Efficacy of curculigoside in protecting against ischemic brain injury through regulation of oxidative stress and NF-κB and PI3K/Akt expression

• Published in: Journal of ethnopharmacology Vol. 301; p. 115804
• Main Authors: Xu, Yan, Wen, Kuo, Liu, Aijun, Wang, Xinna, Xu, Hanying, Wen, Hongjuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 30.01.2023

The ancient Chinese medicine book “Huangdi Neijing” reports that “the brain is the sea of marrow” and that the kidney “mainly induces bones to produce marrow”. Therefore, Chinese medicine has a “kidney-brain axis” theory, but supporting evidence is lacking. In this study, curculigoside, the main com...