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C.citratus has been usedin many countries with a long history.Traditionally,it is applied as a food seasoning in cooking.It is also used in tea beverage and folk medicine as well.Modern application of C.citratus is focused on the development of citronella oil,which can be used for food additives,disinfectants,cosmetics,drugs and etc.C.citratus is also a potential plant in landscaping.Its special lemony flavor contains chemical constituents,mainly including citral,myrcene,linalool,geraniol,nerol,citronellol,and etc.The modern research showed that C.citratus had the main effects of anti-microbial,anti-inflammation,analgesia,anti-oxidation,anti-tumor,anti-anxiety,anti-hypertension,antihyperglycemia,and etc.With further studies,some new pharmacological properties of C.citrates are going to be discovered gradually.It is worthy of further research and development to meet the needs of the health industry.
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Cai which are stem or heartwood of trees or stem of woody liana are a kind of medicinal plant resources traditionally used by Li Minoriy. Ethnobotanical methods were adopted for the investigation on traditional utilization of cai. Totally, 44 species in 26 families and 30 genera were reported to be used as cai. Most of the species were applied as decoction (70.5%) and medicinal liquor (27.3%) to treat a wide range of diseases, such as rheuma-toid arthritis (34.1%), liver diseases (18.2%), injuries and weak (15.9% respectively). Through literature survey, it was found that 7 species (15.9%) were used by Li Minority only. Besides, 13 species (29.5%) were used differently compared with that of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Consequently, it is indicated that indigenous knowledge of using medicinal plants by Li Minority is unique.
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Thirty two rabbits were divided into 4 groups: (1) Normal diet control group, ( 2 ) Hyperlipid diet control group, ( 3 ) Hyperlipid diet group injected with 30 mg/kg GSL, ( 4 ) Hyperlipid diet group injected with 60 mg/kg GSL, The whole expeiment took about 42 days. On 24d all hyperlipid diet were removed, and only normal diet given. At the end of this experiment all rabbits were killed by bleeding and the results showed that GSL could decrease the serum lipids GSL could increase the HDL - C in the rabbits injected with 60 mg/kg GSL. GSL could protect the walls of aortas from the damage of hyperlipid serum. The contents of lipid and MDA in the Walls of aortas were decreased. GSL had the effects of protection on the heart and liver by decreasing of Total Cholesterol and MDA. So we conclude that GSL has the effects of lipid regulation and lipid antipeoxidation on the chronic hy-perjipidemic rabits.