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Front Pharmacol
June 2024
Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Lingnan (Southern China), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
[Equidae; Asini Corri Colla] (donkey-hide gelatin, E-Jiao) is a traditional Chinese medicine renowned for its exceptional blood-supplementing effect. However, the specific components that contribute to its efficacy remain elusive. This study aimed to demonstrate that peptides are responsible for E-Jiao's blood-supplementing effect and to explore the specific peptides contributing to its efficacy.
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November 2023
Liaocheng Research Institute of Donkey High-Efficiency Breeding and Ecological Feeding, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, China.
Introduction: The Dezhou donkey, a prominent Chinese breed, is known for its remarkable size, rapid growth, and resilience to tough feeding conditions, and disease resistance. These traits are crucial in meeting the growing demand for Ejiao and donkey meat. Yeast polysaccharide (YPS), a functional polysaccharide complex known for its immune-enhancing and growth-promoting properties in livestock and poultry, remains relatively understudied in donkeys.
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February 2023
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras 56000, Malaysia.
E'Jiao is a traditional Chinese medicine derived from donkey skin. E'Jiao is reported to suppress elevated bone remodelling in ovariectomised rats but its mechanism of action is not known. To bridge this research gap, the current study aims to investigate the effects of E'Jiao on skeletal mineralisation, osteocyte and WNT signalling inhibitors in ovariectomised rats.
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June 2023
College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Innovation Center of Translational Pharmacy, Jinhua Institute of Zhejiang University, Jinhua, 321000, China. Electronic address:
Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Cardiovascular complications are highly prevalent in patients with diabetes. Zhi-Gan-Cao-Tang (ZGCT), a famous traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescription, can be used for the treatment of diabetes with cardiovascular disease complications. ZGCT is composed of nine Chinese herbs: the radix and rhizoma of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.
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