In Ghana, the use of medicinal plants is a known and an acceptable practice common to all the regions and ethnic groups, with about 60% to 70% of Ghanaians depending on traditional medicine for their healthcare needs....In Ghana, the use of medicinal plants is a known and an acceptable practice common to all the regions and ethnic groups, with about 60% to 70% of Ghanaians depending on traditional medicine for their healthcare needs. Even though medicinal plants are all over the country and are of great benefits to a lot of Ghanaians, there is little or no proper documentation on medicinal plants use in Ghana;how it all started and where it is today, as well as what is being done to promote its use and some challenges being faced with its use as a country. This paper therefore sought to assess and compile generally, Medicinal plants use in Ghana;focusing on the use of some plant medicine, development and advancement in the herbal medicine practice, as well as associated challenges. Available literature and information on medicinal plants use in Ghana were compiled by searching through electronic database such as Google Scholar, PubMed, Science direct, SciFinder and other relevant websites, as well as books and reports. A brief history, measures taken to develop and advance plant medicine use and some specific challenges facing plant medicine practice and use in the county have been discussed in detail in this write-up. This compilation is believed to bring to book the value of some medicinal plants in Ghana and the efforts being made to promote herbal drugs to complement orthodox medication.展开更多
Comprehensive analytical methodologies are exceedingly needed in order to evaluate product quality and raw material specifications especially for botanical preparations. Advances in teaming up statistical (PCA, CA &am...Comprehensive analytical methodologies are exceedingly needed in order to evaluate product quality and raw material specifications especially for botanical preparations. Advances in teaming up statistical (PCA, CA & pattern recognition techniques) and spectroscopic (UV, IR, MS & NMR) methods of analysis have generated a substantial impact on how to use spectroscopic instruments as intelligent modules capable of identifying and classifying the composition of a variety of natural products. Cymbopogon proximus, a traditionally used medicinal herb claimed to be an effective remedy for renal spasms, lacks appropriate evaluation procedures. UV assisted-PCA and PLS analysis were exercised herein to maximize the usefulness and applicability of some previously established analytical specifications for herbal materials (e.g. solvent extractive values). Hierarchical cluster analysis was also attempted to categorize and associate the generated solvent-extracts. In addition, DE-TLC and GC were used to examine the different plant fractions in a qualitative and quantitative manner.展开更多
The reports of severe adverse effects and fatalities associated with herbal medicinal products adulterated with synthetic compounds have raised global concerns.The objective of this study is to analyze one commercial ...The reports of severe adverse effects and fatalities associated with herbal medicinal products adulterated with synthetic compounds have raised global concerns.The objective of this study is to analyze one commercial herbal medicinal product suspected to be adulterated with synthetic drugs in order to identify potential adulterants,to verify if the product contained the herbs listed as ingredients in label claim and to determine quality consistency among different batches of the product.Analyses of suspected product obtained from seven different batches were performed using ultra performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry(UPLC-Q-TOF-MS) with multiple data processing tools and multivariate analyses.In addition,23 individual powdered herbs(12 as per label claim and 11 suspected herbs),11 marker compounds of the labeled herbs and five suspected synthetic drugs as adulterants were also concurrently analyzed to have clear understanding of product composition.Based on our analysis,the major ingredients of studied product were found to be 5 synthetic compounds:caffeine,chlorphenamine,piroxicam,betamethasone and oxethazaine.Three of them have been found to exceed their recommended doses.From the herbal composition analysis,Gan Cao(Glycyrrhizae radix et rhizoma) was found to be the main ingredient,which is not among the claimed 12 herbs that were supposed to be in the product.Other herbs detected as minor ingredients were Mu Gua(Chaenomelis fructus),Dang Gui(Angelicae sinensis radix),and Huang Qi(Astragali radix),which are among the 12 herbs that were supposed to be in the product.Based on our results we demonstrated that UPLC-QTOF MS is an effective and versatile tool for the analysis of herbal medicinal products.It is highly desirable to have a streamlined process with automatic workflow and fit-forpurpose database to increase efficiency and productivity of sample analysis.Results of this work also highlight the need for the better quality control and regulatory measures to 展开更多
Obesity, a complex interplay between environmental and genetic factors and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Usage of herbs for the management of obesity in the recent times is attracting attenti...Obesity, a complex interplay between environmental and genetic factors and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Usage of herbs for the management of obesity in the recent times is attracting attention. A web and manual based literature survey was conducted to assess the amount of information available on the herbal products for weight management. Traditional literature, PubMed, Scopus, Google scholar databases were screened up to February 2012. The search words were “obesity', 'herbal medicine/products/extracts”, 'medicinal plants', 'traditional medicine', 'Ayurvedic medicine' without narrowing/limiting searching words or elements. Publications only with abstracts/full articles and books were reviewed in the search. Based on the available literature, for many of the herbal and weight loss products, there is little published information and there have been no clinical trials or the level of evidence is limited. Our literature survey also indicated that these herbal products fall under an acceptable level of evidence or with no scientific background at all, or they have a scientific rational but not to an acceptance level. Attempts were made in the review to define the features of possible herbal weight loss product. An ideal herbal anti obesity product should reduce the weight by 10% over placebo of treatment by showing an evidence of improvement of bio markers like blood pressure, lipids and glycemia without any side effects.展开更多
Objective： To prevent the deterioration of osteopenia, a triple herb product Bo-gu Ling （补骨灵, ELP） was created for a clinical trial on post-menopausal women suffering from osteopenia. Methods： The design of the...Objective： To prevent the deterioration of osteopenia, a triple herb product Bo-gu Ling （补骨灵, ELP） was created for a clinical trial on post-menopausal women suffering from osteopenia. Methods： The design of the clinical trial was of randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled nature. A total of 150 women aged 40-60 years, who were after menopause for at least 1 year and their lumbar spine bone mineral density （BMD） must be lower than 0.891 g/cm2, were recruited and randomly divided into the ELP group treated with ELP and the placebo group, with 75 in each group. The primary endpoint was the BMD of the lumbar spine that was assessed at baseline, 6 and 12 months after treatment. Secondary endpoints included peripheral quantitative computed tomography （pQCT） measurements of distal tibia and the changes in the quality of life （QOL）. Results： The spine BMD of the ELP group was increased by 0.69% in the subjects who were more than 10 years after menopause. In contrast, the placebo group of the same stratum decreased by 0.61% （P=0.067）. In the subjects with more than 10 years duration of menopause, the hip BMD increased by 0.21% in the ELP group, compared with a decrease of 0.52% in the placebo group （P=0.159）. The tibia strengthstrain index was increased by 1.94% in the ELP group compared with 0.33% in the placebo group （P=0.047）. Physical function of SF-36 QOL questionnaire was remarkably improved compared with the baseline, but did not show dominance over the placebo group. Conclusion： ELP showed potential benefit in improving BMD on the women who experienced over 10 years of menopause.展开更多
Global concerns have been paid to the potential hazard of traditional herbal medicinal products(THMPs). Substandard and counterfeit THMPs, including traditional Chinese patent medicine, health foods, dietary supplemen...Global concerns have been paid to the potential hazard of traditional herbal medicinal products(THMPs). Substandard and counterfeit THMPs, including traditional Chinese patent medicine, health foods, dietary supplements, etc. are potential threats to public health. Recent marketplace studies using DNA barcoding have determined that the current quality control methods are not sufficient for ensuring the presence of authentic herbal ingredients and detection of contaminants/adulterants. An efficient biomonitoring method for THMPs is of great needed. Herein, metabarcoding and single-molecule, realtime(SMRT) sequencing were used to detect the multiple ingredients in Jiuwei Qianghuo Wan(JWQHW), a classical herbal prescription widely used in China for the last 800 years. Reference experimental mixtures and commercial JWQHW products from the marketplace were used to confirm the method. Successful SMRT sequencing results recovered 5416 and 4342 circular-consensus sequencing(CCS) reads belonging to the ITS2 and psb A-trn H regions. The results suggest that with the combination of metabarcoding and SMRT sequencing, it is repeatable, reliable, and sensitive enough to detect species in the THMPs, and the error in SMRT sequencing did not affect the ability to identify multiple prescribed species and several adulterants/contaminants. It has the potential for becoming a valuable tool for the biomonitoring of multi-ingredient THMPs.展开更多
文摘In Ghana, the use of medicinal plants is a known and an acceptable practice common to all the regions and ethnic groups, with about 60% to 70% of Ghanaians depending on traditional medicine for their healthcare needs. Even though medicinal plants are all over the country and are of great benefits to a lot of Ghanaians, there is little or no proper documentation on medicinal plants use in Ghana;how it all started and where it is today, as well as what is being done to promote its use and some challenges being faced with its use as a country. This paper therefore sought to assess and compile generally, Medicinal plants use in Ghana;focusing on the use of some plant medicine, development and advancement in the herbal medicine practice, as well as associated challenges. Available literature and information on medicinal plants use in Ghana were compiled by searching through electronic database such as Google Scholar, PubMed, Science direct, SciFinder and other relevant websites, as well as books and reports. A brief history, measures taken to develop and advance plant medicine use and some specific challenges facing plant medicine practice and use in the county have been discussed in detail in this write-up. This compilation is believed to bring to book the value of some medicinal plants in Ghana and the efforts being made to promote herbal drugs to complement orthodox medication.
文摘Comprehensive analytical methodologies are exceedingly needed in order to evaluate product quality and raw material specifications especially for botanical preparations. Advances in teaming up statistical (PCA, CA & pattern recognition techniques) and spectroscopic (UV, IR, MS & NMR) methods of analysis have generated a substantial impact on how to use spectroscopic instruments as intelligent modules capable of identifying and classifying the composition of a variety of natural products. Cymbopogon proximus, a traditionally used medicinal herb claimed to be an effective remedy for renal spasms, lacks appropriate evaluation procedures. UV assisted-PCA and PLS analysis were exercised herein to maximize the usefulness and applicability of some previously established analytical specifications for herbal materials (e.g. solvent extractive values). Hierarchical cluster analysis was also attempted to categorize and associate the generated solvent-extracts. In addition, DE-TLC and GC were used to examine the different plant fractions in a qualitative and quantitative manner.
文摘The reports of severe adverse effects and fatalities associated with herbal medicinal products adulterated with synthetic compounds have raised global concerns.The objective of this study is to analyze one commercial herbal medicinal product suspected to be adulterated with synthetic drugs in order to identify potential adulterants,to verify if the product contained the herbs listed as ingredients in label claim and to determine quality consistency among different batches of the product.Analyses of suspected product obtained from seven different batches were performed using ultra performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry(UPLC-Q-TOF-MS) with multiple data processing tools and multivariate analyses.In addition,23 individual powdered herbs(12 as per label claim and 11 suspected herbs),11 marker compounds of the labeled herbs and five suspected synthetic drugs as adulterants were also concurrently analyzed to have clear understanding of product composition.Based on our analysis,the major ingredients of studied product were found to be 5 synthetic compounds:caffeine,chlorphenamine,piroxicam,betamethasone and oxethazaine.Three of them have been found to exceed their recommended doses.From the herbal composition analysis,Gan Cao(Glycyrrhizae radix et rhizoma) was found to be the main ingredient,which is not among the claimed 12 herbs that were supposed to be in the product.Other herbs detected as minor ingredients were Mu Gua(Chaenomelis fructus),Dang Gui(Angelicae sinensis radix),and Huang Qi(Astragali radix),which are among the 12 herbs that were supposed to be in the product.Based on our results we demonstrated that UPLC-QTOF MS is an effective and versatile tool for the analysis of herbal medicinal products.It is highly desirable to have a streamlined process with automatic workflow and fit-forpurpose database to increase efficiency and productivity of sample analysis.Results of this work also highlight the need for the better quality control and regulatory measures to
文摘Obesity, a complex interplay between environmental and genetic factors and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Usage of herbs for the management of obesity in the recent times is attracting attention. A web and manual based literature survey was conducted to assess the amount of information available on the herbal products for weight management. Traditional literature, PubMed, Scopus, Google scholar databases were screened up to February 2012. The search words were “obesity', 'herbal medicine/products/extracts”, 'medicinal plants', 'traditional medicine', 'Ayurvedic medicine' without narrowing/limiting searching words or elements. Publications only with abstracts/full articles and books were reviewed in the search. Based on the available literature, for many of the herbal and weight loss products, there is little published information and there have been no clinical trials or the level of evidence is limited. Our literature survey also indicated that these herbal products fall under an acceptable level of evidence or with no scientific background at all, or they have a scientific rational but not to an acceptance level. Attempts were made in the review to define the features of possible herbal weight loss product. An ideal herbal anti obesity product should reduce the weight by 10% over placebo of treatment by showing an evidence of improvement of bio markers like blood pressure, lipids and glycemia without any side effects.
文摘Objective： To prevent the deterioration of osteopenia, a triple herb product Bo-gu Ling （补骨灵, ELP） was created for a clinical trial on post-menopausal women suffering from osteopenia. Methods： The design of the clinical trial was of randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled nature. A total of 150 women aged 40-60 years, who were after menopause for at least 1 year and their lumbar spine bone mineral density （BMD） must be lower than 0.891 g/cm2, were recruited and randomly divided into the ELP group treated with ELP and the placebo group, with 75 in each group. The primary endpoint was the BMD of the lumbar spine that was assessed at baseline, 6 and 12 months after treatment. Secondary endpoints included peripheral quantitative computed tomography （pQCT） measurements of distal tibia and the changes in the quality of life （QOL）. Results： The spine BMD of the ELP group was increased by 0.69% in the subjects who were more than 10 years after menopause. In contrast, the placebo group of the same stratum decreased by 0.61% （P=0.067）. In the subjects with more than 10 years duration of menopause, the hip BMD increased by 0.21% in the ELP group, compared with a decrease of 0.52% in the placebo group （P=0.159）. The tibia strengthstrain index was increased by 1.94% in the ELP group compared with 0.33% in the placebo group （P=0.047）. Physical function of SF-36 QOL questionnaire was remarkably improved compared with the baseline, but did not show dominance over the placebo group. Conclusion： ELP showed potential benefit in improving BMD on the women who experienced over 10 years of menopause.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 81373922)Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (Grant No. CIFMS, 2016-I2M-3–016)
文摘Global concerns have been paid to the potential hazard of traditional herbal medicinal products(THMPs). Substandard and counterfeit THMPs, including traditional Chinese patent medicine, health foods, dietary supplements, etc. are potential threats to public health. Recent marketplace studies using DNA barcoding have determined that the current quality control methods are not sufficient for ensuring the presence of authentic herbal ingredients and detection of contaminants/adulterants. An efficient biomonitoring method for THMPs is of great needed. Herein, metabarcoding and single-molecule, realtime(SMRT) sequencing were used to detect the multiple ingredients in Jiuwei Qianghuo Wan(JWQHW), a classical herbal prescription widely used in China for the last 800 years. Reference experimental mixtures and commercial JWQHW products from the marketplace were used to confirm the method. Successful SMRT sequencing results recovered 5416 and 4342 circular-consensus sequencing(CCS) reads belonging to the ITS2 and psb A-trn H regions. The results suggest that with the combination of metabarcoding and SMRT sequencing, it is repeatable, reliable, and sensitive enough to detect species in the THMPs, and the error in SMRT sequencing did not affect the ability to identify multiple prescribed species and several adulterants/contaminants. It has the potential for becoming a valuable tool for the biomonitoring of multi-ingredient THMPs.
