title: Pay attention to the study on active antiliver fibrosis components of Chinese herbal medicine.
abstract: In this review, the researches on Chinese herb components with anti-hepatic fibrosis activity in China in the recent 20 years were generalized. Almost thirty active herb components attracted author's attention, especially, salvianolic acid B and oxymatrine which were investigated comprehensively. Moreover, the author considered that, in view of the complex pathogenesis and the multi-pathway and multi-target superiority of Chinese medicine formula, the effective components formula investigations deserve more attention and probably prompt a potential researching direction.
authors.affiliation: Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Institute of Liver Diseases, Shanghai University of Chinese medicine, Shanghai 201203, China. yyhuliver@163.com
authors.forename: Yi-Yang
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011807:Quinolizines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000093842:Matrines; D053630:Depsides
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D001572:Benzofurans; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D011807:Quinolizines; C037573:oxymatrine; D000093842:Matrines; C076944:salvianolic acid B; D053630:Depsides