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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2016

Spectral Analysis of Chinese Medicinal Herbs Based on Delayed Luminescence.

Jingxiang Pang, Xiaoyan Zhu, Yanli Liu, Jialei Fu, Xiaolei Zhao, Meina Yang, Eduard van Wijk, Mei Wang, Xiaoyan Nie, Jinxiang Han

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Jingxiang PangShandong Medicinal Biotechnology Center, Key Laboratory for Biotech-Drugs, Ministry of Health, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250062, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3981-2271
Xiaoyan ZhuShandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China.
Yanli LiuDepartment of Basic Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong 250355, China.
Jialei FuShandong Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China.
Xiaolei ZhaoShandong Medicinal Biotechnology Center, Key Laboratory for Biotech-Drugs, Ministry of Health, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250062, China.
Meina YangShandong Medicinal Biotechnology Center, Key Laboratory for Biotech-Drugs, Ministry of Health, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250062, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5149-2194
Eduard van WijkSino-Dutch Centre for Preventive and Personalized Medicine/Centre for Photonics of Living Systems, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands.
Mei WangSino-Dutch Centre for Preventive and Personalized Medicine/Centre for Photonics of Living Systems, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands.
Xiaoyan NieShandong Medicinal Biotechnology Center, Key Laboratory for Biotech-Drugs, Ministry of Health, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250062, China.
Jinxiang HanShandong Medicinal Biotechnology Center, Key Laboratory for Biotech-Drugs, Ministry of Health, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250062, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9269-4553

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Abstract

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) plays a critical role in healthcare; however, it lacks scientific evidence to support the multidimensional therapeutic effects. These effects are based on experience, and, to date, there is no advanced tool to evaluate these experience based effects. In the current study, Chinese herbal materials classified with different cold and heat therapeutic properties, based on Chinese medicine principles, were investigated using spectral distribution, as well as the decay probability distribution based on delayed luminescence (DL). A detection system based on ultraweak biophoton emission was developed to determine the DL decay kinetics of the cold and heat properties of Chinese herbal materials. We constructed a mathematical model to fit the experimental data and characterize the properties of Chinese medicinal herbs with different parameters. The results demonstrated that this method has good reproducibility. Moreover, there is a significant difference (p < 0.05) in the spectral distribution and the decay probability distribution of Chinese herbal materials with cold and heat properties. This approach takes advantage of the comprehensive nature of DL compared with more reductionist approaches and is more consistent with TCM principles, in which the core comprises holistic views.

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