The surveillance of medicinal material market was conducted in NinhHiep market, LanOng street in Hanoi and in LangSon Province showed that the regulation of storage and circulating of medicinal material was not complied with only 9/31 samples (29,03%) met Vietnam PharmacopeaeIII standards. Only 17/39 imported samples met the standards of VN or China Pharmacopeae. Validity date must be standardized completely. The Regulation of Control of Medicinal Materials including periodical regular control must be issued by MOH for the whole country market
Chemistry, Pharmaceutical ; Plants, Medicinal ; Health Care Sector

On experimental model CCl4-induced hepatitis the effect on liver enzyme GPT and bilirubine level of 10 aqueous extracts from traditional medicinal plants was studied in combining with sylymarin extracted from semen of immigrant Cuc Gai (Sylibum marianum Gaertn.). Extracts of Bantron (Hypericum patulum Thunb.ex Murr.),Nhodong (Morinda longissima Y.Z.Ruan),Raudang(Polygonum aviculare),and silymarin with their hepatoprotective effect can be use clinically. Ma De (Plantago asiatica L.) extract can be used to reduced GPT liver enzyme and bilirubine level, its F2C fraction can reduce GPT and bilirubine, similarly with silymarin of CucGai. The combined preparation of Ma De F2C and silymarin can be used as supporting therapeutic for chronic hepatitis
Plants, Medicinal ; liver ; prevention & control ;

Product from Bitter tea collected at Cao Bang was studied on antioxidant activities, as well as anti-hepatitis, anti-cirrhosis effects in vivo in the model of cirrhosis mice. Results showed that total saponin extracted from Bitter tea had antitoxic, hepatoprotective, and anti-hepatitis effects, and cirrhosis inhibition
Medicine, Traditional ; plants, medicinal ; liver ; Tea ; Hepatitis ; Fibrosis