title: Therapeutic effects of Chinese herbal medicine against neuroendocrinological diseases especially related to hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal and hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis.
abstract: This is a systemic review of plants used traditionally for neuroendocrinological diseases related to hypothalamus-pitutary-adrenal (HPA) and hypothalamus-pitutary-gland (HPG) axis. By searching from PubMed literature search system (1950-2013), Medline (1950-2013) and CNKI (China Journals of Full-text database; 1989-2013), 105 papers met the inclusion criteria were displayed in this review. 96 herbal drugs were classified into two parts which include hormones mainly related to HPA and HPG axis. The full scientific name of each herbal medicine, dose ranges and routes, models or diseases, affect on hormones and pertinent references are presented via synoptic tables. Herbal remedies that have demonstrable the activities of hormones have provided a potential to various diseases related to neunoendocrine and deserve increased attention in future studies. This review provides a basis for herbs use in neuroendocrinological diseases. The data collected here will benefit to further research associated to herbal medicines and hormones.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China / School of Chinese Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
authors.forename: Cheng-Yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Le-Sheng
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Hua
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
authors.forename: Qing-Fan
authors.initials: QF
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
authors.forename: Linda Ld
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.affiliation: School of Chinese Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: School of Chinese Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Zhang-Jin
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal