Alternative Medicine

Sensory characterization and acceptance of coffee brews of C. arabica and C. canephora blended with steamed defective coffee.

Steam treatment has been reported as an alternative to improve the cup quality of coffee; in this research, it was applied to C. canephora defective coffee. The aim of the study was to evaluate the sensory perception of steamed defective C. canephora coffee (SDC) in roasted coffee blends, by Flash Profile and acceptance tests. SDC was produced by steam treatment (5 bar, 16 min) and a standardized ...

Machine learning techniques for medical diagnosis of diabetes using iris images.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Complementary and alternative medicine techniques have shown their potential for the treatment and diagnosis of chronical diseases like diabetes, arthritis etc. On the same time digital image processing techniques for disease diagnosis is reliable and fastest growing field in biomedical. Proposed model is an attempt to evaluate diagnostic validity of an old complementary ...

AutismKB 2.0: a knowledgebase for the genetic evidence of autism spectrum disorder.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder with strong genetic contributions. To provide a comprehensive resource for the...

Integrative Approach to Facilitate Fracture Healing: Topical Chinese Herbal Paste with Oral Strontium Ranelate.

Strontium ranelate (SrR) is one of the pharmaceutical agents reported to be effective on the promotion of fracture healing. This study aimed to evalua...

L1 Cell Adhesion Molecule and Its Soluble Form sL1 Exhibit Poor Prognosis in Primary Breast Cancer Patients.

INTRODUCTION: The L1 cell adhesion molecule (L1-CAM) and its soluble form sL1 play a prominent role in invasion and metastasis in several cancers. How...

Antiviral and Immunoregulatory Role Against PCV2 of Chinese Herbal Medicinal Ingredients.

INTRODUCTION: The aim of the research was to investigate the antiviral and immunoregulatory effects of saikosaponin A, saikosaponin D, Panax notoginse...

Prognostic Implications of Magnetic Resonance-Derived Quantification in Asymptomatic Patients With Organic Mitral Regurgitation: Comparison With Doppler Echocardiography-Derived Integrative Approach.

BACKGROUND: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an accurate method for the quantitative assessment of organic mitral regurgitation (OMR). The aim of t...

Experimental research of hypotensive and hypolipidemic effects with Modified Sanhuang Xiexin Decoction ().

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the hypotensive and hypolipidemic effects of Modified Sanhuang Xiexin Decoction (, HVC1), a herbal prescription for the vasc...

CancerDiscover: an integrative pipeline for cancer biomarker and cancer class prediction from high-throughput sequencing data.

Accurate identification of cancer biomarkers and classification of cancer type and subtype from High Throughput Sequencing (HTS) data is a challenging...

4-O-Caffeoylquinic acid as an antioxidant marker for mulberry leaves rich in phenolic compounds.

Mulberry (Morus alba L.) leaves are widely used as herbal tea to prevent heat stroke. Potential chemical markers of the antioxidant properties and its...

Fusen herbal tea influenced of spleen deficiency rats model.

UNLABELLED: Influence of spleen deficiency rat model to observe the Fusen herbal tea.

The Human Behaviour-Change Project: harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning for evidence synthesis and interpretation.

BACKGROUND: Behaviour change is key to addressing both the challenges facing human health and wellbeing and to promoting the uptake of research findin...

DanHong injection targets endothelin receptor type B and angiotensin II receptor type 1 in protection against cardiac hypertrophy.

Cardiac hypertrophy (CH) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Mitigating or preventing CH is the most effective strategy ...

Synthesis of curcuminoid-imprinted polymers applied to the solid-phase extraction of curcuminoids from turmeric samples.

A molecular imprinting polymer technique was successfully applied to precipitation polymerization by using styrene as a functional monomer, curcuminoi...

Potential of telepresence robots to enhance social connectedness in older adults with dementia: an integrative review of feasibility.

BACKGROUND: Socially assistive robots are increasingly used as a therapeutic tool for people with dementia, as a means to improve quality of life thro...

Antidepressant-like effects of Gan-Mai-Dazao-Tang via monoamine regulatory pathways on forced swimming test in rats.

Depression is a highly prevalent and recurrent mental disorder that impacts all aspects of human life. Undesirable effects of the antidepressant drugs...

The Evaluation of the Effect of Herbal Extract on Osteoarthritis: and Study.

In this study, the anti-osteoarthritis effects of , , and extract (CPAE), observed and confirmed in previously clinical studies were further investig...

Simultaneous determination of 14 active constituents of Shengjiang Xiexin decoction using ultrafast liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.

An effective herbal medicinal prescription of Shengjiang Xiexin decoction (SXD) was used in treating the inflammatory bowel disease in clinic. In this...

[Effect of the Chinese Herbal Medicinal Ingredients in Huoxiang Zhengqi Liquid on Alcohol Metabolism in Rats].

OBJECTIVES: To study the changes of alcohol content and pharmacokinetic parameter in rats after taking Huoxiang Zhengqi liquid.

Genotoxic and cytotoxic action potential of Terminalia citrina, a medicinal plant of ethnopharmacological significance.

Most herbal medicines utilized in complementary and alternative medicine lack safety evaluation setting our lives under unwarranted risks. Present stu...