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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Authors: J Langhorst, A Westendorf, M Knopp, S Schneider, K Goos, U Albrecht, A Rueffer, R Stange, A Michalsen and G Dobos
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12(Suppl 1):O27

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 12 Supplement 1