Antioxidants ; therapeutic use ; Fatty Liver ; drug therapy ; Humans ; Hypoglycemic Agents ; therapeutic use ; Hypolipidemic Agents ; therapeutic use ; Metformin ; therapeutic use ; Quaternary Ammonium Compounds ; therapeutic use ; Vitamin E ; therapeutic use

Animals ; Antioxidants/therapeutic use* ; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental ; Diabetic Nephropathies/drug therapy* ; Humans ; Hydrogen/therapeutic use* ; Kidney

Danshen is one of the traditional Chinese herbal medicines and nas a long history or being used clinically in the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular conditions such as coronary heart disease and angina pectoris. Tanshinone IIA is a derivative of phenanthrene-quinone isolated from Danshen. It has been reported to be the major bioactive compound of Danshen and has diverse biological effects. Recent studies demonstrated that tanshinone IIA had neuroprotective effects on experimental ischemic stroke through its antiinflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-apoptosis effects and its inhibitory effect on excitatory amino acid toxicity. In this review, we summarized all the recent progresses on the protective effect of tanshinone IIA on cerebral ischemic stroke. Hopefully, this article will throw some light on further study and application of tanshinone IIA.
Antioxidants ; therapeutic use ; Apoptosis ; Diterpenes, Abietane ; therapeutic use ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Salvia miltiorrhiza ; chemistry ; Stroke ; drug therapy

Rhizoma phragmitis is a common Chinese herbal medicine whose effects are defined as 'clearing heat and fire, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, eliminating irritability, stopping vomiting, and disinhibiting urine'. During the Novel Coronavirus epidemic in 2020, the Weijing Decoction and Wuye Lugen Decoction, with Rhizoma phragmitis as the main herbal component, were included in The Pneumonia Treatment Protocol for Novel Coronavirus Infection (Trial Version 5) due to remarkable antiviral effects. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Rhizoma phragmitis has antiviral, antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and hypoglycemic functions, lowers blood lipids and protects the liver and kidney. This review aims to provide a systematic summary of the botany, traditional applications, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of Rhizoma phragmitis.
Humans ; Plant Extracts/pharmacology* ; Rhizome ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal/therapeutic use* ; Antioxidants/therapeutic use* ; Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use* ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Phytochemicals/therapeutic use* ; Ethnopharmacology ; COVID-19 Drug Treatment

Anti-Inflammatory Agents ; therapeutic use ; Antioxidants ; therapeutic use ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ; drug therapy ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Herbal Medicine ; methods ; Humans ; Hypoglycemic Agents ; therapeutic use

Antioxidants ; therapeutic use ; Body Weight ; Fatty Liver ; etiology ; metabolism ; therapy ; Humans ; Insulin Resistance ; Leptin ; therapeutic use ; Lipids ; blood ; Liver ; metabolism

OBJECTIVETo verify the effects of treatment with blood transfusion and scopolamine on severe chlorphenamidine poisoning (SCP).

METHODS400 patients with severe oral chlorphenamidine poisoning were randomly divided into two groups. 200 patients (Group I) were treated with the traditional combined therapy including gastrolavage, purgation and taking redox agent (methylene blue and vitamin C) while the other 200 patients (Group II) in addition to the above mentioned therapy, received blood transfusion and scopolamine injection.

RESULTSThe cure rate of Group II was 99.5% and significantly higher than that of Group I (91.0%, P < 0.01). The average time of improving in health in Group II [(8.71 +/- 1.49) h] was obviously shorter than those in Group I [(10.65 +/- 1.72) h, P < 0.01]. Blood methemoglobin concentrations in Group II at 3, 7, 12, 24 h after admission [(43.58 +/- 2.69), (34.21 +/- 2.30), (20.60 +/- 4.03), (13.50 +/- 1.65) g/L respectively] were obviously lower than those in Group I [(54.42 +/- 12.79), (42.17 +/- 22.34), (30.66 +/- 17.67), (19.01 +/- 0.61) g/L respectively, P < 0.01].

CONCLUSIONBlood transfusion and scopolamine had distinctive therapeutic effect on SCP to makeup the deficiency of redox agent. Combination of three therapies may potentiate the detoxication for chlorphenamidine.

Adult ; Antioxidants ; therapeutic use ; Blood Transfusion ; Chlorphenamidine ; poisoning ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Female ; Humans ; Insecticides ; poisoning ; Male ; Mydriatics ; therapeutic use ; Poisoning ; therapy ; Scopolamine Hydrobromide ; therapeutic use ; Treatment Outcome

Antioxidants ; therapeutic use ; Diabetic Neuropathies ; drug therapy ; physiopathology ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Neuroprotective Agents ; therapeutic use ; Oxidative Stress ; drug effects ; Phytotherapy

OBJECTIVETo observe the protective effect of baicalin on mouse with Parkinson's disease induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP).

METHODSThe mouse model of Parkinson's disease was established by intraperitoneal injection of MPTP at the daily dose of 30 mg/kg for 3 days to the aged (ten months old) C57BL mouse. And to the model mice in the tested group, baicalin (100 mg/kg) was given via gastric perfusion per day for 15 days. The motor function of limbs in mice was tested through hanging and swimming tests; the dopamine content of striatum was measured by HPLC; and the contents of malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione (GSH) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) in the brain tissue were measured by spectrophotography. Besides, the freezing section of mouse brain was made through immunohistochemical stain with tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) to determine the condition of dopaminergic neuron damage in mesencephalon.

RESULTS(1) The decreased score in the hanging test and swimming test, the reduced DA contents of striatum and lessening of TH positive neurons in substantial nigra illustrated the model of Parkinson's disease was successfully established. (2) Medication of baicalin could prevent the loss of TH positive neurons in substantial nigra and the decrease of dopamine content of striatum in Parkinson mouse, and significantly raise the content of GSH in the brain, but MPTP induced motor dysfunction in model mouse was not significantly improved by a short-time medication.

CONCLUSIONThe preventive medication of baicalin shows a protective effect on C57 BL mouse with Parkinson's disease induced by MPTP.

Animals ; Antioxidants ; therapeutic use ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Flavonoids ; therapeutic use ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Parkinsonian Disorders ; drug therapy ; Phytotherapy ; Random Allocation

Animals ; Antioxidants ; therapeutic use ; Coronary Disease ; drug therapy ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Free Radical Scavengers ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Pancreatitis ; drug therapy ; Phytotherapy ; Salvia miltiorrhiza ; chemistry