Detoxification of cardiotoxic traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine for prevention of cardiotoxicity: a review.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20210917.703
- Author:
Dong WANG
1
;
Kai HUANG
1
;
Shu-Zhen GUO
1
Author Information
1. School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing 102488, China.
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Chinese medicine;
cardiac safety;
cellular and animal model;
clinical research
- MeSH:
Animals;
Cardiotoxicity/prevention & control*;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2022;47(1):18-23
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Cardiotoxicity is smong the main safety problems of drugs in clinical application. In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine has been gradually emphasized and studies on the evaluation of cardiac safety and prevention of cardiotoxicity of Chinese medicine have been on the rise, particularly the cardiotoxic Chinese medicine or the Chinese medicine components targeting cardiotoxicity. As for the research methods for cardiac safety evaluation of Chinese medicine, this review introduces the related clinical indexes and cell and animal models. As to the improvement of heart safety, this study reviews the material basis and mechanism of cardiotoxic Chinese medicines as well as the alleviation of cardiotoxicity by controlling the content of toxic compounds and changing dosage form, processing method, and compatibility of Chinese medicine. In addition, the effective components and mechanisms of prescriptions and active compounds in Chinese medicine for preventing and treating cardiotoxicity induced by chemotherapeutic drugs in recent years were summarized. This review is expected to serve as a reference for cardiac safety evaluation and clinical rational application of Chinese medicine.
