Potential activity of Traditional Chinese Medicine against Ulcerative colitis: A review

• Published in: Journal of ethnopharmacology Vol. 289; no. NA; p. 115084
• Main Authors: Liu, Yang, Li, Bao-Guo, Su, Yu-Hua, Zhao, Ruo-Xi, Song, Peng, Li, Hui, Cui, Xin-Hai, Gao, Hong-Mei, Zhai, Run-Xiang, Fu, Xian-Jun, Ren, Xia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 10.05.2022
• Subjects: Animals; biomedical research; Colitis, Ulcerative - drug therapy; cytokines; Cytokines - metabolism; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - pharmacology; Gastrointestinal Microbiome - drug effects; Humans; immune system; intestinal microorganisms; intestinal mucosa; Intestinal Mucosa - drug effects; Mechanism; Medicine, Chinese Traditional - methods; Oriental traditional medicine; pathogenesis; Therapeutic drugs; Traditional Chinese medicine; Ulcerative colitis; World Health Organization; Traditional Chinese medicine; Therapeutic drugs; Mechanism; Ulcerative colitis

Plant materials are used as complementary and alternative therapies all over the world for the treatment of various diseases. Ulcerative colitis (UC), a chronic nonspecific inflammatory bowel disease listed as one of the modern refractory diseases by the World Health Organization, has a long course,...