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Published in: Chinese Medicine 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Review

Bioactive proteins and peptides isolated from Chinese medicines with pharmaceutical potential

Authors: 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

Published in: Chinese Medicine | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Some protein pharmaceuticals from Chinese medicine have been developed to treat cardiovascular diseases, genetic diseases, and cancer. Bioactive proteins with various pharmacological properties have been successfully isolated from animals such as Hirudo medicinalis (medicinal leech), Eisenia fetida (earthworm), and Mesobuthus martensii (Chinese scorpion), and from herbal medicines derived from species such as Cordyceps militaris, Ganoderma, Momordica cochinchinensis, Viscum album, Poria cocos, Senna obtusifolia, Panax notoginseng, Smilax glabra, Ginkgo biloba, Dioscorea batatas, and Trichosanthes kirilowii. This article reviews the isolation methods, molecular characteristics, bioactivities, pharmacological properties, and potential uses of bioactive proteins originating from these Chinese medicines.
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Metadata
Title
Bioactive proteins and peptides isolated from Chinese medicines with pharmaceutical potential
Authors
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
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Chinese Medicine / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1749-8546
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8546-9-19

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