Sunday, January 31, 2021

Therapeutic roles of natural remedies in combating hereditary ataxia: A systematic review

Michael Weng Lok Phang, Sze Yuen Lew, Ivy Chung, William Kiong-Seng Lim, Lee Wei Lim & Kah Hui Wong; Chin Med 16, 15 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13020-020-00414-x

Ten pre-clinical and two clinical studies were eligible for inclusion in this systematic review. We identified the therapeutic roles of medicinal plants Brassica napus, Gardenia jasminoides, Gastrodia elata, Ginkgo biloba, Glycyrrhiza inflata, Paeonia lactiflora, Pueraria lobata and Rehmannia glutinosa; herbal formulations Shaoyao Gancao Tang and Zhengan Xifeng Tang; and medicinal mushroom Hericium erinaceus in the treatment of HA. In this review, we evaluated the mode of actions contributing to their therapeutic effects, including activation of the ubiquitin–proteasome system, activation of antioxidant pathways, maintenance of intracellular calcium homeostasis and regulation of chaperones. We also briefly highlighted the integral cellular signalling pathways responsible for orchestrating the mode of actions.