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Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines (English Ed.) ; (6): 801-814, 2021.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-922763

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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a severe pathophysiological condition characterized by pulmonary artery remodeling and continuous increases in pulmonary artery pressure, which may eventually develop to right heart failure and death. Although newly discovered and incredible treatment strategies in recent years have improved the prognosis of PH, limited types of effective and economical drugs for PH still makes it as a life-threatening disease. Some drugs from Chinese materia medica (CMM) have been traditionally applied in the treatment of lung diseases. Accumulating evidence suggests active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) derived from those medicines brings promising future for the prevention and treatment of PH. In this review, we summarized the pharmacological effects of APIs derived from CMM which are potent in treating PH, so as to provide new thoughts for initial drug discovery and identification of potential therapeutic strategies in alternative medicine for PH.


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Humans , China , Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Hypertension, Pulmonary/drug therapy , Materia Medica , Medicine, Chinese Traditional
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National Journal of Andrology ; (12): 1112-1114, 2008.
Article in Chinese | WPRIM | ID: wpr-292442

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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To detect the level of fasting plasma homocysteine (Hcy) in patients with oligospermia and/or asthenospermia and to investigate its clinical significance.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Semen quality analyses and fasting plasma Hcy determination were performed for 86 infertility patients (21 with oligospermia, 32 with asthenospermia and 33 with oligo-asthenospermia) and 19 normal fertile volunteers. The results were compared.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The level of plasma Hcy was significantly higher in the infertility patients than in the normal controls (P < 0.05) and negatively correlated with sperm concentration (r = -0.433, P < 0.01), the percentage of grade a sperm (r = -0.303, P < 0.05) and the percentage of grade a+b sperm (r = -0.339, P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The increased level of human plasma Hcy directly or indirectly affects spermatogenesis and correlates negatively with oligospermia and/or asthenospermia.</p>


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Adult , Humans , Male , Asthenozoospermia , Blood , Case-Control Studies , Homocysteine , Blood , Oligospermia , Blood , Sperm Count , Sperm Motility
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