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  1. Despite high levels of clinically significant persistent cancer related fatigue in breast cancer survivors few treatments are currently available and most pose a significant burden on the part of the woman. Ac...

    Authors: Suzanna Maria Zick, Gwen Karilyn Wyatt, Susan Lynn Murphy, J Todd Arnedt, Ananda Sen and Richard Edmund Harris
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:132
  2. Utilization of herbal medicines in the preoperative period by Nigerian patients booked for day case surgery has not been explored.

    Authors: Tonia C Onyeka, Humphrey A Ezike, Ogochukwu M Nwoke, Emeka A Onyia, Elias C Onuorah, Samson U Anya and Timothy E Nnacheta
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:130
  3. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used for the treatment of infertility. While the Middle East and North Africa region has been shown to house one of the fastest growing markets of CAM pro...

    Authors: Ghina S Ghazeeri, Johnny T Awwad, Mohamad Alameddine, Zeina MH Younes and Farah Naja
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:129
  4. The leaves of Leea indica (Vitaceae), commonly known as ‘Huo Tong Shu’ in Malaysia, have been traditionally used as natural remedy in folk medicine by the locals. The current study reports the outcome of antioxid...

    Authors: Nidyaletchmy Subba Reddy, Suerialoasan Navanesan, Saravana Kumar Sinniah, Norhanom Abdul Wahab and Kae Shin Sim
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:128
  5. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the lip diagnosis is an important diagnostic method which has a long history and is applied widely. The lip color of a person is considered as a symptom to reflect the ph...

    Authors: FuFeng Li, Changbo Zhao, Zheng Xia, Yiqin Wang, Xiaobo Zhou and Guo-Zheng Li
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:127
  6. Various medications of natural origin have effectively treated stress-related disorders, such as sleep disturbances and agitated conditions. The efficacy of Neurexan, a multicomponent, low-dose medication, has...

    Authors: Wilfried Dimpfel, Kerstin Roeska and Bernd Seilheimer
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:126
  7. Staphylococcus aureus is the pathogen most often and prevalently involved in skin and soft tissue infections. In recent decades outbreaks of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) have created major problems for...

    Authors: Arunachalam Muthaiyan, Debabrata Biswas, Philip G Crandall, Brian J Wilkinson and Steven C Ricke
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:125
  8. A common side effect of oxaliplatin is peripheral neurotoxicity. Oxidative stress to dorsal root ganglion (DRG) may be one of important pathogenic mechanisms. Green tea contains four polyphenol catechins, whic...

    Authors: Jung Soo Lee, Yoon Tae Kim, Eun Kyoung Jeon, Hye Sung Won, Young-Seok Cho and Yoon Ho Ko
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:124
  9. In the field of acupuncture research, the topic of acupoint specificity has received increasing attention, but no unified conclusion has been reached on whether or not acupoint specificity exists. Furthermore,...

    Authors: Jie Yang, Fang Zeng, Yue Feng, Li Fang, Wei Qin, Xuguang Liu, Wenzhong Song, Hongjun Xie, Ji Chen and Fanrong Liang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:123
  10. Appetite is intricately connected to eating behaviors and shows a high individual variability. In an attempt to approach the problem of gut hormone profiles, appetite, and eating behaviors at the individual le...

    Authors: Junhee Lee, Jiwon Lee, Hyunshang Shin, Ki-Suk Kim, Euiju Lee, Byunghee Koh and Hyeung-Jin Jang
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:122
  11. Sida acuta Burn f. and Sida cordifolia L. (Malvaceae) are traditionally used in Burkina Faso to treat several ailments, mainly pains, including abdominal infections and associated diseases. Despite the extensive...

    Authors: Kiessoun Konaté, Imaël Henri Nestor Bassolé, Adama Hilou, Raïssa RR Aworet-Samseny, Alain Souza, Nicolas Barro, Mamoudou H Dicko, Jacques Y Datté and Bertrand M’Batchi
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:120
  12. The fungus of Ganoderma is a traditional medicine in Asia with a variety of pharmacological functions including anti-cancer activities. We have purified an extracellular heteropolysaccharide fraction, PS-F2, from...

    Authors: Cheng-Li Wang, Chiu-Ying Lu, Chia-Chen Pi, Yu-Jing Zhuang, Ching-Liang Chu, Wen-Hsiung Liu and Chun-Jen Chen
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:119
  13. TS-1 is an oral anticancer drug containing a 5-fluorouracil derivative (Tegafur) that is widely used in Japan for the treatment of cancer, especially gastrointestinal tumors. Frequently, however, TS-1 therapy ...

    Authors: Kazuo Ogawa, Tatsushi Omatsu, Chinami Matsumoto, Naoko Tsuchiya, Masahiro Yamamoto, Yuji Naito and Toshikazu Yoshikawa
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:118
  14. In the present study, we examined the antioxidant effect of water soluble derivative of propolis (WSDP) and ethanolic (EEP) extract of propolis on renal and liver function in alloxan-induced diabetic mice. In ...

    Authors: Nada Oršolić, Damir Sirovina, Marijana Zovko Končić, Gordana Lacković and Gordana Gregorović
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:117
  15. Arctium lappa L. (Asteraceae), burdock, is a medicinal plant that is popularly used for treating hypertension, gout, hepatitis, and other inflammatory disorders. This study was performed to test the effect of et...

    Authors: Yun Jung Lee, Deok Ho Choi, Guk Hyun Cho, Jin Sook Kim, Dae Gill Kang and Ho Sub Lee
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:116
  16. This study aims to examine knowledge and attitudes towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine among medical students in Turkey, and find out whether they want to be trained in Complementary and Alternative...

    Authors: Hulya Akan, Guldal Izbirak, Elif Çiğdem Kaspar, Çiğdem Apaydin Kaya, Serpil Aydin, Nejat Demircan, P Gamze Bucaktepe, Cahit Özer, Hüseyin A Sahin and Osman Hayran
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:115
  17. Launaea procumbens (Asteraceae) is used as a folk medicine to treat hepatic disorders in Pakistan. The effect of a chloroform extract of Launaea procumbens (LPCE) was evaluated against carbon-tetrachloride (CCl4

    Authors: Rahmat A Khan, Muhammad R Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed, Sumaira Sahreen, Naseer A Shah, Mir Sadiq Shah, Jasia Bokhari, Umbreen Rashid, Bushra Ahmad and Shumaila Jan
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:114
  18. Ayurveda, the traditional Indian system of medicine has given great emphasis to the promotion of health. Rasayana is one of the eight branches of Ayurveda which refers to rejuvenant therapy. It has been report...

    Authors: Kanive Parashiva Guruprasad, Advait Subramanian, Vikram Jeet Singh, Raghavendra Sudheer Kumar Sharma, Puthiya Mundyat Gopinath, Vikash Sewram, Panniyampilly Madhavankutty Varier and Kapaettu Satyamoorthy
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:113
  19. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a widely applied complementary therapy for cancer patients. It can reduce the chemical drugs induced toxic effects to improve the quality of life (QOL). This study applies...

    Authors: Ling Xu, HeGen Li, ZhenYe Xu, ZhongQi Wang, LingShuang Liu, JianHui Tian, JianLi Sun, Lei Zhou, YiLin Yao, LiJing Jiao, Wan Su, HuiRu Guo, PeiQi Chen and JiaXiang Liu
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:112
  20. Cis-Platinum (II) (cis-diammine dichloroplatinum; CDDP) is a potent antitumor compound widely used for the treatment of many malignancies. An important side-effect of CDDP is nephrotoxicity. The cytotoxic acti...

    Authors: Dalel Brahmi, Yousra Ayed, Mbarka Hfaiedh, Chayma Bouaziz, Hedi Ben Mansour, Lazhar Zourgui and Hassen Bacha
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:111
  21. Plant-based foods have been used in traditional health systems to treat diabetes mellitus. The successful prevention of the onset of diabetes consists in controlling postprandial hyperglycemia by the inhibitio...

    Authors: Sirichai Adisakwattana, Thanyachanok Ruengsamran, Patcharaporn Kampa and Weerachat Sompong
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:110
  22. The aim of this study was to determine the presence and the intensity of humoral immunity to melanoma-associated antigens: tyrosinase and melanin, in patients with melanoma, in persons with vitiligo and in con...

    Authors: Marija Đorđić, Ivana Z Matić, Ivana Filipović-Lješković, Radan Džodić, Miomir Šašić, Aleksandra Erić-Nikolić, Ana Vuletić, Branka Kolundžija, Ana Damjanović, Nađa Grozdanić, Srđan Nikolić, Janko Pralica, Danijela Dobrosavljević, Sanvila Rašković, Slađana Andrejević and Zorica Juranić
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:109
  23. Mineral water from deep-sea bedrock, formed over thousands of years, is rich in minerals such as Ca, Mg, Na, K, Fe and others. Our present study was to investigate the preventive effects of natural deep-sea wa...

    Authors: Jong-Phil Bak, Yong-Min Kim, Jeonghyun Son, Chang-Ju Kim and Ee-Hwa Kim
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:108
  24. Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIP) have been studied in the search for toxins that could be used as immunotoxins for cancer treatment. Pulchellin, a type 2 RIP, is suggested to induce immune responses that h...

    Authors: Djamile Cordeiro de Matos, Lívia Carolina Abreu de Ribeiro, Aline Tansini, Lucas Souza Ferreira, Marisa Campos Polesi Placeres, Lucas Luis Colombo and Iracilda Zeppone Carlos
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:107
  25. The skin is chronically exposed to endogenous and environmental pro-oxidant agents, leading to the harmful generation of reactive oxygen species. Antioxidant is vital substances which possess the ability to pr...

    Authors: Jamnian Chompoo, Atul Upadhyay, Masakazu Fukuta and Shinkichi Tawata
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:106
  26. Consumers are increasingly turning to plant-based complementary and alternative medicines to treat hypercholesterolemia. Many of these treatments are untested and their efficacy is unknown. This multitude of p...

    Authors: Robert M Littleton, Matthew Miller and Jay R Hove
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:105
  27. Xanthones are a group of oxygen-containing heterocyclic compounds with remarkable pharmacological effects such as anti-cancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial activities.

    Authors: Abdalrahim F A Aisha, Khalid M Abu-Salah, Zhari Ismail and Amin Malik Shah Abdul Majid
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2012 12:104
  28. The efficacy of Centella asiatica for incision and burn wounds are not fully understood. Here, we report the wound healing activities of sequential hexane, ethyl acetate, methanol, and water extracts of Centella ...

    Authors: Juraiporn Somboonwong, Mattana Kankaisre, Boonyong Tantisira and Mayuree H Tantisira
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:103
  29. Drugs dedicated to alleviate neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s have always been associated with debilitating side effects. Medicinal mushrooms which harness neuropharmacological compo...

    Authors: Chia-Wei Phan, Wei-Lun Wong, Pamela David, Murali Naidu and Vikineswary Sabaratnam
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:102
  30. Extracts of Sasa senanensis Rehder are used in traditional Japanese medicine; however, little is known about the underlying mechanisms of their potential health benefits.

    Authors: Yuzo Nakagawa-Yagi, Yukiko Sato, Emi Matsumoto, Shin-ichi Nakatsuka, Tsuyoshi Sakaki, Yukiko Muramatsu, Takaaki Hara and Toshiro Aigaki
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:101
  31. Drugs of plant origin such as Arnica montana, Calendula officinalis or Hypericum perforatum have been frequently used to promote wound healing. While their effect on wound healing using preparations at pharmacolo...

    Authors: Katarina Hostanska, Matthias Rostock, Joerg Melzer, Stephan Baumgartner and Reinhard Saller
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:100
  32. Albizia adianthifolia is used traditionally in Cameroon to treat several ailments, including infectious and associated diseases. This work was therefore designed to investigate the antioxidant and antimicrobial ...

    Authors: Jean de Dieu Tamokou, Deke James Simo Mpetga, Paul Keilah Lunga, Mathieu Tene, Pierre Tane and Jules Roger Kuiate
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:99
  33. The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has increased significantly in Australia over the past decade. Back pain represents a common context for CAM use, with increasing utilisation of a wide r...

    Authors: Alex F Broom, Emma R Kirby, David W Sibbritt, Jon Adams and Kathryn M Refshauge
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:98
  34. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has frequently been used to treat tinnitus, and acupuncture is a particularly popular option. The objective of this review was to assess the evidence concerning the...

    Authors: Jong-In Kim, Jun-Yong Choi, Dong-Hyo Lee, Tae-Young Choi, Myeong Soo Lee and Edzard Ernst
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:97
  35. Chemoprevention crossover trials of tea can be more efficient than parallel designs but the attrition and compliance rates with such trials are unknown.

    Authors: Chiranjeev Dash, Fung-Lung Chung, Joy Ann Phillips Rohan, Emily Greenspan, Patrick D Christopher, Kepher Makambi, Yukihiko Hara, Kenneth Newkirk, Bruce Davidson and Lucile L Adams-Campbell
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:96
  36. During recent years the market for homeopathic education media has increasingly diversified with old (books, seminars) and new media (video-seminars, pc-programs, homeo-wiki and internet-courses). However, lit...

    Authors: Max Escher, Horst Christian Vollmar, Andreas Holling, Christa Raak and Thomas Ostermann
    Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:95
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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