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Biomedicine
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Baicalin
Baicalin, a flavone glycoside, is the glucuronide of ...
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Theophylline
Theophylline was firstly extracted from tea leaves and naturally found in tea and cocoa beans. Theophylline is a drug used for respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asth...
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Quercetin
Quercetin, a plant polyphenol from the flavonoid group, is widely found in flowers, leaves, and fruits of various ...
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Borneol
Borneol is a bicyclic organic compound and a terpene derivative. It’s derived from fresh branches and leaves of Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl. The borneol is one of the earliest natural medicines of single organ...
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Arbutin
Arbutin is extracted from the bearberry plant or other plants. Arbutin could effectively inhibit the activity of tyrosinase in skin cells and block the formation of melanin. Arbutin is therefore used as a skin...
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Osthole
Osthole is derived from Umbelliferae and Rutaceae plants. It is a Chinese medicine which is used widely by traditional medicine doctors. Cnidium has been recorded in almost all of the pharmaceutical monograph....
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Picrotoxin
Picrotoxin is extracted from the seeds of Radix Cocculi Trilobi. The pharmacological effects of picrotoxin are focused on the central nervous system and GABA receptor. Picrotoxin also showed direct effects on ...
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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 ...
