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Puerarin
Puerarin is an isoflavone component extracted from Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi and has widely protecting functions on the cardiovascular system, nervous system, glucose and lipid metabolism, osteoporosis, liver...
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Aconitine
Aconitum plants (Wu Tou, Ranunculaceae family) have been widely used to treat various diseases, such as rheumatism, knee pain, herpes zoster, scabies, and other disorders in China for thousands of years. Aconiti...
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Matrine
Matrine is an alkaloid extracted by organic solvents from the dry roots, plants, and fruits of kushen (Sophora flavescens Ait). Matrine has significant effects of negative frequency and positive inotropic action,...
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Aristolochic Acid
Aristolochic acid first appeared in Chinese medicine in the fifth century AD, while it was used to treat kidney and urinary diseases, as well as gout, snakebites, and a variety of other ailments. Balkan endemi...
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Ferulic Acid
Ferulic acid is widely found in plants, especially in artichoke, eggplant and corn bran. This product is mainly used for the treatment of atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease and ischemic cerebrovascular di...
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Homoharringtonine (HHT)
In China, Cephalotaxaceae plants have a long history of drug application according to Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica. These plants are distributed in the Qinling Mountains, the Dabie Mountains, and the s...
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Monocrotaline
Morphine is an important alkaloid extracted from Crotalaria sessiliflora L. Monocrotaline showed anticancer activity in vivo, especially for treating squamous cell carcinoma, cervical cancer, and leukemia. Howeve...
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Strychnine
Strychnine, first discovered in 1818, was the first alkaloid to be identified in plants of maqianzi (Strychnos nux-vomica Linn.). Pharmacological effect of strychnine is mainly manifested in the central nervous s...
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Vanillin
Vanillin is extracted from gastrodin and has been used in the treatment of epilepsy. Vanillin is known as one of the first synthetic spices. It can be used as intermediate for the synthesis of a variety of dru...
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Lycorine
Lycorine is extracted from lycoris radiate, which is famous because galanthamine has been approved by FDA as an anti-Alzheimer disease drug. Lycoris radiate is the only natural source for galanthamine with ext...
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Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen)
Danshen is the dry root and rhizome of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge and is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine. The study proved that Danshen extracts and their components have many pharmacological actions. The li...
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Santonin
Santonin is a lactone compound extracted from the flower bud of Artemisia cina Berg in Compositae, crown daisy chrysanthemum or other plants in Artemisia. It has been recorded in ancient China. Its English name i...
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Anabasine
Anatabine is the most important alkaloid found in the root, fibrous roots, or bark of Alangium chinense (Lour) Harms. Alangium chinense contains alkaloids, sugars, saponins, steroids, triterpenes, anthraquinones ...
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Vitamin B
Vitamin B, which is classified as water-soluble B by McCollum in early period, is the indispensable material in vivo to convert saccharide, fat and protein to heat. Vitamin B includes thiamin, vitamin B2, niacin,...
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Caffeine
Caffeine is a kind of xanthine alkaloid and mainly found in coffee, tea, Paraguay Holly (Mate), and the fruit or leaf taken from guarana. Caffeine shows the function of dispelling fatigue and exciting nerve. T...
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Vitamin C
Vitamin C is a general term for compounds having ascorbic acid activity, including ascorbic acid, dehydroascorbic acid, and its isomers. A few hundred years ago, researchers found that scurvy could be prevente...
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Neoandrographolide
Neoandrographolide is a colorless column crystal that has been isolated from the stem and leaves of Andrographis paniculata. Neoandrographolide and andrographolide are the main active ingredients of a variety of ...
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Chelidonine
Chelidonine, also named ranunculine, is a benzophenanthridine alkaloid isolated from the whole plant of Chelidonium majus. L. It has been used as a painkiller in clinical treatment based on its morphine-like anal...
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Cytisine
Cytisine is an alkaloid, which is isolated from Laburnum and Cytisus of the family Fabaceae. Cytisine has a similar chemical structure to that of nicotine, and it possesses selective binding affinity for neuronal...
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Houttuynin
Houttuynin is one of the main ingredients in the volatile oil derived from Houttuynia cordata Thunb. Houttuynin and its derivatives have strong antibacterial effects. Houttuynia injection preparations are commonl...
