OBJECTIVE Patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) are reported to exhibit higher risk of subsequent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, it remains unclear if Chinese herbal medicine (CHM), an important category of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), may lower HCC risk in this population. So this study aimed to investigate the effects of CHM on HCC risk among patients with CHB. METHODS Th...

Seventy-two extracts (methanol) obtained from the leaves, barks, and roots of 50 plant species used in the traditional medicine of Perak, Peninsular Malaysia, have been screened for antibacterial and antifungal activities. Peristrophe tinctoria, Polyalthia lateriflora, Knema malayana, Solanum torvum, Celosia argentea, Eclipta prostrata, Ancistrocladus tectorius, Dillenia suffruticosa, Piper sty...

objective: scutellaria (lamiaceae) has been implicated for medicinal purposes both in modern and traditional medicine. some species of the genus scutellaria has extensively been studied for anticancer activity. scutellaria luteo-coerulea (s. luteo-coerulea) is one of the iranian species of the genus scutellaria. materials and methods: in the present study, cytotoxic and apoptogenic properties o...

The genus Scutellaria L., Lamiaceae family, Scutellarioideae sub-family is known as the most important medicinal plant in world. This research aimed to investigate flavonoid content of seven species from center, southwest, and west Iran. Via thin layer column chromatography, was extracted leaves then purified. To screen compositions, a chromatographic method applied by liquid chromatography mas...

The chemical composition of the essential oils obtained from aerial parts of Scutellaria immaculata Nevski ex Juz., Scutellaria ramosissima M. Pop. and Scutellaria schachristanica Juz. (Lamiaceae) growing wild in Uzbekistan was analysed by GC and GC-MS. The main constituents of the essential oils from S. immaculata were acetophenone (30.39%), eugenol (20.61%), thymol (10.04%) and linalool (6.92...

euphorbia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family euphorbiaceae. consisting of 2008 species. the genus euphorbia produces an irritant, which constitute a health hazard to humans and livestock. the genus euphorbia is one of the largest and most complex genera of flowering plants, however, several botanists have made unsuccessful attempts to subdivide it to smaller genera.  many eu...