TY - JOUR
T1 - Bioactive proteins and peptides isolated from Chinese medicines with pharmaceutical potential
AU - Wong, Kam L.
AU - Wong, Ricky N.S.
AU - Zhang, Liang
AU - Liu, Wing K.
AU - NG, Tzi B.
AU - Shaw, Pang C.
AU - Kwok, Philip Chi L.
AU - Lai, Yau Ming
AU - Zhang, Zhang J.
AU - Zhang, Yanbo
AU - Tong, Yao
AU - Cheung, Ho Pan
AU - Lu, Jia
AU - Sze, Stephen Cho W.
PY - 2014/7/19
Y1 - 2014/7/19
N2 - Some protein pharmaceuticals from Chinese medicine have been developed to treat cardiovascular diseases, genetic diseases, and cancer. Bioactive proteins with various pharmacological properties have been successfully isolated from animals such as Hirudo medicinalis (medicinal leech), Eisenia fetida (earthworm), and Mesobuthus martensii (Chinese scorpion), and from herbal medicines derived from species such as Cordyceps militaris, Ganoderma, Momordica cochinchinensis, Viscum album, Poria cocos, Senna obtusifolia, Panax notoginseng, Smilax glabra, Ginkgo biloba, Dioscorea batatas, and Trichosanthes kirilowii. This article reviews the isolation methods, molecular characteristics, bioactivities, pharmacological properties, and potential uses of bioactive proteins originating from these Chinese medicines.
AB - Some protein pharmaceuticals from Chinese medicine have been developed to treat cardiovascular diseases, genetic diseases, and cancer. Bioactive proteins with various pharmacological properties have been successfully isolated from animals such as Hirudo medicinalis (medicinal leech), Eisenia fetida (earthworm), and Mesobuthus martensii (Chinese scorpion), and from herbal medicines derived from species such as Cordyceps militaris, Ganoderma, Momordica cochinchinensis, Viscum album, Poria cocos, Senna obtusifolia, Panax notoginseng, Smilax glabra, Ginkgo biloba, Dioscorea batatas, and Trichosanthes kirilowii. This article reviews the isolation methods, molecular characteristics, bioactivities, pharmacological properties, and potential uses of bioactive proteins originating from these Chinese medicines.
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U2 - 10.1186/1749-8546-9-19
DO - 10.1186/1749-8546-9-19
M3 - Review article
VL - 9
JO - Chinese Medicine
JF - Chinese Medicine
SN - 1749-8546
IS - 1
M1 - 19
ER -
