Skip to main content
Top

Chinese Medicine

Issue 1/2014

Content (28 Articles)

Open Access Research

Identifying the Zheng in psoriatic patients based on latent class analysis of traditional Chinese medicine symptoms and signs

Xuesong Yang, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Sanguan Lerkiatbundit, Jianzhou Ye, Xiaoyong Ouyang, Enpin Yang, Hutcha Sriplung

Open Access Research

Quantization and diagnosis of Shanghuo (Heatiness) in Chinese medicine using a diagnostic scoring scheme and salivary biochemical parameters

Sijun Liu, Zhaosheng Huang, Qingguang Wu, Zhangjie Huang, Lirong Wu, Wenli Yan, David Lungpao Chang, Zheng Yang, Zongwei Wang

Open Access Research

Effects of a novel curcumin derivative on insulin synthesis and secretion in streptozotocin-treated rat pancreatic islets in vitro

MohammedTalaat Abdel Aziz, Mohammed Farid El-Asmar, Ameen Mahmoud Rezq, MohammedAbdel Aziz Wassef, Hanan Fouad, Nagwa Kamal Roshdy, Hanan Hosni Ahmed, Laila Ahmed Rashed, Dina Sabry, Fatma Mohammed Taha, Amira Hassouna

Open Access Research

Anti-infective and cytotoxic properties of Bupleurum marginatum

Mohamed L Ashour, Mahmoud Z El-Readi, Razan Hamoud, Safaa Y Eid, Sherweit H El Ahmady, Endalkachew Nibret, Florian Herrmann, Mahmoud Youns, Ahmed Tahrani, Dorothea Kaufmann, Michael Wink

Open Access Research

Computerized tongue image segmentation via the double geo-vector flow

Miao-Jing Shi, Guo-Zheng Li, Fu-Feng Li, Chao Xu

Open Access Review

Herbal medicines for treating tic disorders: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

Yun Hee Kim, Chang-Gue Son, Bon-Cho Ku, Hye Won Lee, Hyun Sook Lim, Myeong Soo Lee

Open Access Research

Lignans from the bark of Eucommia ulmoides inhibited Ang II-stimulated extracellular matrix biosynthesis in mesangial cells

Zhen-yu Li, Xiao-lan Deng, Wei-hua Huang, Ling Li, Hui Li, Xian Jing, Ying-ying Tian, Pei-yu Lv, Tian-lun Yang, Hong-hao Zhou, Dong-sheng Ouyang

Open Access Research

Ginsenoside compound K induces apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells via activation of apoptosis-inducing factor

Carmen Ka-Man Law, Hoi-Hin Kwok, Po-Ying Poon, Chi-Chiu Lau, Zhi-Hong Jiang, William Chi-Shing Tai, Wendy Wen-Luan Hsiao, Nai-Ki Mak, Patrick Ying-Kit Yue, Ricky Ngok-Shun Wong

Open Access Research

Isodeoxyelephantopin from Elephantopus scaber (Didancao) induces cell cycle arrest and caspase-3-mediated apoptosis in breast carcinoma T47D cells and lung carcinoma A549 cells

Farha Arakkaveettil Kabeer, Geetha Balakrishnan Sreedevi, Mangalam Sivasankaran Nair, Dhanya Sethumadhavannair Rajalekshmi, Latha Panickaparambil Gopalakrishnan, Remani Prathapan

Open Access Research

Cordyceps cicadae induces G2/M cell cycle arrest in MHCC97H human hepatocellular carcinoma cells: a proteomic study

Hualin Wang, Jing Zhang, Wai-Hung Sit, Chung-Yung Jetty Lee, Jennifer Man-Fan Wan

Open Access Research

Platycodin D from Platycodonis Radix enhances the anti-proliferative effects of doxorubicin on breast cancer MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells

Zheng-Hai Tang, Ting Li, Hong-Wei Gao, Wen Sun, Xiu-Ping Chen, Yi-Tao Wang, Jin-Jian Lu

Open Access Commentary

Myriad and its implications for patent protection of isolated natural products in the United States

Alice Yuen-Ting Wong, Albert Wai-Kit Chan

Open Access Research

Differential effects of selective frankincense (Ru Xiang) essential oil versus non-selective sandalwood (Tan Xiang) essential oil on cultured bladder cancer cells: a microarray and bioinformatics study

Mikhail G Dozmorov, Qing Yang, Weijuan Wu, Jonathan Wren, Mahmoud M Suhail, Cole L Woolley, D Gary Young, Kar-Ming Fung, Hsueh-Kung Lin

Open Access Review

Bioactive proteins and peptides isolated from Chinese medicines with pharmaceutical potential

Kam Lok Wong, Ricky Ngok Shun Wong, Liang Zhang, Wing Keung Liu, Tzi Bun NG, Pang Chui Shaw, Philip Chi Lip Kwok, Yau Ming Lai, Zhang Jin Zhang, Yanbo Zhang, Yao Tong, Ho-Pan Cheung, Jia Lu, Stephen Cho Wing Sze

Open Access Research

Panax ginseng therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a clinical trial protocol and pilot study

Lei Wu, Anthony Lin Zhang, Yuan Ming Di, Johannah Linda Shergis, Yuanbin Chen, Xinfeng Guo, Zehuai Wen, Francis Thien, Christopher Worsnop, Lin Lin, Charlie Changli Xue

Open Access Review

Autophagic effects of Chaihu (dried roots of Bupleurum Chinense DC or Bupleurum scorzoneraefolium WILD)

Betty Yuen-Kwan Law, Jing-Fang Mo, Vincent Kam-Wai Wong

Open Access Research

Genetic diversity and population structure of Rheum tanguticum (Dahuang) in China

Xiaoqin Zhang, Ying Liu, Xuan Gu, Zhengzheng Guo, Li Li, Xiaona Song, Siqi Liu, Yimei Zang, Yanpeng Li, Chunsheng Liu, Shengli Wei

Open Access Research

Protective effects of acacetin isolated from Ziziphora clinopodioides Lam. (Xintahua) on neonatal rat cardiomyocytes

Wei-Jun Yang, Chong Liu, Zheng-Yi Gu, Xing-Yue Zhang, Bo Cheng, Yan Mao, Gui-Peng Xue

Open Access Review

Protective mechanisms of medicinal plants targeting hepatic stellate cell activation and extracellular matrix deposition in liver fibrosis

Florent Duval, Jorge E Moreno-Cuevas, María Teresa González-Garza, Carlos Rodríguez-Montalvo, Delia Elva Cruz-Vega

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

Annual acknowledgement of manuscript reviewers

Siu-wai Leung