Tetrandrine (TET), a bis-benzylisoquinoline alkaloid purified and identified an active ingredient in a Chinese medicinal herb, radix stephanae tetrandrae, has been used traditionally for the treatment of congestive ci...
Project supported by National Health Research Institutes,Taiwan,China.(NHRI-GT-EX89B915C)and Tri-Service General Hospital(TSGH-C91-13).
Autoimmune diseases characterized by activation of immune effector cells and damage of target organs are currently treated with a combination of several disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) that preserve dif...
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Tetrandrine,a bisbenylisoquinoline alkaloid isolated from the dried root of Stephenia tetrandra S Moore,exhibits very broad pharmacological actions,including anti-tumor activity.The beneficial effects of tetrandrine o...
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AIM: In attempt to characterize tetrandrine on pulmonary hypertension, biological activities induced by a range of mediators implicated in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension were investigated. METHODS: Pulmona...
AIM: In an attempt to pharmacologically characterize the Chinese antihypertensive drug, tetrandrine, we observed in rat-tail arteries, an unusual contraction in tissues that were stimulated with high [KCl] and not tho...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the anti-hepatoma effect of Calmodulin antagonist 0 - 4-ethoxyl-butyl-Berbamine (EBB), one of the berbamine derivatives. METHODS: Monotetrazolium (MTT) method was used to analyze the effect of E...
INTRODUCTIONTetrandrine (Tet) is a dibenzylisoquinoline alkaloid isolatedfrom Stephania tetrandra S. Moore, a Chinese herbalmedicine. In the past decade, lots of studies demonstrated that Tet has multiple bioactivitie...