The present review has aimed to emphasize on the potential effects of herbs on CVD and cardiovascular drug interactions.
Therefore, fatty acids in Panax species might substantially contributed to the whole beneficial effects of herbs, besides ginsenosides and polysaccharides.
We discuss evidence for the effects of herbs (such as cannabis and curcumin), probiotics, acupuncture, exercise, and mind body therapy.
The increased levels of serum AST, ALT, ALP and LDH enzymes in J4, J5, S3, S4 and S5-treated groups indicated liver dysfunction due to adverse effects of herbs in experimental rats.
Our studies involve the use of a whole-cell patch clamp, an electrophysiological approach to measure the transmembrane current of a single cell, to identify the effects of herbs on the cardiovascular system.
As pharmacologists, our interest is primarily in the mechanisms and therapeutics of ischemic heart diseases, and we have been working on the cardiovascular effects of herbs according to modern scientific criteria.
Due to increasing popularity of TCM, more extensive, well-designed preclinical and clinical trials on the potential synergistic and adverse side effects of herb-drug interactions as well as their mechanisms are warranted.
As more and more people tend to use TCM as an alternative medicine, more extensive, well-designed preclinical and clinical trials on the potential synergistic and adverse side effects of herb-drug interactions, as well as their mechanisms, are warranted.
