Drug discovery from natural sources is going through a renaissance, having spent many
decades in the shadow of synthetic molecule drug discovery, despite the fact that natural …

Traditional medicinal practices have used natural products such as adaptogens to treat
inflammatory, autoimmune, neurodegenerative, bacterial, and viral diseases since the early …

Cyclophosphamide (CTX), used in cancer chemotherapy, a high dose of which would cause
immunosuppressive effect and intestinal mucosa damage. American ginseng (Panax …

Immunomodulators are agents able to affect the immune system, by boosting the immune
defences to improve the body reaction against infectious or exogenous injuries, or …

Background The novel coronavirus has embarked on a global pandemic and severe
mortality with limited access for its treatments and medications. For the lack of time …

Ethnopharmacological relevance The bidirectional property of traditional Chinese medicines
(TCMs) was recorded in the classic work Medicine Origin (Yi Xue Qi Yuan) as early as the …

Naturally available foods contain nutrients like vitamins (A, C, E, and D), zinc, calcium,
magnesium, folate iron, omega fatty acids, selenium, and phytochemicals that have …

Obesity and type II diabetes are closely related to the rapid digestion of starch. Starch is the
major food-energy source for most humans, and thus knowledge about the regulation of …

The effects of Rhodiola extract (RE) on longevity and stress resistance in Caenorhabditis
elegans (C. elegans), and the underlying molecular mechanisms were explored in the …

Ginseng has been well-known as a medicinal plant for thousands of years. Bacterial
endophytes ubiquitously colonize the inside tissues of ginseng without any disease …