A systematic review of the efficacy and pharmacological profile of herba epimedii in osteoporosis therapy

Pharmazie

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 713-722

  Zhai, Yuan Kun ^a   Guo, Xin ^b   Pan, Ya Lei ^a   Niu, Yin Bo ^a   Li, Chen Rui ^a   Wu, Xiang Long ^a   Mei, Qi Bing ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Xi'An ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2'' O RHAMNOSYL ICARISIDE II; BACHUOSIDE I; BACHUOSIDE II; BACHUOSIDE VII; BUSHEN JIANGU; BUSHEN NINGXIN; BUSHEN TONGLUO; CAOHUOSIDE C; EPIMEDIN A; EPIMEDIN B; EPIMEDIN C; EPIMEDOSIDE C; ER XIAN; FLAVONOID; GUSHU DAN; HERBA EPIMEDII EXTRACT; HEXANDRASIDE E; HEXANDRASIDE F; ICARIIN; ICARISIDE II; ICARITIN; KAEMPFEROL 3 RHAMNOSIDE; MIGU; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAGITTATOSIDE A; SAGITTATOSIDE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XIAN ZHEN; XIANLING GUBAO;

BONE DISEASE; CANCER INHIBITION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FRACTURE; HERBA EPIMEDII; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY DISORDER; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CELL LINE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EPIMEDIUM; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84884803160     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2013.2900     Document Type: Review

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