Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with substantial clinical burden and limited treatment options. PLPN-2, an α-glucan extracted from P. lactiflora, has shown anti-inflammatory activity in cellular and animal models, but its therapeutic mechanisms in UC remain unclear. Here, mice were...
Pei-Pei Li, Hong-Su Zhao, Xiang-Ming Jiang et al.· Food Research International· 0 citations
BACKGROUND
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease characterized by aberrant immune activation and intestinal microenvironment dysregulation. Paeoniae Radix Alba (RPA), a classic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) derived from the roots of Paeonia lactiflora, possesses potent anti-inflammatory,...
Rong-Yun Cao, Mei-Juan Sun, Min Pan et al.· Phytomedicine· 0 citations
Polygonatum cyrtonema (Huang jing) is widely used in both the food and traditional Chinese medicine industries. A chemical investigation of the rhizome of cultivated P. cyrtonema yielded six previously undescribed compounds─one norsesquiterpenoid (1), one pyridine alkaloid (2), and four homoisoflavanones (3a, 4a, 5a,...