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  1. Podophyllum hexandrum Royle (P. hexandrum) is a perennial herb and widely used in clinic. The present study was designed to separate and identify the biochemical composition and antioxidant capacity of extracts ...

    Authors: Mengfei Li, Lanlan Zhou, Delong Yang, Tiantian Li and Wei Li
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:263
  2. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disease caused by an individual inheriting an allele for sickle cell hemoglobin from both parents and is associated with unusually large numbers of immature blood cells, ...

    Authors: Israel Sunmola Afolabi, Iyanuoluwa Olubukola Osikoya, Oluwabukunmi Dorcas Fajimi, Priscilla Ibanga Usoro, Damilola Olufunlayo Ogunleye, Tolulope Bisi-Adeniyi, Alaba O Adeyemi and Bosede Temitope Adekeye
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:262
  3. Pleurotus sajor-caju (P. sajor-caju) has been extremely useful in the prevention of diabetes mellitus due to its low fat and high soluble fiber content for thousands of years. Insulin resistance is a key compone...

    Authors: Gowri Kanagasabapathy, Umah Rani Kuppusamy, Sri Nurestri Abd Malek, Mahmood Ameen Abdulla, Kek-Heng Chua and Vikineswary Sabaratnam
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:261
  4. Postmenopausal women experience estrogen deficiency-related menopausal symptoms (e.g., hot flashes and mood swings) and a dramatic increase in the incidence of chronic diseases. Although estrogen-replacement t...

    Authors: Young Min Lee, Jung Bong Kim, Ji Hyun Bae, Jong Suk Lee, Pan-Soo Kim, Hwan Hee Jang and Haeng Ran Kim
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:260
  5. The growing body of data on prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) usage means there is a need to standardize measurement on an international level. An international team has published a qu...

    Authors: Meike Lo Re, Stefan Schmidt and Corina Güthlin
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:259
  6. In traditional Chinese medicine, green tea is considered to have a life-prolonging effect, possibly as a result of its rich content of antioxidant tea polyphenols, and hence has the potential to prevent cancer...

    Authors: Jakob Müller and Michael W Pfaffl
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:258
  7. In this study, we investigated the effect of Samchulkunbi-tang water extract (SCTE) in an established mouse model of ovalbumin (OVA)-induced allergic asthma. The effects of SCTE on the production of Th1 and Th...

    Authors: Mee Young Lee, In Sik Shin, Hye Sun Lim and Hyeun Kyoo Shin
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:257
  8. WIN-34B is a novel Oriental medicine, which represents the n-butanol fraction prepared from dried flowers of Lonicera japonica Thunb and dried roots of Anemarrhena asphodeloides BUNGE. The component herb of WIN-3...

    Authors: Jeong-Eun Huh, Byung-Kwan Seo, Yong-Hyeon Baek, Sanghoon Lee, Jae-Dong Lee, Do-Young Choi and Dong-Suk Park
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:256
  9. Depressive disorders are the most common form of mental disorders in community and health care settings. Unfortunately, the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is far from satisfactory. Vagus nerve st...

    Authors: Pei-Jing Rong, Ji-Liang Fang, Li-Ping Wang, Hong Meng, Jun Liu, Ying-ge Ma, Hui Ben, Liang Li, Ru-Peng Liu, Zhan-Xia Huang, Yu-Feng Zhao, Xia Li, Bing Zhu and Jian Kong
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:255
  10. Macrophages in other organs (e.g. kidneys, lungs, and spleen, et. al) have rarely been reported in the development of liver fibrosis. Therefore, it is important to investigate macrophage activation in the main...

    Authors: Xiaorong Chen, Cheng Liu, Yunfei Lu, Zongguo Yang, Zhen Lv, Qingnian Xu, Qi Pan and Lingqing Lu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:254
  11. Regardless of the availability of therapeutic options, the overall 5-year survival for patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer remains less than 5%. Gum resins from Boswellia species, also known as frankincense...

    Authors: Xiao Ni, Mahmoud M Suhail, Qing Yang, Amy Cao, Kar-Ming Fung, Russell G Postier, Cole Woolley, Gary Young, Jingzhe Zhang and Hsueh-Kung Lin
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:253
  12. Estrogen has been reported to accelerate cutaneous wound healing. This research studies the effect of young coconut juice (YCJ), presumably containing estrogen-like substances, on cutaneous wound healing in ov...

    Authors: Nisaudah Radenahmad, Farid Saleh, Ibrahim Sayoh, Kitja Sawangjaroen, Patchara Subhadhirasakul, Piyakorn Boonyoung, Wilart Rundorn and Winyou Mitranun
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:252
  13. Flax (Linum usitatissimum) is a potential source of many bioactive components that can be found in its oil and fibers, but also in the seedcake, which is rich in antioxidants. To increase the levels of medically ...

    Authors: Magdalena Czemplik, Anna Kulma, Karolina Bazela and Jan Szopa
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:251
  14. Cudrania tricuspidata extract is an important traditional herbal remedy for tumors, inflammation, gastritis, and liver damage and is predominantly used in Korea, China, and Japan. However, the anti-inflammatory ...

    Authors: Gabsik Yang, Kyungjin Lee, Mihwa Lee, Inhye Ham and Ho-Young Choi
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:250
  15. Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix) and Gegen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix) have been used for treating heart disease for several thousand years in China. It has been found that a Danshen and Gegen decoction (DG...

    Authors: Fan Hu, Chi-Man Koon, Judy Yuet-Wa Chan, Kit-Man Lau and Kwok-Pui Fung
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:249
  16. Ayurveda, the Indian traditional system of medicine describes a unique concept “prakriti”, genetically determined, categorising the population into several subgroups based on phenotypic characters like appearance...

    Authors: Supriya Bhalerao, Tejashree Deshpande and Urmila Thatte
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:248
  17. Despite the widespread use of roots of Cassia sieberiana in managing several health conditions including gastric ulcer disease, there is little scientific data to support the rational phytotherapeutics as an anti...

    Authors: Edmund T Nartey, Mark Ofosuhene and Caleb M Agbale
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:247
  18. Edible plants such as Cratoxylum formosum (Jack) Dyer, Curcumin longa Lin, Momordica charantia Lin and Moringa oleifera Lam have long been believed in Thai culture to relieve ulcers and the symptoms of liver dise...

    Authors: Wanwisa Waiyaput, Sunchai Payungporn, Jiraphorn Issara-Amphorn and Nattanan T-Thienprasert Panjaworayan
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:246
  19. The purple pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea L., is a widely distributed species in North America with a history of use as both a marketed pain therapy and a traditional medicine in many aboriginal communities. ...

    Authors: Cory S Harris, Muhammad Asim, Ammar Saleem, Pierre S Haddad, John T Arnason and Steffany AL Bennett
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:245
  20. Medicinal plants are used for the treatment of different diseases in almost all cultures. Teucrium species grow wildly at different geographical locations around the world. Teucrium stocksianum is used in folk me...

    Authors: Syed Muhammad Mukarram Shah, Farhat Ullah, Syed Muhammad Hassan Shah, Mohammad Zahoor and Abdul Sadiq
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:244
  21. Gleditsia sinensis thorns have been widely used in traditional Korean medicine for the treatment of several diseases, including obesity, thrombosis, and tumor-related diseases. The aim of the study is to determi...

    Authors: Jin-Mu Yi, Jong-Shik Park, Se-Mi Oh, Jun Lee, Jinhee Kim, Dal-Seok Oh, Ok-Sun Bang and No Soo Kim
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:243
  22. Couroupita guianensis Aubl. (Lecythidaceae) is commonly called Ayahuma and the Cannonball tree. It is distributed in the tropical regions of northern South America and Southern Caribbean. It has several medicina...

    Authors: Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi, Chandrasekar Balachandran, Michael Karunai Raj, Veeramuthu Duraipandiyan, Chinnasamy Muthukumar, Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu, Inshad Ali Khan and Vikrant Singh Rajput
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:242
  23. Evidence is building steadily on the effectiveness of acupuncture therapy in pain relief and repeated acupuncture-induced pain relief is accompanied by improvement of hippocampal neural synaptic plasticity. To...

    Authors: Yong-Hui Gao, Shu-Ping Chen, Jun-Ying Wang, Li-Na Qiao, Fan-Ying Meng, Qiu-Ling Xu and Jun-Ling Liu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:241
  24. Although many researchers agree that applying conventional drug-trial quality criteria to CAM studies lacks plausibility, few take on the burden of devising alternative criteria in a specific area of CAM. This...

    Authors: Mikel Aickin
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:240
  25. Bear bile and Coptidis Rhizoma have been used in Chinese medicine with a long tradition in treating heat-diseases. Both bear bile and Coptidis Rhizoma are used to treat liver diseases in clinical practice of C...

    Authors: Ning Wang, Yibin Feng, Fan Cheung, Oi-Yee Chow, Xuanbin Wang, Weiwei Su and Yao Tong
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:239
  26. Drug resistance in bacteria has become a global concern and the search for new antibacterial agents is urgent and ongoing. Endophytes provide an abundant reservoir of bioactive metabolites for medicinal exploi...

    Authors: Hanqiao Liang, Yongmei Xing, Juan Chen, Dawei Zhang, Shunxing Guo and Chunlan Wang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:238
  27. Cinnamon bark is one of the most popular herbal ingredients in traditional oriental medicine and possesses diverse pharmacological activities including anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-cancer properties. T...

    Authors: Joung-Woo Hong, Ga-Eun Yang, Yoon Bum Kim, Seok Hyun Eom, Jae-Hwan Lew and Hee Kang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:237
  28. Traditional plant treatment for diabetes has shown a surging interest in the last few decades. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the hypoglycemic effect of the aqueous extract of C. papaya leaves...

    Authors: Isela Esther Juárez-Rojop, Juan C Díaz-Zagoya, Jorge L Ble-Castillo, Pedro H Miranda-Osorio, Andrés E Castell-Rodríguez, Carlos A Tovilla-Zárate, Arturo Rodríguez-Hernández, Hidemi Aguilar-Mariscal, Teresa Ramón-Frías and Deysi Y Bermúdez-Ocaña
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:236
  29. Tinnitus, the perception of sound in absence of an external acoustic source, impairs the quality of life in 2% of the population. Since in most cases causal treatment is not possible, the majority of therapeut...

    Authors: Peter M Kreuzer, Monika Goetz, Maria Holl, Martin Schecklmann, Michael Landgrebe, Susanne Staudinger and Berthold Langguth
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:235
  30. 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
  31. Shivering during regional anesthesia is a common complication and is related to a decrease in the patient’s core body temperature. Previous studies have shown that acupuncture on specific acupoints can preserv...

    Authors: Bo-Yan Yeh, Yi-Chun Hsu, Jyun-Yan Huang, I-Ting Shih, Wei-Jia Zhuo, Yung-Fong Tsai, Chee-Jen Chang and Huang-Ping Yu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:233
  32. 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
  33. Plant derived compounds have been shown to be important sources of several anti-cancer agents. As cell cycle deregulation and tumor growth are intimately linked, the discovery of new substances targeting event...

    Authors: Monica Farah Pereira, Thiago Martino, Sergio Ranto Dalmau, Márcia Cristina Paes, Christina Barja-Fidalgo, Rodolpho Mattos Albano, Marsen Garcia Pinto Coelho and Kátia Costa de Carvalho Sabino
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:231
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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