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Magnesium, essential for harmonising nerve signals and preserving the blood-brain barrier, may be linked to neurodegenerative disorders when its balance is disrupted.
Alzheimer's Disease Autoimmune Diseases Brain Health
Bananas and plantains contain compounds with anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and antioxidative properties that hold promise for potentially reversing neurological disorders.
Anti-Apoptotic Anti-Inflammatory Antioxidant
Green tea's catechins demonstrate therapeutic effects against neurodegenerative diseases via anti-inflammatory, antioxidant actions, and activating diverse brain cellular pathways.
Alzheimer's Disease Autoimmune Diseases Brain Health
Walnuts, rich in anti-inflammatory ingredients, potentially regulate neuroinflammation, improve cognitive function, reduce oxidative stress, and maintain gut health, thereby suggesting their use against neurodegenerative diseases.
Anti-Inflammatory Brain Health Cognitive Function
Fermented soybean products alleviate and possibly prevent neurodegenerative conditions, including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
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The n-butanol extract from Pulsatilla decoction was found to inhibit the growth of Candida albicans, hence providing a potential treatment for vulvovaginal candidiasis.
2023 Journal of Ethnopharmacology Effects of n-butanol extract of Pulsatilla decoction on the NLRP3 inflammasome in macrophages infected with Candida albicans
The n-butanol extract of Pulsatilla Decoction effectively treats vulvovaginal candidiasis caused by Candida glabrata by reducing inflammation and down-regulating the EGFR/MAPK signaling pathway.
2024 Fitoterapia Effect of the Pulsatilla decoction n-butanol extract on vulvovaginal candidiasis caused by Candida glabrata and on its virulence factors
Chaihu Shugan San, a traditional Chinese medicine formula, may combat depressive symptoms in female mice through controlling hippocampal inflammation and enhancing neuroplasticity.
2026 Journal of Ethnopharmacology Chaihu Shugan San exerts antidepressant effects in female mice by suppressing hippocampal IL-6 and activating the cAMP-CaMKII-BDNF pathway
Berberine, a herbal alkaloid, may serve as a therapeutic agent for Vulvovaginal candidiasis by inhibiting the adhesion of Candida to vaginal epithelial cells.
2022 Frontiers in Pharmacology Berberine Inhibits the Adhesion of Candida albicans to Vaginal Epithelial Cells
ICAM, a Traditional Chinese Medicine compound, has demonstrated a strong capability of inhibiting growth and biofilm formation of Candida albicans, a fungal pathogen implicated in vulvovaginal candidiasis.
2025 Journal of Ethnopharmacology Chemical composition of the traditional Chinese medicine compound (ICAM), its antifungal effects against Candida albicans, and the underlying Mechanisms: Therapeutic potential and safety evaluation for vulvovaginal candidiasis
Kangfuxin, a traditional Chinese medicine, effectively treats vaginal candidiasis by reducing Candida albicans colonization and boosting immune responses.
2022 Letters in Applied Microbiology The liquid Kangfuxin (KFX) has efficient antifungal activity and can be used in the treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis in mice
The Chinese medicine, Chaihu Shugan San, can alleviate reflux esophagitis by restoring mitochondrial function and reducing cell death through AMPK-enhanced, FUNDC1-dependent cell recycling.
2026 Phytomedicine Chaihu Shugan San mitigates esophageal injury via AMPK-FUNDC1 mitochondrial homeostasis: Multi-omics insights
The 10% and 5% Chaihu-Shugan-San (CSS) formulations visually resembled CSS decoction most, but didn't show superior effects on gastrointestinal motility, inflammation, or pain.
2026 Frontiers in Pharmacology Multidimensional evaluation of four chaihu-shugan-san simulated decoction for use as placebo controls: a comparative study
The Baofukang suppository, a Chinese medicine, shows promising antifungal activity against vulvovaginal candidiasis, enhancing local immune function and restoring the health of infected vaginal epithelial cells.
2016 AMB Express Baofukang suppository promotes the repair of vaginal epithelial cells in response to Candida albicans
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The first research article I've ever come across that discusses the benefits of non-alcoholic beer during pregnancy. Further research and caution is advised here.
—Jinnan C 9 Nov 2025
2022 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture The melatonin contained in beer can provide health benefits, due to its antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties
Page cannot be found...
—Rachael L 3 Oct 2024
2018 Advances in Food Technology and Nutritional Sciences - Open Journal Blueberry Polyphenols and Their Effects on Bone and Joint
Cannot find the article with the link provided -- Rach...
—Rachael L 6 Aug 2024
2018 Nursing and Midwifery Studies The effects of inhalation aromatherapy with Boswellia carterii essential oil on the intensity of labor pain among nulliparous women
Zhangyanming Tablets (ZYMT) has been in clinical use for almost 4 decades. The main components of this medicine include Fructus Lycii (wolfberry), Radix Codonopsis, Radix Astragali, Radix Puerariae Lobatae, Radix...
—Jinnan C 25 Apr 2024
2023 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy Protective effect of ZYMT, a traditional Chinese patent medicine in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa
Need observational study tag
—Adrian Y 19 Mar 2024
2019 Medical Acupuncture An Observational Study on Acupuncture for Earthquake-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Experience of the Lombard Association of Medical Acupuncturists/Acupuncture in the World, in Amatrice, Central Italy
The relative risk reduction for those taking statins compared with those who did not was 9% for deaths, 29% for heart attacks and 14% for strokes. Yet the absolute risk...
—Jinnan C 26 Feb 2024
2022 JAMA Internal Medicine Evaluating the Association Between Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Reduction and Relative and Absolute Effects of Statin Treatment
The ability to produce it is not present in over half of the human population due to the absence of specific equol-producing bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract.
—Jinnan C 22 Jan 2024
2022 Nutrients Maximizing the Estrogenic Potential of Soy Isoflavones through the Gut Microbiome: Implication for Cardiometabolic Health in Postmenopausal Women
Case study?
—Adrian Y 16 Jan 2024
2016 Agriculture & Food Security The humble sardine (small pelagics): fish as food or fodder
No abstract?
—Adrian Y 16 Jan 2024
2021 Circulation Effects of Walnut Consumption for 2 Years on Lipoprotein Subclasses Among Healthy Elders