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EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Volume 2016, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2016/5202908
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31330075, 31560640, 31372326, 31301989]
- Science and Technology Department of Hunan province [2015JC3126]
- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition [2004DA125184F1401]
- CAS-TWAS President's Fellowship
- UCAS
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Eucommia ulmoides (EU) (also known as Du Zhong in Chinese language) is a plant containing various kinds of chemical constituents such as lignans, iridoids, phenolics, steroids, flavonoids, and other compounds. These constituents of EU possess various medicinal properties and have been used in Chinese Traditional Medicine (TCM) as a folk drink and functional food for several thousand years. EU has several pharmacological properties such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, antimicrobial, anticancer, antiaging, cardioprotective, and neuroprotective properties. Hence, it has been widely used solely or in combination with other compounds to treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, sexual dysfunction, cancer, metabolic syndrome, and neurological diseases. This reviewpaper summarizes the various active ingredients contained in EU and their health-promoting properties, thus serving as a reference material for the application of EU.
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