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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 174-184 |
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Effects of three flavonoids from an ancient traditional Chinese medicine Radix puerariae on geriatric diseases
Sijia Zhang1, Jue Wang2, Haiping Zhao1, Yumin Luo3
1 Department of Neurology, Institute of Cerebrovascular Disease Research, Xuanwu Hospital, The First Clinical Medical College of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
2 Department of Neurology, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
3 Department of Neurology, Institute of Cerebrovascular Disease Research, Xuanwu Hospital, The First Clinical Medical College of Capital Medical University; Stroke Center, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders; Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Diseases, Beijing, China
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Yumin Luo
Department of Neurology, Institute of Cerebrovascular Disease Research, Xuanwu Hospital, The First Clinical Medical College of Capital Medical University, 45 Changchun Street, Beijing 100053
China
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DOI: 10.4103/bc.bc_13_18
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As the worldwide population ages, the morbidity of neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and endocrine diseases, such as diabetes and osteoporosis, continues to increase. The etiology of geriatric diseases is complex, involving the interaction of genes and the environment, which makes effective treatment challenging. Traditional Chinese medicine, unlike Western medicine, uses diverse bioactive ingredients to target multiple signaling pathways in geriatric diseases. Radix puerariae is one of the most widely used ancient traditional Chinese medicines and is also consumed as food. This review summarizes the evidence from in vivo and in vitro studies of the pharmacological effects of the main active components of the tuber of Radix puerariae on geriatric diseases. |
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