Ethnopharmacological relevance Smilax china L., an extensively used traditional Chinese
medicine, is known as Baqia in China. It has been used to treat various inflammatory …

Natural polysaccharides (NPs) possess numerous health-promoting effects, such as liver
protection, kidney protection, lung protection, neuroprotection, cardioprotection …

Leonurine (Leo) is a natural alkaloid isolated from the herb Leonurus japonicus
Houtt.(Leonuri) that has been shown to inhibit oxidative stress and inflammation. However …

Background The increasing incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has urged
the development of new therapeutics. NAFLD is intimately linked to gut microbiota due to the …

Chronic Liver fibrosis may progress to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC),
hence cause a substantial global burden. However, effective therapies for blocking fibrosis …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Atherosclerosis (AS) is a chronic vascular ailment
characterized by inflammatory and lipid deposition in the arterial wall caused by endothelial …

The occurrence and development of many diseases are closely related to oxidative stress. In
this context, accumulating evidence suggests that Nrf2, as the master switch of cellular …

The liver plays a vital role in metabolism, synthesis, and detoxification, but it is susceptible to
damage from various factors such as viral infections, drug reactions, excessive alcohol …

Cordyceps militaris polysaccharides have aroused attention due to extensive physiological
activities. One novel enzymatic-extractable polysaccharide, EPCMa, was obtained by …

Recently, the intestinal lymphatic transport based on Peyer's patches (PPs) is emerging as a
promising absorption pathway for natural polysaccharides. Herein, the aim of this study is to …