Medicinal plants and their secondary metabolites in alleviating knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review

Z Wang, T Efferth, X Hua, X Zhang - Phytomedicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background With the increasing ages of the general population, the incidence of knee
osteoarthritis (KOA) is also rising, and KOA has become a major health problem worldwide …

Biological strategies for osteoarthritis: from early diagnosis to treatment

AE Weber, IK Bolia, NA Trasolini - International orthopaedics, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To provide an updated review of the literature on the use of orthobiologics as a
potential treatment option to alleviate symptoms associated with osteoarthritis (OA), slow the …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization of hyaluronic acid-tyramine/silk-fibroin composite hydrogels for cartilage tissue engineering and delivery of anti-inflammatory and anabolic drugs

R Ziadlou, S Rotman, A Teuschl, E Salzer… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Injury of articular cartilage leads to an imbalance in tissue homeostasis, and due to the poor
self-healing capacity of cartilage the affected tissue often exhibits osteoarthritic changes. In …

Current models for development of disease-modifying osteoarthritis drugs

MJ Makarczyk, Q Gao, Y He, Z Li, MS Gold… - … Engineering Part C …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful and disabling disease that affects millions of people
worldwide. Symptom-alleviating treatments exist, although none with long-term efficacy …

Naturally occurring coumestans from plants, their biological activities and therapeutic effects on human diseases

Y Tu, Y Yang, Y Li, C He - Pharmacological research, 2021 - Elsevier
Naturally occurring coumestans are known as a collection of plant-derived polycyclic
aromatic secondary metabolites which are characterized by the presence of an oxygen …

Small molecules of herbal origin for osteoarthritis treatment: in vitro and in vivo evidence

P Zhang, K Li, A Kamali, R Ziadlou, P Ahmad… - Arthritis research & …, 2022 - Springer
Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common musculoskeletal degenerative diseases and
contributes to heavy socioeconomic burden. Current pharmacological and conventional non …

Construction of mitochondrial-targeting nano-prodrug for enhanced Rhein delivery and treatment for osteoarthritis in vitro

H Huang, L Yang, H He, B Zhou, Z Qin, L Zheng… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rhein, a natural anthraquinone compound derived from traditional Chinese medicine,
exhibits potent anti-inflammatory properties via modulating the level of Reactive oxygen or …

Zhuifeng tougu capsules inhibit the TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB signaling pathway and alleviate knee osteoarthritis: In vitro and in vivo experiments

X Xu, N Li, Y Wu, K Yan, Y Mi, N Yi, X Tan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA), a chronic degenerative disease, is mainly
characterized by destruction of articular cartilage and inflammatory reactions. At present …

Anti-inflammatory and chondroprotective effects of vanillic acid and epimedin C in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes

R Ziadlou, A Barbero, I Martin, X Wang, L Qin, M Alini… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
In osteoarthritis (OA), inhibition of excessively expressed pro-inflammatory cytokines in the
OA joint and increasing the anabolism for cartilage regeneration are necessary. In this ex …

Effects of genus Epimedium in the treatment of osteoarthritis and relevant signaling pathways

X Tong, Y Wang, B Dong, Y Li, S Lang, J Ma, X Ma - Chinese Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common chronic degenerative joint disease in clinical practice with a
high prevalence, especially in the elderly. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes that …