Ethnopharmacological relevance Schisandra chinensis (called bei-wuweizi in Chinese, S.
chinensis) and Schisandra sphenanthera (called nan-wuweizi in Chinese, S. sphenanthera) …

Liver injury is a common pathological process characterized by massive degeneration and
abnormal death of liver cells. With increase in dead cells and necrosis, liver injury eventually …

A water-soluble polysaccharide (SSPP11) from Schisandra sphenanthera was purified by
DEAE-cellulose and Sephadex G-100 columns. Structure of SSPP11 and its antioxidant …

A water soluble polysaccharide (SSPW1), with an average molecular weight of 191.18 KD,
was isolated and purified from the water extract of Schisandra sphenanthera by DEAE-52 …

Schisandra sphenanthera Rehd. et Wils (S. sphenanthera) is a single species of Schisandra
genus, Magnoliaceae family, and it is a famous medicinal herb mostly growing in southern …

Hepatic fibrosis is the final pathway of several chronic liver diseases, which is characterized
by the accumulation of extracellular matrix due to chronic hepatocyte damage. Activation of …

Schisandra chinensis (Chinese magnolia vine) is the best-known representative of the
genus Schisandra, widely used in the official East-Asian, North American and European …

Arylnaphthalene compounds, also called cyclolignolides, are lignans and have been
extensively studied and documented, especially podophyllotoxin and its derivatives. Great …

Seven new unusual dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans, neglignans A–G (1–7), together with 16
known dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans, were isolated from the stems of Schisandra neglecta …

Seven lignans with a dibenzocyclooctadiene skeleton, termed schinlignans A–G, and a 6, 7-
seco-homolignan, schischinone, together with seven known lignans, were isolated from the …