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Active compounds | Modern pharmacology of traditional efficacies |
Dispersing stagnated liver Qi for relieving Qi stagnation | Nourishing the blood and invigorating the spleen |
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Saikosaponin | Increasing IL-2 and IgM level [15], reducing LPO [16] | Keeping a balance of TH/TS [15] |
Ferulic acid | Decreasing LPO and MAD, balancing TXA2/PGI2, reducing blood viscosity [17] | Increasing SOD activity, enhancing hematopoietic function, keeping the balance of TXB2/6-keto-PGF1α [17] |
Ligustilide | Decreasing MAD, balancing TXA2/PGI2, reducing blood viscosity [18, 19] | Increasing activity of SOD and GSH-PX [18, 19] |
TGP | Decreasing MAD, reducing blood viscosity, balancing TXA2/PGI2, increasing IL-2 [19, 20] | Keeping a balance of TH/TS, increasing activity of SOD and GSH-PX, enhancing hematopoietic function, improving the quality of erythrocytes [19, 20] |
Atractylenolide I | — | Strengthening digestion and absorption, enhancing salivary amylase activity, slowing the heart rate [21] |
Atractylenolide III | — | Strengthening digestion and absorption [21] |
Pachyman | Scavenging free radical, reducing LPO and MAD, lowering blood sugar [22] | Increasing SOD activity [22] |
Pachymic | — | — |
Glycyrrhizin | Reducing MAD, increasing IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, scavenging free radical [23] | Increasing SOD activity, increasing the plasma TP [23] |
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