sohanur Rahman, Rubaba Karim, Taslima Begum, Siraj Uddin Ahmed, Ronia Mostofa, Amir Hossain, Mohamed Abdel-Daim and Rayhana Begum
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:423
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  47. Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widespread among different patient populations despite the availability of evidence-based conventional medicine and lack of supporting evidence for the cl...

    Authors: Mandreker Bahall
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:422
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  48. Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is one of the most common health complaints all over the world, specifically among young females. Acupuncture has been employed to relieve the pain-based symptoms and to avoid the sid...

    Authors: Yingfan Chen, Sinan Tian, Jing Tian and Shi Shu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:421
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  49. This study evaluated the in vitro activity of essential oil extracted from the leaves of Myracrodruon urundeuva.

    Authors: Ítalo Diego Rebouças de Araújo, Nayara Coriolano de Aquino, Andreza Conceição Véras de Aguiar Guerra, Renato Ferreira de Almeida Júnior, Renata Mendonça Araújo, Raimundo Fernandes de Araújo Júnior, Kléber Juvenal Silva Farias, José Veríssimo Fernandes and Vânia Sousa Andrade
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:419
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  50. Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior, EE) is a ginger plant that found in Southeast Asia. Previous study showed its flowers and leaves composed of several flavonoids with anti-cancer activity. This study aims to inves...

    Authors: Aungkana Krajarng, Malin Chulasiri and Ramida Watanapokasin
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:415
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