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  1. Some researchers think that patients with higher expectations for CAM therapies experience better outcomes and that enthusiastic providers can enhance treatment outcomes. This is in contrast to evidence sugges...

    Authors: Lisa M Schafer, Clarissa Hsu, Emery Rose Eaves, Cheryl Ritenbaugh, Judith Turner, Daniel C Cherkin, Colette Sims and Karen J Sherman
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:234
  2. There is wide spread interest in drugs derived from plants as green medicine is believed to be safe and dependable, compared with costly synthetic drugs that have adverse effects.

    Authors: Md Fakruddin, Khanjada Shahnewaj Bin Mannan, Reaz Mohammad Mazumdar and Hafsa Afroz
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:232
  3. Centipede grass (CG) originates from China and South America and is reported to contain several C-glycosyl flavones and phenolic constituents, including maysin and luteolin derivatives. This study aimed to inv...

    Authors: Hyoung Joon Park, Byung Yeoup Chung, Min-Kwon Lee, Yuno Song, Seung Sik Lee, Gyo Moon Chu, Suk-Nam Kang, Young Min Song, Gon-Sup Kim and Jae-Hyeon Cho
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:230
  4. The increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration caused by climate change and agricultural practices is likely to affect biota by producing changes in plant growth, allocation and chemical composition. This study wa...

    Authors: Ali Ghasemzadeh, Hawa ZE Jaafar, Ehsan Karimi and Mohd Hafiz Ibrahim
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:229
  5. Dioscorea bulbifera is an African medicinal plant used to treat microbial infections. In the present study, the methanol extract, fractions (DBB1 and DBB2) and six compounds isolated from the bulbils of D. bulbi...

    Authors: Victor Kuete, Rémy BetrandTeponno, Armelle Tsafack Mbaveng, Léon Azefack Tapondjou, Jacobus J Marion Meyer, Luciano Barboni and Namrita Lall
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:228
  6. This study was undertaken to evaluate the beneficial effects of a modified prescription of Sutaehwan named Sutaehwan-Gami (SG), created by adding Rhizoma dioscoreae and Carthami semen to Sutaehwan, on menopausal ...

    Authors: Dong-Il Kim, Min Sun Choi, Sok Cheon Pak, Seung-bok Lee and Songhee Jeon
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:227
  7. Lonicera japonica Thunb. (Caprifoliaceae), a widely used traditional Chinese medicinal plant, is used to treat some infectious diseases and it may have uses as a healthy food and applications in cosmetics and as...

    Authors: Wei-Cheng Chen, Shorong-Shii Liou, Thing-Fong Tzeng, Shiow-Ling Lee and I-Min Liu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:226
  8. Orexin A (OXA, hypocretin/hcrt 1) is a newly discovered potential analgesic substance. However, whether OXA is involved in acupuncture analgesia remains unknown. The present study was designed to investigate t...

    Authors: Xiao-Ming Feng, Wen-Li Mi, Fang Xia, Qi-Liang Mao-Ying, Jian-Wei Jiang, Sheng Xiao, Zhi-Fu Wang, Yan-Qing Wang and Gen-Cheng Wu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:225
  9. This study evaluated the effects of C. verbenacea essential oil topically administered in a rat periodontitis model.

    Authors: Suzana Peres Pimentel, Guilherme Emerson Barrella, Renato Corrêa Viana Casarin, Fabiano Ribeiro Cirano, Márcio Zaffalon Casati, Mary Ann Foglio, Glyn Mara Figueira and Fernanda Vieira Ribeiro
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:224
  10. Compound Valeriana jatamansi Jones is a formula for treating anxiety-related diseases in the clinic, which is composed of Valeriana jatamansi Rhizoma et Radix, Ziziphi Spinosae Semen, Albiziae Cortex and Junci Me...

    Authors: Jie-Shu You, Min Peng, Jin-Li Shi, Hu-Zhan Zheng, Yong Liu, Bao-Sheng Zhao and Jian-You Guo
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:223
  11. Kampo medicines are traditional Japanese medicines produced from medicinal plants and herbs. Even though the efficacy of Kampo medicines for controlling cancer-related symptoms is being reported, their actual ...

    Authors: Satoru Iwase, Takuhiro Yamaguchi, Tempei Miyaji, Kiyoshi Terawaki, Akio Inui and Yasuhito Uezono
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:222
  12. The aim of this study was to screen various solvent extracts of whole plant of Torilis leptophylla to display potent antioxidant activity in vitro and in vivo, total phenolic and flavonoid contents in order to fi...

    Authors: Naima Saeed, Muhammad R Khan and Maria Shabbir
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:221
  13. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer and the focus on finding chemotherapeutic agents have recently shifted to natural products. Piper betle is a medicinal plant with various biological activities. How...

    Authors: Noor Nazirahanie Abrahim, M S Kanthimathi and Azlina Abdul-Aziz
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:220
  14. Integrative medicine (IM) is currently the most commonly used term to describe the integration of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) into conventional medicine. In the definitions of IM the most impo...

    Authors: Christine Holmberg, Benno Brinkhaus and Claudia Witt
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:218
  15. Traditional folk medicinal plants have recently become popular and are widely used for primary health care. Since Thailand has a great diversity of indigenous (medicinal) plant species, this research investiga...

    Authors: Chutima Kaewpiboon, Kriengsak Lirdprapamongkol, Chantragan Srisomsap, Pakorn Winayanuwattikun, Tikamporn Yongvanich, Preecha Puwaprisirisan, Jisnuson Svasti and Wanchai Assavalapsakul
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:217
  16. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability in China. Current treatments for stroke are limited and achieve no optimal effect. Acupuncture is widely used in the treatment of stroke and in impro...

    Authors: Huilin Liu, Dangsheng Zhang, Xiuge Tan, Daqing Yang, Guiling Wang, Yin Zhao, Yali Wen, Guangxia Shi and Linpeng Wang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:216
  17. Carpobrotus edulis (Mesembryanthemaceae), also known as igcukuma in Xhosa language is a medicinal plant used by the traditional healers to treat common infections in HIV/AIDS patients. Based on this information,...

    Authors: Beauty E Omoruyi, Graeme Bradley and Anthony J Afolayan
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:215
  18. Dengue is a serious arboviral disease currently with no effective antiviral therapy or approved vaccine available. Therefore, finding the effective compound against dengue virus (DENV) replication is very impo...

    Authors: Keivan Zandi, Boon-Teong Teoh, Sing-Sin Sam, Pooi-Fong Wong, Mohd Rais Mustafa and Sazaly AbuBakar
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:214
  19. Diseases caused by microorganisms and parasites remain a major challenge globally and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa to man and livestock. Resistance to available antimicrobials and the high cost or unavai...

    Authors: Mathew Adamu, Vinasan Naidoo and Jacobus N Eloff
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:213
  20. Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic condition with no known cure. Many sufferers seek complementary and alternative medicine including homeopathic treatment. However there is much controversy as to the effec...

    Authors: Emily J Peckham, Clare Relton, Jackie Raw, Clare Walters, Kate Thomas and Christine Smith
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:212
  21. The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) continues to increase in Taiwan. This study examined the use of CAM and beliefs about CAM as expressed by patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in T...

    Authors: Bih-Shya Gau, Hsiao-Ling Yang, Sheng-Jean Huang and Meei-Fang Lou
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:211
  22. Angiogenesis plays a critical role in embryonic development and various physiological processes. However, excessive angiogenesis is associated with several pathological conditions including cancer. Pithecellobium...

    Authors: Nahdzatul Syima Muslim, Zeyad D Nassar, Abdalrahim FA Aisha, Armaghan Shafaei, Norshirin Idris, AminMalikShahAbdul Majid and Zhari Ismail
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:210
  23. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex autoimmune disease mediated by an immune response to central nervous system antigens. Modern immunomodulatory therapies, however, do not ameliorate many of the symptoms, su...

    Authors: Juan G Quispe-Cabanillas, Alfredo Damasceno, Felipe von Glehn, Carlos O Brandão, Benito P Damasceno, Wanderley D Silveira and Leonilda MB Santos
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:209
  24. The anticancer and immunomodulatory activity of mung bean sprouts (MBS) and the underlying mechanisms against human cervical and hepatocarcinoma cancer cells were explored.

    Authors: Rand R Hafidh, Ahmed S Abdulamir, Fatimah Abu Bakar, Farid Azizi Jalilian, Faridah Abas and Zamberi Sekawi
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:208
  25. There have been a few but not precise surveys of the current status of traditional Japanese Kampo education at medical schools in Japan. Our aim was to identify problems and suggest solutions for a standardize...

    Authors: Makoto Arai, Shuichi Katai, Shin-ichi Muramatsu, Takao Namiki, Toshihiko Hanawa and Shun-ichiro Izumi
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:207
  26. The dibenzylbutyrolactone lignan (−)-hinokinin (HK) was derived by partial synthesis from (−)-cubebin, isolated from the dry seeds of the pepper, Piper cubeba. Considering the good trypanosomicidal activity of HK...

    Authors: Flávia Aparecida Resende, Lilian Cristina Barbosa, Denise Crispim Tavares, Mariana Santoro de Camargo, Karen Cristina de Souza Rezende, Márcio Luis de Andrade e Silva and Eliana Aparecida Varanda
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:203
  27. Drugs used both in classical chemotherapy and the more recent targeted therapy do not have cancer cell specificity and, hence, cause severe systemic side effects. Tumors also develop resistance to such drugs d...

    Authors: Nasser M Al-Daghri, Majed S Alokail, Khalid M Alkharfy, Abdul Khader Mohammed, Sherif H Abd-Alrahman, Sobhy M Yakout, Osama E Amer and Soundararajan Krishnaswamy
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:202
  28. Previous studies have demonstrated that the consumption of green tea inhibits the growth of various cancers. Most cancers are believed to be initiated from and maintained by a small population of cancer stem-l...

    Authors: Chien-Hung Lin, Yao-An Shen, Peir-Haur Hung, Yuan-Bin Yu and Yann-Jang Chen
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:201
  29. This study evaluated, using in vitro assays, the antibacterial, antioxidant, and tyrosinase-inhibition activities of methanolic extracts from peels of seven commercially grown pomegranate cultivars.

    Authors: Olaniyi A Fawole, Nokwanda P Makunga and Umezuruike Linus Opara
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:200
  30. In folk medicine, the aerial part of Crytotaenia japonica Hassk. (CJ), is applied for treatment of the common cold, cough, urinary problems, pneumonia, and skin rashes. In this paper, the in vitro and in vivo ant...

    Authors: Hee Kang, Tae-Sun Bang, Ji-Won Lee, Jae-Hwan Lew, Seok Hyun Eom, Kyungjin Lee and Ho-Young Choi
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:199
  31. Over 30% of individuals use natural health products (NHPs) for osteoarthritis-related pain. The Deficit Model for the Public Understanding of Science suggests that if individuals are given more information (es...

    Authors: Teresa Tsui, Heather Boon, Andreas Boecker, Natasha Kachan and Murray Krahn
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:198
  32. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for many years. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the comprehensive therapy based on...

    Authors: Su-yun Li, Jian-sheng Li, Ming-hang Wang, Yang Xie, Xue-qing Yu, Zi-kai Sun, Li-jun Ma, Wei Zhang, Hai-long Zhang, Fan Cao and Ying-chao Pan
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:197
  33. Microglial activation plays an important role in neurodegenerative diseases by producing several pro-inflammatory enzymes and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation leads to ...

    Authors: Kang-Woo Lee, So Young Jung, Sun-Mi Choi and Eun Jin Yang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:196
  34. Many cancers contain cell subpopulations that display characteristics of stem cells. Because these cancer stem cells (CSCs) appear to provide resistance to chemo-radiation therapy, development of therapeutic a...

    Authors: Taghreed N Almanaa, Michael E Geusz and Roudabeh J Jamasbi
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:195
  35. Propolis is a natural product of plant resins collected by honeybees (Apis mellifera) from various plant sources. Our previous studies indicated that propolis sensitivity is dependent on the mitochondrial functio...

    Authors: Patrícia Alves de Castro, Marcela Savoldi, Diego Bonatto, Iran Malavazi, Maria Helena S Goldman, Andresa A Berretta and Gustavo Henrique Goldman
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:194
  36. The overall prevalence of complementary medicine (CM) use among adults in the United States with diabetes has been examined both in representative national samples and in more restricted populations. However, ...

    Authors: Richard L Nahin, Danita Byrd-Clark, Barbara J Stussman and Nilesh Kalyanaraman
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:193
  37. Brazilian green propolis is reported to have wide range of biological properties including antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-influenza, and antioxidant activities. In the digestive system, a protective ef...

    Authors: Mamoru Kakino, Hiroshi Izuta, Kazuhiro Tsuruma, Yoko Araki, Masamitsu Shimazawa, Kenji Ichihara and Hideaki Hara
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:192
  38. This paper proposes a novel model for homeopathic remedy action on living systems. Research indicates that homeopathic remedies (a) contain measurable source and silica nanoparticles heterogeneously dispersed ...

    Authors: Iris R Bell and Mary Koithan
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:191
  39. Nuna Kadugu (NK), a Siddha medicine prepared from leaves and fruits of Morinda Pubescens, used for the treatment of various skin diseases. Though NK has been widely used for several decades, no scientific report ...

    Authors: Ramaswamy Selvaratnam Ramaswamy, Nettam Prathyusha, Ruthiramoorthi Saranya, Haridass Sumathy, Kutuva Tulasi Mohanavalli, Raju Jyothi Priya, Jayakothanda Ramaswamy Venkhatesh, Chidambaram Saravana Babu, Kumarasamy Manickavasakam and Sadagopan Thanikachalam
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:190
  40. Our previous studies indicated that oxidative stress up-regulated the expression of β-amyloid precursor protein cleavage enzyme-1 (BACE1) in rat retina. Pharmacological reports have shown Timosaponin-BII, a pu...

    Authors: Ju-Fang Huang, Lei Shang, Pei Liu, Meng-Qi Zhang, Shuang Chen, Dan Chen, Chun-Ling Fan, Hui Wang and Kun Xiong
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:189
  41. Diabetes is one of the risk factors for cognitive deficits such as Alzheimer’s disease. To obtain a better understanding of the anti-dementia effect of chotosan (CTS), a Kampo formula, we investigated its effe...

    Authors: Qi Zhao, Yimin Niu, Kinzo Matsumoto, Koichi Tsuneyama, Ken Tanaka, Takeshi Miyata and Takako Yokozawa
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:188
  42. Selaginella convoluta (Arn.) Spring (Selaginellaceae), commonly known as “jericó”, is a medicinal plant found in northeastern Brazil. S. convoluta is used in folk medicine as an antidepressant, aphrodisiac, diur...

    Authors: Pedro Guilherme S de Sá, Xirley Pereira Nunes, Julianeli Tolentino de Lima, JoséAlvesdeSiqueira Filho, André Paviotti Fontana, Jullyana de Souza Siqueira, Lucindo José Quintans-Júnior, Patrícia Kauanna Fonseca Damasceno, Carla Rodrigues Cardoso Branco, Alexsandro Branco and JacksonRobertoGuedesdaSilva Almeida
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:187
  43. Noni fruit is widely consumed in tropical regions of Indonesia to the Hawaiian Islands. The noni plant has a long history of use as a medicinal plant to treat a wide variety of ailments including CNS disorders...

    Authors: Vijayapandi Pandy, Megala Narasingam and Zahurin Mohamed
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:186
  44. Cucurbitacin B, an oxygenated tetracyclic triterpenoid compound extracted from the Thai medicinal plant Trichosanthes cucumerina L., has been reported to have several biological activities including anti-inflamma...

    Authors: Suwit Duangmano, Phorntip Sae-lim, Apichart Suksamrarn, Frederick E Domann and Pimpicha Patmasiriwat
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:185
  45. Cupping is used in various traditional medicine forms to relieve pain in musculoskeletal diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cupping in relieving the symptoms of knee osteoa...

    Authors: Michael Teut, Stefan Kaiser, Miriam Ortiz, Stephanie Roll, Sylvia Binting, Stefan N Willich and Benno Brinkhaus
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:184
  46. United States Army Soldiers regularly use dietary supplements (DS) to promote general health, enhance muscle strength, and increase energy, but limited scientific evidence supports the use of many DS for these...

    Authors: Christina E Carvey, Emily K Farina and Harris R Lieberman
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:182