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Medicines, Volume 7, Issue 5

May 2020 - 8 articles

Cover Story: Hedychium species are plants used around the world to treat a wide range of health problems. The essential oils, extracts and pure compounds of only some Hedychium species have been studied with the aim of finding the origin of their medicinal properties. Thus, the Hedychium genus represents an uncharted territory for medicinal products and deserves more attention. View this paper
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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,243 Views
10 Pages

Heart Failure Drug Class Effects on 30-Day Readmission Rates in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Retrospective Single Center Study

  • Priyanka Parajuli,
  • Odalys Estefania Lara-Garcia,
  • Manjari Rani Regmi,
  • Warren Skoza,
  • Mukul Bhattarai,
  • Abhishek Kulkarni and
  • Robert Leonard Robinson

Background: The pharmacologic management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) involves far fewer options with demonstrated additional benefit. Therefore, we examined the effect of combination of multiple classes of HF medication...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,852 Views
13 Pages

Background: Implant-assisted breast augmentation is among the most performed surgeries performed by plastic surgeons today. This prospective study evaluated the patient satisfaction and complication rates using high-profile round silicone implant alo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,341 Views
16 Pages

Addition of Multimodal Immunotherapy to Combination Treatment Strategies for Children with DIPG: A Single Institution Experience

  • Stefaan W. Van Gool,
  • Jennifer Makalowski,
  • Erin R. Bonner,
  • Oliver Feyen,
  • Matthias P. Domogalla,
  • Lothar Prix,
  • Volker Schirrmacher,
  • Javad Nazarian and
  • Wilfried Stuecker

Background: The prognosis of children with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) remains dismal despite radio- and chemotherapy or molecular-targeted therapy. Immunotherapy is a powerful and promising approach for improving the overall survival (OS...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,208 Views
9 Pages

Background: Although many therapeutic approaches have been attempted to treat spinal cord injury, cellular transplantation offers the greatest promise in reconstituting the architecture of the damaged cord. Methods: A literature review was conducted...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
171 Citations
25,560 Views
9 Pages

The present editorial serves as an introduction to the Special Issue “Antioxidant and Anti-aging Action of Plant Polyphenols”. It also provides a summary of the polyphenols, their biological properties and possible functions as medicines,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,635 Views
24 Pages

Rare Neurologic Disease-Associated Mutations of AIMP1 Are Related with Inhibitory Neuronal Differentiation Which Is Reversed by Ibuprofen

  • Yu Takeuchi,
  • Marina Tanaka,
  • Nanako Okura,
  • Yasuyuki Fukui,
  • Ko Noguchi,
  • Yoshihiro Hayashi,
  • Tomohiro Torii,
  • Hiroaki Ooizumi,
  • Katsuya Ohbuchi and
  • Kazushige Mizoguchi
  • + 2 authors

Background: Hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 3 (HLD3), previously characterized as a congenital diseases associated with oligodendrocyte myelination, is increasingly regarded as primarily affecting neuronal cells. Methods: We used N1E-115 cells as the...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,151 Views
5 Pages

This Medicines special issue highlights emerging research spanning from epidemiology to diagnostic workup, pathogenesis, and therapeutics for patients suffering from chronic pruritus. The special issue contains 13 articles reporting relevant epidemio...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
7,625 Views
23 Pages

Uncharted Source of Medicinal Products: The Case of the Hedychium Genus

  • Wilson R. Tavares,
  • Maria do Carmo Barreto and
  • Ana M. L. Seca

A current research topic of great interest is the study of the therapeutic properties of plants and of their bioactive secondary metabolites. Plants have been used to treat all types of health problems from allergies to cancer, in addition to their u...

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