Neuroprotective effect of Cistanche Progress.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 5 Neuroprotective effect of Cistanche Progress [Keywords:] Cistanche ,,;,, neuroprotective Abstract: Cistanche is a commonly used Chinese tonic medicines varieties at home and abroad in recent years, with the active ingredients and mechanism of its in-depth research, more and more data indicate that Cistanche and contains some of the chemical composition of a neuroprotective effect. In this paper, the nearest decade, the progress of the study in this regard are reviewed. Keywords: Cistanche deserticola; neuroprotective Cistanche (Herba Cistanchis) is a commonly used Chinese tonic medicines species belong to the genus Cistanche Orobanchaceae, medicine supplies for dry scale leaves with a fleshy stem, also known as Tai-yun, fine bamboo, vertical-jung, and floss-jung, in essence, only contained in the ‘Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing’, as ‘top grade’, with a kidney Yijing, Runchang catharsis of the efficacy of the attending male impotence, female infertility and other card [1]. In recent years, with the active ingredients at home and abroad and its mechanism of its in-depth study, more and more data indicate that Cistanche and contains some of the chemical composition of a neuroprotective effect. These effects in Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and stroke prevention and treatment of nervous system diseases such as basic research in the show tangible results, but also to enable its effective constituents of Cistanche into a Chinese medicine is another hot area of research. In this paper, the neuroprotective effect of Cistanche research progress in the synthesis of clinical and basic research for the relevant reference. A Neuroprotective effect of Cistanche active ingredients To date, about 70 compounds isolated from the genus Cistanche out, mainly benzene, ethanol, glycosides, iridoid and their glycosides, lignans and their glycosides, as well as alkaloids and sugars and other components [ 2]. Among them, reported in the literature clearl