Chemical constituents, quality control, and bioactivity of epimedii folium (Yinyanghuo)

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 783-834

  Chen, Xiao Jia ^a   Tang, Zheng Hai ^a   Li, Xi Wen ^a,b   Xie, Cai Xiang ^c   Lu, Jin Jian ^a   Wang, Yi Tao ^a  

^a University of Macau   (Macao)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Chemical Constituents; Epimedium; Flavonoids; Quality Control; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BAOHUOSIDE L; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CHINESE DRUG; EPIMEDII FOLIUM; EPIMEDIN A; EPIMEDIN B; EPIMEDIN C; ICARIIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKYLATING AGENT; FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BONE GROWTH; CAPILLARY ELECTROCHROMATOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DNA BARCODING; DRUG STRUCTURE; EPIMEDIUM; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EPIMEDIUM; FLAVONOIDS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OSTEOGENESIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84940459917     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: 17936853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X15500494     Document Type: Article

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