Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic intestinal disease with painful clinical
manifestations and high risks of cancerization. With no curative therapy for IBD at present …

Chinese medicine has a long tradition of use against rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The
formulations are based on combinations of typically 5–10 plants, which are usually boiled …

Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) is a kind of multi-functional nuclear transcription factor
involved in regulating gene transcription to influence pathological evolution of inflammatory …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an autoimmune disease.
Although the mortality rate of UC is not very high, it has a considerable morbidity rate and an …

Procyandin A2 (PCA2) is a polyphenolic compound which is isolated from grape seeds. It
has been reported that PCA2 exhibits antioxidative and anti-inflammatory effects, but its …

Abstract Background The root of Morinda officinalis How.(MO, the family of Rubiaceae) has
long been used to treat inflammatory diseases in China and other eastern Asian countries …

Natural products have attracted a great deal of attention as significant resources in
traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and in chemical medicine, as well as in cosmetic …

Reversible liver fibrosis is the consequence of diverse liver injuries. Oxidative stress
combined with inflammation is the primary cause of carbon tetrachloride‐(CCl4‐) induced …

Tongxie Yaofang (TXYF), a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with four components as
follows: Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (baizhu), Radix Paeoniae Alba (baishao) …

Background Cryptotanshinone (CPT), as a major component of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge
(Danshen), displays many pharmacological activities including anti-inflammatory effects …