Disease relevance of Medicine, Chinese Traditional

• Tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) is one of the alkaloids contained in Ligustrazine which has been used in traditional Chinese medicine as an analgesic for injury and dysmenorrhea [1].
• Anisodamine, a Chinese traditional medicine herb, has been used for treatment of adult respiratory distress syndrome effectively, but little is known about its mechanism [2].
• Although Sho-saiko-to (Xiao Chai Hu Tang), a major Chinese traditional medicine, is frequently prescribed with other synthetic or biotechnological drugs for the treatment of various chronic diseases, there is a dearth of information about interactions between sho-saiko-to and co-administered drugs [3].
• Prophylactic effect of four prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine on alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate and carbon tetrachloride induced toxicity in rats [4].
• Preventive effects of a traditional Chinese medicine (Sho-saiko-to) on septic shock symptoms; approached from heme metabolic disorders in endotoxemia [5].

Psychiatry related information on Medicine, Chinese Traditional

• Effects of traditional Chinese medicine on dementia, P300, cerebral blood flow, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination were investigated [6].

High impact information on Medicine, Chinese Traditional

• Thirty-three traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) extracts were examined for their antioxidant activity using the 2,2'-azinobis[3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate] (ABTS) assay [7].
• Febrifugine is the active principal isolated 50 years ago from the Chinese herb chang shan (Dichroa febrifuga Lour), which has been used as an antimalarial in Chinese traditional medicine for more than 2,000 years [8].
• Sophoranone, extracted from a traditional Chinese medicine Shan Dou Gen, induces apoptosis in human leukemia U937 cells via formation of reactive oxygen species and opening of mitochondrial permeability transition pores [9].
• Arsenic trioxide (As2O3), a major ingredient of arsenic compounds in traditional Chinese medicine, exhibits anti-acute promyelocytic leukemic activity [10].
• Bufalin and unidentified substance(s) in traditional Chinese medicine cross-react in commercial digoxin assay [11].

Chemical compound and disease context of Medicine, Chinese Traditional

• A new approach to Parkinson's disease combining caffeine, methylphenidate, and anticholinergic agents: case histories, pharmacological data, and a conceptual framework from traditional Chinese medicine [12].
• Then, specific inhibitor of PEP is expected to have antiamnesic effects, and thus we screened forty-six water- and methanol-extracts from crude drugs selected on the basis of traditional Chinese medicine theory, for Flavobacterium prolyl endopeptidase inhibition [13].
• In recent years, artemisinin, isolated from Artemisia annua which is used in Chinese traditional medicine for the treatment of malaria, has proved to be effective in the treatment of cerebral malaria due to chloroquine-resistant strains of P. falciparum [14].

Biological context of Medicine, Chinese Traditional

• Inhibitory action of shosaikoto and daisaikoto (traditional Chinese medicine) on collagen-induced platelet aggregation and prostaglandin biosynthesis [15].
• We have shown that the administration of Polydatin, a crystalline product isolated from a traditional Chinese medicine, can restore the pulse pressure with high survival rate in irreversible shock [16].
• The influence of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formulation from Astragalus Root (Radix astragalin seu Hedysari) and Chinese Angelica Root (R. Angelicae Sinensis) at a ratio of 5:1 (w/w) on non-specific immunity of Jian carp, Cyprinus carpio var [17].
• A Chinese traditional medicine, sho-saiko-to (xiao-chaihu-tang), reduces the bioavailability of tolbutamide after oral administration in rats [18].

Anatomical context of Medicine, Chinese Traditional

• Regulatory effects of deoxycholic acid, a component of the anti-inflammatory traditional Chinese medicine Niuhuang, on human leukocyte response to chemoattractants [19].
• It is suggested that the method, including Chinese traditional medicine, to improve the micro-blood-flow, nature killer cell activity, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and vital organ function may be beneficial for life preservation and aging retarding [20].
• A low concentration of bufalin, a component of bufadienoides in the traditional Chinese medicine chan'su, was shown previously to induce differentiation of a broad range of human leukemia cell lines [21].
• A polysaccharide isolated from Cordyceps sinensis, a traditional Chinese medicine, protects PC12 cells against hydrogen peroxide-induced injury [22].
• Ligustilide and butylidenephthalide seem to be the two main effective components of Ligusticum Chuanxiong as a traditional Chinese medicine for treating blood vessel diseases [23].

Associations of Medicine, Chinese Traditional with chemical compounds

• Besides Pd-II, various anti-tumor-promoter coumarins were found in the traditional Chinese medicine Qian-Hu, from which Pd-II was obtained [24].
• Growth inhibition and apoptosis-induced effect on human cancer cells of toosendanin, a triterpenoid derivative from chinese traditional medicine [25].
• The holistic approach of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) may be integrated into conventional Western Medicine to supplement deficiencies in the current biomedical model [26].
• Used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine, camptothecin was rediscovered in the 1950s during a search for compounds that could be used as a source for steroid synthesis [27].
• (saffron) that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine [28].

Gene context of Medicine, Chinese Traditional

• Inhibition of tumor-induced angiogenesis and matrix-metalloproteinase expression in confrontation cultures of embryoid bodies and tumor spheroids by plant ingredients used in traditional chinese medicine [29].
• Activity of drugs from traditional Chinese medicine toward sensitive and MDR1- or MRP1-overexpressing multidrug-resistant human CCRF-CEM leukemia cells [30].
• Treatment effect of a traditional Chinese medicine, ren-shen-yang-rong-tang (Japanese name: ninjin-youei-to), on autoimmune MRL/MP-lpr/lpr mice [31].
• In our present study, extract of Fructus cannabis (EFC) with activation of CN, extracted from Chinese traditional medicine, was used to determine the effects on memory and immunity [32].
• Treatment for CBP included the following: cessation of benzene exposure, general supportive therapy, antibiotics, vitamins, corticosteroids, androgens, colony-stimulating factors (G-CSF, GM-CSF), blood component therapy, and traditional Chinese medicine [33].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Medicine, Chinese Traditional

• The stems of the Chinese traditional medicine Stephanotis mucronata were screened for immunologically active pregnane glycosides using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry [34].
• In 1992, apparent digoxin concentrations determined by the Abbott TDx II assay 5 hours after the ingestion of 10 pills of traditional Chinese medicine containing toad secretions (chan su) by 7 volunteers, yielded results that were equimolar to bufalin measured by 2 in-house bufalin radioimmunoassays (RIAs) [35].
• Using in vitro autoradiography, we investigated the effects of Kamikihito (KKT), a traditional Chinese medicine, on the specific binding of [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB) and [3H]N-(1-[2-thienyl]cyclohexyl)-3,4-piperidine (TCP) in the rat brain [36].
• The non-surgical methods included keeping original drainage unobstructed, percutaneous abdominal paracentesis or drainage, percutaneous transhepatic cholangial/biliary drainage (PTCD/PTBD),endoscopic management, traditional Chinese medicine and so on [37].
• The effects of a traditional Chinese medicine Sho-saiko-to (Kampo prescription) were investigated on the various metabolic disorders and antitumor activity of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor (rhTNF) administered to mice [38].

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