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The following is a list of articles published all or in part by the Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research.

2004

1. Xie, J.T., Mehendale, S.R., Wang, A., Aung, H.H., Wu, J.A., Osinski, J. and Yuan, C.S.  2004.  American ginseng leaf: Ginsenoside analysis and hypoglycemic activity.  Pharmacol. Res.  49: 113-117.
2. Xie, J.T., Wu, J.A., Mehendale, S., Aung, H.H. and Yuan, C.S.  2004.  Anti-hyperglycemic effect of polysaccharides fraction from American ginseng berry extract in ob/ob mice.  Phytomedicine 11: 182-187.
3. Mehendale, S., Xie, J.T., Aung, H.H., Guan X. and Yuan, C.S.  2004.  Nucleus accumbens receives gastric vagal inputs.  Acta Pharmacol. Sin. 25: 271-275.
4. Horlocker, T.T., Wedel, D.J., Benzon, H., Brown, D.L., Enneking, F.K., Heit, J.A., Mulroy, M.F., Rosenquist, R.W., Rowlingson, J., Tryba, M. and Yuan C.S.  2004.  Regional anesthesia in the anticoagulated patient: Defining the risks.  Reg. Anesth. Pain. Med. 29(S1): 1-11.
5. Aung, H.H., Mehendale, S., Xie, J.T., Moss, J. and Yuan, C.S.  2004.  Methylnaltrexone prevents morphine-induced kaolin intake in the rat.  Life Sci.  74: 2685-2691.
6. Shao, Z.H., Xie. J.T., Vanden Hoek, T.L., Mehendale, S., Aung, H., Li, C.Q., Qin, Y., Schumacker, P.T., Becker, L.B. and Yuan, C.S.  2004.  Antioxidant effects of American ginseng berry extract in cardiomyocytes exposed to acute oxidant stress.  Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 24;1670: 165-171.
7. Yuan, C.S., Mehendale, S., Xiao, Y., Aung, H.H., Xie, J.T. and Ang-Lee, M.K.  2004.  The gamma-aminobutyric acidergic effects of valerian and valerenic acid on rat brainstem neuronal activities.  Anesth. Analg. 98: 353-538.
8. Xie, J.T., Wu, J.A., Lin, E., Wang, C.Z. and Yuan, C.S.  2004.  Constituents and effects of ginseng leaf.  Orient. Pharm. Exp. Med. 4: 1-8.
9. Mehendale, R.S., Bauer, B. and Yuan, C.S.  2004.  Ephedra-containing dietary supplements in the U.S. versus ephedra as a Chinese medicine.  Am. J. Chin. Med.  32: 1-10.
10. Shao, Z.H., Vanden Hoek, T.L., Li, C.Q., Schumacker, P.T., Becker, LB., Chan, K.C., Qin, Y., Yin, J.J. and Yuan, C.S.  2004.  Synergistic effect of Scutellaria baicalensis and grape seed proanthocyanidins on scavenging hydroxyl radicals in vitro.  Am. J. Chin. Med.  32: 89-95.
11. Kim, J.S., Tanaka, H., Yuan, C.S., and Shoyama, Y.  2004.  Development of monoclonal antibody against isoquinoline alkaloid coptisine and its application for the screening of medicinal plants.  Cytotechnology 44: 115-123.
12. Wang, C.Z. Osinski, J., Shao, Z.H., Basila, D., Kim, S. and Yuan, C.S.  2004.  Determination of polyphenolic compounds in grape seed extracts using reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography.  Orient. Pharm. Exp. Med. 4: 267-273.
13. Aung, H.H., Dey, L. Rand, V. and Yuan, C.S.  2004.  Alternative therapies for male and female sexual dysfunction. Am. J. Chin. Med. 32: 161-173.
14. Yuan, C.S.  2004.  Clinical status of methylnaltrexone, a new agent to prevent and manage opioid-induced side effects.  J. Support. Oncol.  2: 111-117 (Discussion 119-122).
15. Mehendale, R.S., Aung, H.H., Yin, J.J., Lin, E., Fishbein, A., Wang, C.Z., Xie, J.T. and Yuan, C.S.  2004.  Effects of antioxidant herbs on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in a rat-pica model.  Am. J. Chin. Med. 32: 897-905.
16. Yuan, C.S., Mehendale, R.S., Wang, C.Z., Jiang, T., Guan, X. and Shoyama, Y.  2004.  Effects of Corydalis yanhusuo and Angelicae dahuricae on cold pressor-induced pain in humans: A controlled trial.  J. Clin. Pharmacol. 44: 1323-1327.
17. Yuan, C.S., Wei, G., Dey, L., Karrison, T., Nahlik, L., Maleckar, S.A., Kasza, K., Ang-Lee, M.K. and Moss, J.  2004.  American ginseng reduces warfarin’s effect in healthy patients: A randomized controlled trial.  Ann. Intern. Med. 141: 23-27.