[Advance in studies on anti-inflammatory effect of Uygur medicine]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2014 May;39(9):1714-20.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Inflammation refers to the defensive reaction of living organisms with vascular systems against damage factors, and gets involved in the pathogenesis of many diseases. Uygur medicine is an important component of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as one of the four major ethnic medicines. It is widely applied in the clinical treatment of inflammatory diseases. In recent years, many domestic and foreign scholars have studied the anti-inflammatory effect and mechanism of effective components, effective fractions, extracts and compound preparations of Uygur medicine. In this paper, the authors summarized anti-inflammatory Uygur medicine, in the expectation of providing reference for discovering new anti-inflammatory drugs from Uygur medicine.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional / methods*
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional / trends
  • Phytotherapy / methods*
  • Phytotherapy / trends
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Plants, Medicinal / classification
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal