Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wenpan / sponsored by All-China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2013-06-01

Pharmacological effects of Astragaloside IV: a literature review.

Shuang Ren, Hua Zhang, Yongping Mu, Mingyu Sun, Ping Liu

Index: J. Tradit. Chin. Med. 33(3) , 413-6, (2013)

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Abstract

To review the pharmacological effects and mechanisms of action of Astragaloside IV in Huangqi (Radix Astragali Mongolici).Aticles focusing on Astragaloside IV in English and Chinese in databases were collected and reviewed in order to summarize the latest extraction separation, pharmacokinetics, and the pharmacological effects of astrageloside IV.Protective effects of Astrageloside IV on the cardiovascular system, immune, digestive, nervous system were identified, and the action mechanisms were associated with regulation of the calcium balance, anti-oxydant, antiapoptosis, antivirus, and so on.Astrageloside IV has broad application prospects, especially in cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, cancer and other modern high incidence, high-risk diseases, and could be developed as a medicine.