Bioactives and Traditional Herbal Medicine for the Treatment of Cardiovascular/Cerebrovascular Diseases

The underlying pathology is atheromatous vascular disease, resulting in coronary artery disease (CAD), cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, and the subsequent development of heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias. A review paper in this special issue presents the effects and mechanis...

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Published in:Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine 2014-01, Vol.2014 (1), p.495323-495323
Main Authors: Sheu, Joen-Rong, Geraldine, Pitchairaj, Yen, Mao-Hsiung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aconitum carmichaelii
Apoptosis
Ayurvedic medicine
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases
Care and treatment
Cerebrovascular diseases
Cinnamomum cassia
Coronary artery
Glycyrrhiza uralensis
Health aspects
Herbal medicine
Ischemia
Medical treatment
Medicine, Botanic
Medicine, Herbal
Morus alba
Rodents
Stroke
Vascular diseases
Zingiber officinale
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Summary:The underlying pathology is atheromatous vascular disease, resulting in coronary artery disease (CAD), cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, and the subsequent development of heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias. A review paper in this special issue presents the effects and mechanisms of Chinese herbal medicine in ameliorating myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. [...]our own paper describes the neuroprotective effect and mechanisms of hinokitiol, a tropolone related compound found in the heartwood cupressaceous plants, in rats against middle cerebral artery occlusion- (MCAO-) induced thromboembolic stroke. [...]a clinical study about the effect of Ayurveda therapies on the cardiac autonomic dysfunction was offered in this special issue.
ISSN:1741-427X
1741-4288
DOI:10.1155/2014/495323