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- Title
Therapeutic effects of Chinese herbal medicine against neuroendocrinological diseases especially related to hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal and hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis.
- Authors
Di Wang; Cheng-Yu Lu; Le-Sheng Teng; Zhi-Hua Guo; Qing-Fan Meng; Yan Liu; Linda LD Zhong; Wei Wang; Jing Xie; Zhang-Jin Zhang
- Abstract
This is a systemic review of plants used traditionally for neuroendocrinological diseases related to hypothalamus-pitutary-adrenal (HPA) and hypothalamus-pitutary-gland (HPG) axis. By searching from PubMed literature search system (1950-2013), Medline (1950-2013) and CNKI (China Journals of Full-text database; 1989-2013), 105 papers met the inclusion criteria were displayed in this review. 96 herbal drugs were classified into two parts which' include hormones mainly related to HPA and HPG axis. The full scientific name of each herbal medicine, dose ranges and routes, models or diseases, affect on hormones and pertinent references are presented via synoptic tables. Herbal remedies that have demonstrable the activities of hormones have provided a potential to various diseases related to neunoendocrine and deserve increased attention in future studies. This review provides a basis for herbs use in neuroendocrinological diseases. The data collected here will benefit to further research associated to herbal medicines and hormones.
- Subjects
TREATMENT effectiveness; HERBAL medicine; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMIC-pituitary-adrenal axis; DRUG dosage; ENDOCRINE diseases; ACQUISITION of data; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2014, Vol 27, p741
- ISSN
1011-601X
- Publication type
Article