title: Screening of traditional Chinese remedies for SARS treatment.
abstract: The SARS epidemic is breaking out worldwide. To select suitable herbal drugs for clinical uses is important and urgent amongst the controversial treatment proposals. Nine pharmacological experimental models were used to evaluate the comprehensive efficacy of traditional Chinese remedies by cross validation in different institutes. Eight drugs were optimized for controlling different symptoms of SARS.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China. zhmw123@263.net
authors.forename: Zhi-min
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiao-xin
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xiao-lan
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Ai-hua
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Guan-hua
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Jin-xiu
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: Jian-ning
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Peng-tao
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shuo-ren
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000517:prevention & control; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal