bupleurum chinense/proteinuria

BACKGROUND Bupleuri radix is a commonly prescribed Oriental herbal medicine containing extracts of different Bupleuri species. We wished to determine whether two of these species, Bupleurum scorzoneraefolium and Bupleurum falcatum, or their active ingredients, saikosaponins a, c, and d, could

The effects of saikosaponin-d extracted from the roots of Bupleurum falcatum L. on aminonucleoside nephrosis were studied in rats. Urine protein excretion in rats receiving aminonucleoside alone was significantly elevated on the 2nd day after the last injection of aminonucleoside and reached a peak

OBJECTIVE Radix Bupleuri, is one of the most frequently prescribed crude herbs in the prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases and auto-immune diseases. This study was to determine whether the crude polysaccharides (BPs) isolated from the roots of