Sinomenium acutum: A review of chemistry, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and clinical use

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1053-1061

  Zhao, Xiang Xiang ^a   Peng, Cheng ^b   Zhang, Hong ^a   Qin, Lu Ping ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptogen; Cardiovascular system; Immune system; Nervous system; Sinomenine

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SINOMEMIUM ACUTUM EXTRACT; SINOMENINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRALGIA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINOMEMIUM ACUTUM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; MORPHINANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SINOMENIUM;

MENISPERMACEAE; SINOMENIUM ACUTUM;

EID: 84863708892     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2012.656847     Document Type: Review

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