Abstract
Nowadays, herbal medicine has received much attention and is recommended as a natural alternative to maintain one's health. Schisandra is the dried mature fruit of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill., and regarded as a medicinal herb in both traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and western herbal medicine. It has been widely used for the treatment of dyspnea, cough, diaphoresis, spontaneous diaphoresis, nocturnal dysentery, amnesia, and insomnia as a dietary supplement. More recently, its lignan extract as a hepatoprotectant has been widely used along with routinely prescribed agents to treat viral and drug-induced hepatitis in China in acute or chronic liver disease. Chemical investigations indicated the major active compounds were schisandra lignans, including schisandrin, schisandrol B, schisantherin A, deoxyschisandrin, schisandrin B, etc., with multiple pharmacological actions.
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