• Filter By:
• Specialty
• Source
• Condition
• Cancer
• Infectious Disease
• Drug
• Training
• Management
• Procedure
• Therapy
• Vaccine
• Nutrition
• Country

Network pharmacology and experimental study of phenolic acids in salvia miltiorrhiza bung in preventing ischemic stroke
At present, the preventive effect of ischemic stroke is not ideal, and the preventive drugs are limited. Danshen, the dried root of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge, is a common medicinal herb in Traditional Chinese Medicine, which has been used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases for many years. Phenolic Acids extracted from danshen, which showed multiple biological activities, have been developed as an injection for the treatment of ischemic stroke. However, its preventive effect on ischemic stroke has not been fully reported. The current study aimed to identify the potential active phenolic acids for the prevention of i...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - January 27, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Exploration of Lamiaceae in Cardio Vascular Diseases and Functional Foods: Medicine as Food and Food as Medicine
In the current scenario, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the most life-threatening diseases that has caused high mortality worldwide. Several scientists, researchers, and doctors are now resorting to medicinal plants and their metabolites for the treatment of different diseases, including CVD. The present review focuses on one such family of medicinal plants, called Lamiaceae, which has relieving and preventive action on CVD. Lamiaceae has a cosmopolitan distribution and has great importance in the traditional system of medicine. Lamiaceae members exhibit a wide range of activities like antioxidant, antihyperlipidem...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - June 14, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Xiaoxuming Decoction: A Traditional Herbal Recipe for Stroke With Emerging Therapeutic Mechanisms
Xiaoxuming decoction (XXMD) has been traditionally used to manage stroke though debates on its clinical efficacy were present in the history. Till nowadays, it is still one of the most commonly used herbal recipes for stroke. One of the reasons is that a decent proportion of ischemic stroke patients still have residue symptoms even after thrombolysis with rt-PA or endovascular thrombectomy. Numerous clinical studies have shown that XXMD is an effective alternative therapy not only at the acute stage, but also at the chronic sequelae stage of ischemic stroke. Modern techniques have isolated groups of compounds from XXMD whi...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - December 14, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

The Protective Effect of Liquiritin in Hypoxia/Reoxygenation-Induced Disruption on Blood Brain Barrier
Conclusions: Studies have shown that LQ can promote cell proliferation, migration as well as angiogenesis, and reduce cell apoptosis, which may be related to its inhibition of oxidative and ER stress, and then maintain the integrity of BBB. Given that five differential proteins were found by protein analysis, future studies will revolve around the five differential proteins.
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - July 6, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Antithrombogenic Plants: A Narrative Review.
Abstract Heart attack, stroke, and deep vein thrombosis are among conditions that alter blood coagulation and are modulated by antithrombogenic drugs. Natural products are an important source of antithrombogenic agents and have been considered remarkable alternatives with greater efficacy and usually with fewer side effects. However, the efficacy and toxicity of many of these plants that are used in traditional medicine must be scientifically tested. Despite the large number of published articles that report that plants or plant-derived components may act as antithrombogenic agents, few studies have investigated t...
Source: Current Pharmaceutical Design - December 15, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Mendes TC, Dos Reis Lívero FA, de Souza P, Gebara KS, Junior AG Tags: Curr Pharm Des Source Type: research

Antithrombotic activity of flavonoids and polyphenols rich plant species.
Abstract Cardiovascular diseases represent one of the most notable health problems of the modern civilization. Stroke and heart attack often lead to lethal outcome; essential problem underneath being thrombus formation. Prophylactic approaches include acetylsalicylic acid and clopidogrel therapy on the level of primary hemostasis, i.e., primary clot formation. In the last five years, in the USA, health care expenses related to cardiovascular diseases have increased 50 %, to over 350 billion dollars. Thus, application of plant species and medicinal plants rich in polyphenols in prevention of thrombus formation are ...
Source: Acta Pharmaceutica - October 23, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Bojić M, Maleš Ž, Antolić A, Babić I, Tomičić M Tags: Acta Pharm Source Type: research

Botany, traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of Ilex pubescens Hook et Arn
ConclusionsThis review summarizes the results from current studies of I. pubescens, which is one of the valuable medicinal sources from traditional herbs. Some conventional uses have been evaluated by pharmacological investigation. In addition, unresolved issues include molecular mechanisms underlying bioactivities, pharmacokinetics, toxicology and efficacy, which are still being studied and explored before achieving integration into clinical medicines.
Source: Journal of Ethnopharmacology - August 9, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Preventable Cases of Oral Anticoagulant-Induced Bleeding: Data From the Spontaneous Reporting System
Conclusion: Our findings describe the most reported risk factors for preventability of oral anticoagulant-induced bleedings. These factors may be useful for targeting interventions to improve pharmacovigilance activities in our regional territory and to reduce the burden of medication errors and inappropriate prescription. Introduction Oral anticoagulant therapy is widely used for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation, or for the prevention and treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (Raj et al., 1994; Monaco et al., 2017). Oral anticoagulants can be di...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - April 29, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Novel approaches to anti-atherosclerotic therapy: Cell-based models and herbal preparations (Review of our own data).
Abstract Atherosclerosis is a chronic arterial disease characterized by vascular inflammation, accumulation of lipids in the arterial wall, and formation and growth of atherosclerotic plaques followed by ischemia. In subclinical atherosclerosis, cholesterol retention in subendothelial cells leads to induction of local inflammation, generation of foam cells and lesion formation, followed by a chain of other pathogenic events. Atherosclerotic progression can frequently be fatal, since plaque rupture may lead to thrombosis and acute events, such as myocardial infarction, stroke and sudden death. Traditional anti-athe...
Source: Current Drug Discovery Technologies - December 31, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Orekhov AN, Grechko AV, Romanenko EB, Zhang D, Chistiakov DA Tags: Curr Drug Discov Technol Source Type: research

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen) extract attenuates permanent cerebral ischemia through inhibiting platelet activation in rats
Conclusions SCED attenuates cerebral ischemic injury. The possible mechanism is that SCED inhibits thrombosis formation, platelet aggregation and activation of PLC/PKC pathway. On this basis, this new extract could be a promising agent to inhibit thrombosis formation and protect against cerebral ischemia injury. Graphical abstract
Source: Journal of Ethnopharmacology - June 21, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

One-Compound-Multi-Target: Combination Prospect of Natural Compounds with Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke.
Abstract Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) is the only FDA approved drug for acute ischemic stroke treatment, but its clinical use is limited due to the narrow therapeutic time window and severe adverse effects, including hemorrhagic transformation (HT) and neurotoxicity. One of the potential resolutions is to use adjunct therapies to reduce the side effects and extend t-PA's therapeutic time window. However, therapies modulating single target seems not satisfying, and a multi-target strategy is warranted to resolve such complex disease. Recent years, large amounts of efforts have been made to explore the active...
Source: Current Neuropharmacology - June 18, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Chen HS, Qi SH, Shen JG Tags: Curr Neuropharmacol Source Type: research

Anti-platelet and anti-thrombotic effect of a traditional herbal medicine Kyung-Ok-Ko
Conclusions These findings suggest that KOK elicits remarkable anti-platelet and anti-thrombotic effects with less side effect of bleeding, and therefore, it may have a therapeutic potential for the prevention of platelet-associated cardiovascular diseases. Graphical abstract
Source: Journal of Ethnopharmacology - December 17, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

One-Compound-Multi-Target: Combination Prospect of Natural Compounds with Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke.
Abstract Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) is the only FDA approved drug for acute ischemic stroke treatment, but its clinical use is limited due to the narrow therapeutic time window and severe adverse effects, including hemorrhagic transformation (HT) and neurotoxicity. One of the potential resolutions is to use adjunct therapies to reduce the side effects and extend t-PA's therapeutic time window. However, therapies modulating single target seems not satisfying, and a multi-target strategy is warranted to resolve such complex disease. Recent years, large amounts of efforts have been made to explore the active...
Source: Current Neuropharmacology - December 7, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Chen HS, Qi SH, Shen JG Tags: Curr Neuropharmacol Source Type: research