Review Article
Natural Product Nitric Oxide Chemistry: New Activity of Old Medicines
Table 1
The measurements of nitrite, nitrate, nitroso, nitrite reductase activity in several TCM herbs commonly used for CAD.
| Chinese name | English name | Latin name | Indication | Nitrite (ng/g) | Nitrate (mg/g) | Nitroso (nmoL/g) | NO production (pmol/mg) |
| DanShen | Danahen Root | Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae | CAD | 330 | 12000 | 120 | 7 | GuaLou | Snakegourd Fruit | Fructus Trichosanthis | CAD, acute MI, Hyperlipidemia | 260 | 278 | 120 | 46 | XieBai | Longstamen Onion Bulb | Bulbus Allii Macrostemi | CAD, acute MI, Hyperlipidemia | 150 | 530 | 842 | 134 | SanChi | Sanchi | Radix Notoginseng | CAD | 210 | 2069 | 73 | 13 | RuXiang | Frankincense | Resina Olibani | Hypertension | 980 | 61 | 3210 | 72 | ChiShao | Red Peony Root | Radix Paeonia Rubra | CAD | 120 | 37 | 450 | 255 | HongSheng | Ginseng | Radix Ginseng | Heart failure, CAD | 300 | 243 | 76 | 360 | BingPiang | Borneol | Borneolum Syntheticum | Increase other herb's function for CAD or brain disease | 120 | 2.99 | 6 | 45 | TianRanBingPiang | Borneol | Cinnamomum | Increase other herb's function for CAD or brain disease | 160 | 2.39 | 0 | 875 |
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