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ReviewJournal of traditional and complementary medicine2011

Gastrodiae Rhizoma (tiān má): a review of biological activity and antidepressant mechanisms.

Pei-Ju Chen, Lee-Yan Sheen

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Review in Journal of traditional and complementary medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pei-Ju ChenInstitute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Lee-Yan SheenInstitute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
National Taiwan University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrodiae Rhizoma, also called chì jiàn (), guǐ dū yóu (), or tiān má () in Chinese, is considered a top grade ( shàng pǐn) medicine described to enter liver channel ( gān jīng) in classic literatures of traditional Chinese medicine and has been used for centuries. Many studies investigating its various bioactivities and active compounds have been conducted worldwide. This article reviews these biological activities and details the antidepressant pharmacology of Gastrodiae Rhizoma. Gastrodiae Rhizoma treatment exerts an effective inhibition of diverse diseases and disorders, including convulsion, oxidative stress, mental disorders, amnesia, cardio-cerebral-vascular diseases, and inflammation, among others. The antidepressant effect of Gastrodiae Rhizoma was evaluated in animal models and several mechanisms of activity were found, including the modulation and regulation of monoamine oxidase activity, monoamine concentration and turnover, antioxidatant activity, GABAergic system induction, BDNF induction, neuroprotection and anti-inflammatory activity.

Indexed as

BioactivityDepressive disorderGastrodia elata Bl.Gastrodiae RhizomaTraditional Chinese medicine

Identifiers

PMID24716103
PMCPMC3942998
OpenAlexW2412876402

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