stephania viridiflavens/atrophy

In rats, an injection of streptozotocin (STZ) elevated blood levels of glucose 4 weeks later (STZ-induced diabetes) and an over-production of microvessels of retinal and choroidal capillaries of eyes developed. A previous study has shown that administration of Stephania tetrandra S. Moore (STSM) in

BACKGROUND Renal failure after ingestion of Chinese herbs between 1990 and 1992 was related to the replacement of Stephania tetrandra by Aristolochia fangchi (ST-AF), containing nephrotoxic and carcinogenic aristolochic acids. However, the relationship between ST-AF and renal failure is still a

A new renal disease called 'Chinese-herb nephropathy' (CHN) has been reported to occur in women who have ingested slimming pills containing powdered extracts of the Chinese herb Stephania tetrandra (ST). Moderate to end-stage renal disease developed, requiring renal replacement therapy by dialysis

Two similar cases of rapidly progressive fibrosing interstitial nephritis in young women who followed the same slimming regimen prompted us to conduct an epidemiological survey of the nephrology centres of Brussels and to further investigate the exact nature of this slimming treatment. Seven other

Cepharanthine is a biscoclaurine alkaloid extracted from Stephania cepharantha that has a variety of biological activities in multiple diseases. Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a late-onset neurodegenerative neuromuscular disease without effective therapy, and the protein toxicity of

During the last years several patients with renal failure were admitted in Brussels hospitals. The progressive interstitial fibrosis with tubular atrophy seen in these patients has been ascribed to the slimming therapy preceding the pathology. The nephropathy was remarkable with regard to its