Su J, Zhang P, Zhang,J, Qi J, Wu Y, Shen J. 2009. Effects of total glucosides of paeony on oxidative stress in the kidney from diabetic rats. Phytomed. Article in press.
Paonia lactiflora is one of the most important plants in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and has been for over 1500 years. Amongst its important actions are anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antioxidative, antihepatic injury and immunoregulatory actions. Experimental studies have shown that TGP, an extract from the dried root of P. lactiflora (containing paeoniflorin, oxypaeoniflorin, benzoylpaeoniflorin, benzoyloxypaeoniflorin, oxybenzoylpaeoniflorin, albiflorin, paeoniflorigenone and lactiflorin) has nephroprotective effects in murine models of diabetes. However the mechanism has not been elucidated...
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