Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
Dec 19, 2018
This study examined the efficacy of standardized L. root extract (SSCR) containing chlorogenic acid on detoxifying nicotine from tobacco smoke condensate (TSC) and . Chlorogenic acid is an identified bioactive component in SSCR by ultraperformance ...
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
Dec 16, 2018
is traditionally used as an antipyretic, digestive, and diuretic agent. Its flowers possess free radical-scavenging, antioxidative, and hepatoprotective effects. We investigated the hepatoprotective potential of leaf extract and its various fractio...
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
Dec 13, 2018
. Hypoxia plays a significant role in the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and renal fibrosis. In China, Chinese herbal medicine has been widely used to treat CKD. ShenShuai II Recipe (SSR) is a commonly used prescription which has shown g...
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
Dec 31, 2017
Strontium ranelate (SrR) is one of the pharmaceutical agents reported to be effective on the promotion of fracture healing. This study aimed to evaluate the integrative effect of the oral SrR with a topical Chinese herbal paste, namely, CDR, on facil...
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
Dec 14, 2017
This open-label, randomized, controlled, crossover trial assessed the effect of daily virgin coconut oil (VCO) consumption on plasma lipoproteins levels and adverse events. The study population was 35 healthy Thai volunteers, aged 18-25. At entry, pa...
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
Dec 13, 2017
A variety of drugs are used in giardiasis treatment with different levels of efficiency, presence of side effects, and even formation of resistant strains, so that it is important to search new only-one-dose treatments with high efficiency and less s...
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
Dec 11, 2017
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) affects, worldwide, 50% of 60-year-old men. The Peruvian plant red maca inhibits BPH in rodents. This study aimed to determine the effects of methanolic red maca extract and its n-butanol and aqueous fractions on e...
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
Dec 11, 2017
The roots of , popularly known as "algodãozinho-do-cerrado," are used for the treatment of genitourinary infections. However, the removal of their subterranean structures results in the death of the plant, and the use of the leaves becomes a viable a...
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
Dec 11, 2017
To control the quality of by establishing quality standards, this paper increased the contents of extract and volatile oil determination. Meanwhile, the curcumin was selected as the internal marker, and the relative correlation factors (RCFs) of dem...
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
Nov 26, 2017
Abdallah & Sa'ad and Desr. are commonly used in the Saudi Arabia folk medicine. They are potent in treating the ulcers and skin diseases. The lack of information about their biological activities led us to investigate the possible biological acti...