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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2016

Natural Products from Chinese Medicines with Potential Benefits to Bone Health.

Chun-Tao Che, Man Sau Wong, Christopher Wai Kei Lam

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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50citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Chun-Tao CheDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. chect@uic.edu.
Man Sau WongDepartment of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. man-sau.wong@polyu.edu.hk.
Christopher Wai Kei LamState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau Institute for Applied Research in Medicine and Health, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China. wklam@must.edu.mo.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University · HKMacau University of Science and Technology · MOUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoporosis is a progressive, systemic bone disorder characterized by loss of bone mass and microstructure, leading to reduced bone strength and increased risk of fracture. It is often associated with reduced quality of life and other medical complications. The disease is common in the aging population, particularly among postmenopausal women and patients who receive long-term steroidal therapy. Given the rapid growth of the aging population, increasing life expectancy, the prevalence of bone loss, and financial burden to the healthcare system and individuals, demand for new therapeutic agents and nutritional supplements for the management and promotion of bone health is pressing. With the advent of global interest in complementary and alternative medicine and natural products, Chinese medicine serves as a viable source to offer benefits for the improvement and maintenance of bone health. This review summarizes the scientific information obtained from recent literatures on the chemical ingredients of Chinese medicinal plants that have been reported to possess osteoprotective and related properties in cell-based and/or animal models. Some of these natural products (or their derivatives) may become promising leads for development into dietary supplements or therapeutic drugs.

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsBiological ProductsBone and BonesBone DensityBone Density Conservation AgentsDietary SupplementsFemaleHumansMedicine, Chinese TraditionalOsteoporosisPlants, MedicinalQuality of LifeBiological ProductsBone Density Conservation Agentsanti-osteoporosisbone healthChinese medicinenatural productosteoprotection

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PMID26927052
PMCPMC6274145
OpenAlexW2275208404

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