OBJECTIVE Glycosides of cistanche (GC) is extracted from Xin Jiang Cistanche, which is widely used as a Chinese herb. This study aims to evaluate the effects of GC on vascular dementia (VD). MATERIALS AND METHODS The VD model was established by the ligature of the bilateral common carotid artery in adult Wistar rats, who received daily i. p. administration of saline, GC (10 mg/kg body weight/...

The Hotan Region in xinjiang, China is a typical arid area. Natural factors determine that the ecological stability of area poor, easy to be damaged and difficult recover. In order improve local environment, this study explored an ecology restoration model with artificial Tamarix-Cistanche. After long-term monitoring comparison at four test sites, it was found also increased per capita income, ...

Glycosides of Cistanche (GC) is a preparation used extensively for its neuroprotective effect against neurological diseases, but its mechanisms of action remains incompletely understood. Here, we established a bilateral common carotid artery occlusion model of vascular dementia in rats and injected the model rats with a suspension of GC (10 mg/kg/day, intraperitoneally) for 14 consecutive days....

Neuronal cell death can be determined by the overall level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) resulting from the combination of extrinsic sources and intrinsic production as a byproduct of oxidative phosphorylation. Key controllers of the intrinsic production of ROS are the mitochondrial uncoupling proteins (UCPs). By allowing a controlled leak of protons across the inner mitochondrial membrane a...

We developed a set of molecular markers in Cistanche deserticola Y. C. MA to evaluate the production quality of cultivated C. deserticola individuals. This application utilizes the inter-simple-sequence repeat (ISSR) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) PCR as molecular markers to determine the echinacoside content in cultivated C. deserticola individuals....