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Biomedicine offers advanced medical findings
10 February 2012
It is well established that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) not only plays a key role in Eastern societies, but also looms as a major medical alternative in the West. Furthermore, mounting evidence...
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Mei-chin Yin
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Anti-glycative potential of triterpenes: A mini-review
21 December 2011
Abstract: Triterpene compounds occur naturally in many herbs and plant foods. Triterpenes such as ursolic, oleanolic, and betulinic acid definitely possess antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activiti...
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Mei-Chin Yin
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2-9
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DNA microarray analysis as a tool to investigate the therapeutic mechanisms and drug development of Chinese medicinal herbs
13 February 2012
Abstract: Chinese herbal medicines have been used for the treatment of various diseases for centuries. Although several herbal formulas and herbal components have shown therapeutic potential, the acti...
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Chia-Cheng Li,
Hsin-Yi Lo,
Chien-Yun Hsiang,
Tin-Yun Ho
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10-16
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Garlic: Health benefits and actions
21 December 2011
Abstract: Recent years have seen an increasing emphasis on foods and food components in disease prevention. Garlic (Allium sativum L.), one of the best-researched herbal remedies, holds a unique posit...
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Chia-Wen Tsai,
Haw-Wen Chen,
Le-Yen Sheen,
Chong-Kuei Lii
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17-29
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Angelica sinensis: A Chinese herb for brain cancer therapy
21 December 2011
Abstract: Herbs are an important aspect of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as a rich source of unique chemicals. Among the medicinal herbs, Angelica sinensis is the most popular used in Chinese ...
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Po-Cheng Lin,
Po-Yen Liu,
Shinn-Zong Lin,
Horng-Jyh Harn
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30-35
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Possible pathophysiology of heart failure in obesity: Cardiac apoptosis
23 December 2011
Abstract: Obesity has traditionally been considered an independent risk factor for heart failure whose pathophysiology is generally believed to associated with the consequence of myocyte hypertrophy, ...
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Chih-Yang Huang,
Shin-Da Lee
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36-40
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Role of nonhomologous end-joining in oral cancer and personalized pharmacogenomics
21 December 2011
Abstract: Recent years have witnessed the incidence of cancer rise worldwide, with no end to the war against it in sight. It is believed that cancer emanates from a series of genetic alterations leadi...
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Da-Tian Bau,
Cheng-Chieh Lin,
Chang-Fang Chiu,
Ming-Hsui Tsai
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41-47
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