JHMR: http://escipub.com/journal-of-herbal-medicine-research/ 0007 Figure 1 Beta-asarone down-regulates stroke injury through decreasing autophagy. Xu, JHMR, 2016; Vol. 1(1): 0007-0009 JHMR: http://escipub.com/journal-of-herbal-medicine-research/ 0008 INTRODUCTION Stroke is one of the primary cause of longterm disability, no matter in developing or developed countries. In United States of Ameri...

1Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Providence University, 200 Sec. 7, Taiwan Boulevard, Shalu District, Taichung City 43301, Taiwan 2Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Providence University, 200 Sec. 7, Taiwan Boulevard, Shalu District, Taichung City 43301, Taiwan 3School of Computing and Mathematics, Computer Science Research Institute, Univ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a degenerative of central nervous system, which seriously threatens the life and health elderly people. It has been for long time that Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment AD effective. This study analyzed potential target molecular mechanism most often used drug pair Astragalus membranaceus Acorus tatarinowii to treat by network pharmacological method. First...

Background & Aim: Acorus calamus L. is a native herb in India. The herb belongs to family Acoraceae. It is perennial and grows in marshy land with scented rhizomes and tapered reed like leaves with 80-100 cm in height. The leaves generally arise from the rhizomes. It is also known as sweet flag in English and vernacularly as Bach. The present investigation reveals the ...

objective: acorus calamus (a. calamus) has been used as a medicinal plant in asia for its effects on digestive system for the last 2000 years. to investigate the anti-cancer activity of rhizome of a. calamus, the ethanolic and methanolic extracts and essential oil of the rhizome were prepared and their effects were assessed on human gastric cancer cell line (ags). materials and methods: the via...

Sweet flag has been known for its medicinal value. It originated in Europe but extensively used in Ayurveda, particularly to enhance memory. Vacha powder mixed with ghee is given ritually in India to improve the intellect and speech development. In china it is used in a similar way, to improve speech and aid recovery from stroke. When powdered, it can be of avail for depressed psychosis and dem...

Emerging evidence suggests that activated astrocytes play important roles in AD, and β-asarone, a major component of Acorus tatarinowii Schott, was shown to be a potential therapeutic candidate for AD. While our previous study found that β-asarone could improve the cognitive function of rats hippocampally injected with Aβ, the effects of β-asarone on astrocytes remain unclear, and this study ai...

In folklore medicine, Acorus calamus has been used as a wound-healing agent for thousands of years; however, there have been few scientific reports on this activity so far. Now, we explored deeply the wound-healing effect of aqueous extracts from the fresh roots and rhizomes of A. calamus in vivo, as well as anti-inflammatory activity in vitro, so as to provide scientific evidence for the tradi...