Comparison of the chemical profiles and inflammatory mediator-inhibitory effects of three Siegesbeckia herbs used as Herba Siegesbeckiae (Xixiancao)

• Main Authors: Hui Guo (Author), Yi Zhang (Author), Brian Chi-Yan Cheng (Author), Mei-Yuk Lau (Author), Xiu-Qiong Fu (Author), Ting Li (Author), Tao Su (Author), Pei-Li Zhu (Author), Yuen-Cheung Chan (Author), Anfernee Kai-Wing Tse (Author), Tao Yi (Author), Hu-Biao Chen (Author), Zhi-Ling Yu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Herba Siegesbeckiae (HS, Xixiancao in Chinese) is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicinal herb for soothing joints. In ancient materia medica books, HS is recorded to be the aerial part of Siegesbeckia pubescens Makino (SP) which is also the only origin of HS in the 1963 ed...