Mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of allergic rhinitis.

Objective: To review the major progress in mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR).

Methods: Contents about the treatment mechanism of TCM in the therapy of AR in this article were obtained from 22 original articles and reviews published in Chinese- and English-language journals. All of the references were searched by use of Pubmed (1997 - 2012).

Protective effects of polydatin against CCl(4)-induced injury to primarily cultured rat hepatocytes.

AIM:To investigate the protective effects of polydatin (PD) against injury to primarily cultured rat hepatocytes induced by CCl(4).METHODS:Rat hepatocytes were separated by methods of liver infusion in vivo and cultured medium (7.5X10(5) cells/mL).