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Effect on platelet aggregation activity: extracts from 31 Traditional Chinese Medicines with the property of activating blood and resolving stasis

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the anti-platelet aggregation effects of extracts from 31 Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM) with the property of activating blood and resolving stasis in terms of TCM theory.METHODS: The 31 TCMs extracts were prepared using water, 90% ethanol and ethyl acetate., and the effe...

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Published in:Journal of traditional Chinese medicine 2017-02, Vol.37 (1), p.64-75
Main Authors: Chen, Cen, Wang, Fengqin, Xiao, Wen, Xia, Zhining, Hu, Guang, Wan, Jianbo, Yang, Fengqing
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Language:English
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Summary:OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the anti-platelet aggregation effects of extracts from 31 Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM) with the property of activating blood and resolving stasis in terms of TCM theory.METHODS: The 31 TCMs extracts were prepared using water, 90% ethanol and ethyl acetate., and the effects on anti-platelet aggregation were tested on a platelet aggregation analyzer in vitro with adenosine 5'-diphosphate, bovine thrombin and arachi-donic acid (AA) as aggregation inducers, respectively. Aspirin was the positive control. RESULTS: Lots of the tested TCMs had inhibitory effects with concentration-dependent manner on platelet aggregations induced by various agonists. Especially, some of the TCMs such as Chuanxiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Yanhusuo (Rhizoma Coryda- lis Yanhusuo) and Danshen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae) showed good anti-platelet aggregation effect similar or higher than that in positive control group. CONCLUSION: The study provided scientific references that several TCMs such as Chuanxiong (Rhi-zoma Chuanxiong), Yanhusuo (Rhizoma Corydalis Yanhusuo) and Danshen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae), possess the property of anti-platelet aggregation.
ISSN:0255-2922