Background: Leech is a well-known animal-derived Chinese medicine; intentionally or
unintentionally, interfusing fake products have exposed patients to high risk. Objective: In …

This study was aimed to detect the heavy metal residues of medicinal leeches, in order to
understand the current market circulation situation of medicinal leeches, and to analyze …

Through systemically sorting and studying literature of Chinese medicine, this article pointed
out that leech used by the traditional Chinese medicine in ancient time has the features of …

Medical leeches are ectoparasites invertebrates which are widely used in medical and
surgical treatments because it was found since the ancient time that many diseases can be …

Introduction Leech extract contains many identified bioactive substances which have a
variety of biological effects. Leech extract was discovered in the late 19th century and since …

Leech is a parasitic animal that belongs to the phylum Annelida. Some species of Leeches
are aquatic and live in freshwater rivers and lakes, marshes and paddy fields and some …

Theancientandmodernprocessingmethods, activeingredientresearch,
andqualitycomparisonbeforeandafterthe processing of medicinal leech were reviewed in the …

Highlights•17 batches of commercial leeches were identified using DNA barcoding based
on COI gene.•A total of 1035 proteins were identified from 3 species leeches.•90 co-existed …

Hirudo (Shuizhi in Chinese) is an important Chinese medicine, which possesses many
therapeutic properties for the treatment of the cerebral hemorrhage and other thrombosis …

The medicinal Malaysian leeches have been used in traditional medicine to treat many
different ailments. In this study, leech saliva extract (LSE) was collected from the medicinal …