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  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,949 Views
14 Pages

Quantitative Determination and Validation of Four Ketones in Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge Using Quantitative Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

  • Yuanyuan Li,
  • Zhuoni Hou,
  • Feng Su,
  • Jipeng Chen,
  • Xiaodan Zhang,
  • Ling Xu,
  • Dongfeng Yang and
  • Zongsuo Liang

28 April 2020

Salvia mltiorrhiza Bunge (SMB) is native to China, whose dried root has been used as medicine. A few chromatographic- or spectrometric-based methods have already been used to analyze the lipid-soluble components in SMB. However, the methodology of qN...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,648 Views
17 Pages

13 June 2013

A reference extractive, containing multiple active known compounds, has been considered to be an alternative to individual reference standards. However, in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia (ChP) the great majority of reference extractives have been primaril...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
3,532 Views
10 Pages

23 September 2019

The aerial parts of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, as the non-medicinal parts, are always discarded during harvesting, resulting in a huge waste of resources and environmental pressure. Due to the high flavonoid content and their antioxidant activities c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
84 Citations
11,462 Views
9 Pages

7 March 2011

Four diterpenoid tanshinones and three phenolic acids were isolated from the crude ethanol extract of the cultured hairy roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge by bioassay-guided fractionation. By means of physicochemical and spectrometric analysis, they...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,424 Views
22 Pages

As one of the traditional Chinese herbs, Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge) has been widely studied and widely used in the treatment of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and other immune diseases. Tanshinones and salvianolic acids isolated from Dansh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,234 Views
16 Pages

The Anti-Inflammatory and the Antinociceptive Effects of Mixed Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb. and Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge Extract

  • Jing-Hui Feng,
  • Hyun-Yong Kim,
  • Su-Min Sim,
  • Guang-Lei Zuo,
  • Jeon-Sub Jung,
  • Seung-Hwan Hwang,
  • Youn-Gil Kwak,
  • Min-Jung Kim,
  • Jeong-Hun Jo and
  • Hong-Won Suh
  • + 2 authors

17 June 2021

Arthritis is a common condition that causes pain and inflammation in a joint. Previously, we reported that the mixture extract (ME) from Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb. (AP) and Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (SM) could ameliorate gout arthritis. In the present s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,574 Views
12 Pages

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen) is an important traditional Chinese medicine herb. This study aimed to investigate the drought-responsive metabolic profiling in S. miltiorrhiza using gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC-TOFMS)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,897 Views
11 Pages

20 January 2022

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (SM) has been extensively used in Alzheimer’s disease treatment, the permeability through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) determining its efficacy. However, the transport mechanism of SM components across the BBB remains...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,442 Views
12 Pages

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge as a Potential Natural Compound against COVID-19

  • Simon J. L. Petitjean,
  • Marylène Lecocq,
  • Camille Lelong,
  • Robin Denis,
  • Sylvie Defrère,
  • Pierre-Antoine Mariage,
  • David Alsteens and
  • Charles Pilette

12 April 2022

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, commonly called danshen, is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine for its cardiovascular and neuroprotective effects, which include antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, and antifibrotic properties. The purpose of this st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,227 Views
17 Pages

Identification and Characterization of Jasmonic Acid Biosynthetic Genes in Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge

  • Xiaoshan Xue,
  • Runqing Li,
  • Caijuan Zhang,
  • Wenna Li,
  • Lin Li,
  • Suying Hu,
  • Junfeng Niu,
  • Xiaoyan Cao,
  • Donghao Wang and
  • Zhezhi Wang

20 August 2022

Jasmonic acid (JA) is a vital plant hormone that performs a variety of critical functions for plants. Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (S. miltiorrhiza), also known as Danshen, is a renowned traditional Chinese medicinal herb. However, no thorough and syste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,861 Views
18 Pages

24 March 2022

Drought stress is a major constraint to the quality and production of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen). This study aimed to investigate the posttranslational molecular mechanisms in S. miltiorrhiza leaves in response to drought stress using quanti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,723 Views
14 Pages

1 January 2025

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (S. miltiorrhiza) is one of the most commonly used bulk herbs in China; however, root rot can seriously affect its quality and yields. To minimize the use of chemical pesticides for managing this plant fungal disease, biolog...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
12,341 Views
13 Pages

13 February 2014

Danshensu (DSU) and salvianolic acid B (SAB) are the primary water-soluble compounds of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Lamiaceae). In this study, we analyzed the effects of DSU, SAB and a S. miltiorrhiza extract (SME) on cell proliferation. Additionally,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
97 Citations
14,516 Views
40 Pages

13 September 2020

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (S. miltiorrhiza) is a medicinal herb that has been used for the treatment for various diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in East Asia including Korea. Considering its extensive usage as a therapeut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
8,887 Views
17 Pages

Effect of Genotype and Environment on Salvia miltiorrhiza Roots Using LC/MS-Based Metabolomics

  • Qi Zhao,
  • Zhenqiao Song,
  • Xinsheng Fang,
  • Yuling Pan,
  • Linlin Guo,
  • Tian Liu and
  • Jianhua Wang

Salvia miltiorrhiza (S. miltiorrhiza) Bunge is broadly used as herbal medicine for the clinical treatments of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Despite its commercial and medicinal values, few systematic studies on the metabolome of S. mil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,431 Views
11 Pages

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (danshen) is a traditional herbal medicine and has been widely used to prevent and treat cardiovascular and other diseases. Currently, the majority of medicinal plants, including danshen, used in the United States are import...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
2,913 Views
15 Pages

SmMYB4 Is a R2R3-MYB Transcriptional Repressor Regulating the Biosynthesis of Phenolic Acids and Tanshinones in Salvia miltiorrhiza

  • Qian Tian,
  • Limin Han,
  • Xiaoya Zhu,
  • Caijuan Zhang,
  • Yunyun Li,
  • Xiaoshan Xue,
  • Yueyue Wang,
  • Donghao Wang,
  • Junfeng Niu and
  • Zhezhi Wang
  • + 2 authors

12 October 2022

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge is one of the most famous traditional Chinese medicinal plants. The two most important classes of pharmaceutically relevant compounds in S. miltiorrhiza are phenolic acids and tanshinones. The MYB family of transcription fac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,839 Views
18 Pages

Ethyl Acetate Fractions of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen) Crude Extract Modulate Fibrotic Signals to Ameliorate Diabetic Kidney Injury

  • Yung-Chien Hsu,
  • Ya-Hsueh Shih,
  • Cheng Ho,
  • Cheng-Chi Liu,
  • Chia-Ching Liaw,
  • Hui-Yi Lin and
  • Chun-Liang Lin

18 August 2024

Diabetic nephropathy, a leading cause of end-stage renal disease, accounts for significant morbidity and mortality. It is characterized by microinflammation in the glomeruli and myofibroblast activation in the tubulointerstitium. Salvia miltiorrhiza...

  • Article
  • Open Access
79 Citations
10,042 Views
16 Pages

Ag+ as a More Effective Elicitor for Production of Tanshinones than Phenolic Acids in Salvia miltiorrhiza Hairy Roots

  • Bingcong Xing,
  • Dongfeng Yang,
  • Wanli Guo,
  • Zongsuo Liang,
  • Xijun Yan,
  • Yonghong Zhu and
  • Yan Liu

24 December 2014

Phenolic acids and tanshinones are two groups of bioactive ingredients in Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge. As a heavy metal elicitor, it has been reported that Ag+ can induce accumulations of both phenolic acids and tanshinones in S. miltiorrhiza hairy ro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
976 Views
21 Pages

Phosphorus (P), as one of the essential bulk elements for plant growth and development, plays an important role in root growth, accumulation of secondary metabolites, and regulation of gene expression. In Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (S. miltiorrhiza),...

  • Article
  • Open Access
128 Citations
10,752 Views
19 Pages

30 December 2019

Cryptotanshinone (CT), a diterpene that is isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, exhibits anti-cancer, anti-oxidative, anti-fibrosis, and anti-inflammatory properties. Here, we examined whether CT administration possess a hepatoprotective effect o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
7,602 Views
12 Pages

Protective Effects of Salvianolic Acid A against Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Acute Colitis in Rats

  • Kai Wang,
  • Qinqin Yang,
  • Quanxin Ma,
  • Bei Wang,
  • Zhengrui Wan,
  • Minli Chen and
  • Liming Wu

19 June 2018

Salvianolic acid A (SAA) is an active phenolic acid derived from Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen). To explore whether SAA has a therapeutic effect against inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an acute colitis model was induced in rats by administerin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,399 Views
16 Pages

20 January 2023

The red root of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, a famous traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), was caused by tanshinone in epidermis cells. In order to study the biological function of ncRNAs in the tanshinone synthesis, the expression patterns of mRNA and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
833 Views
23 Pages

3 November 2025

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen) is widely used in modern medicine, but the market faces challenges from counterfeit and mislabeled geographical indication products. To address this, we propose a novel framework combining Two-trace Two-dimensional...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,149 Views
13 Pages

27 April 2020

Tanshinone I (Tan I) is a diterpenoid isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge and exhibits antitumor effects in several cancers. However, the anti-obesity properties of Tan I remain unexplored. Here, we evaluated the anti-obesity effects of Tan I in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,441 Views
22 Pages

In the screening of novel natural products against cancer using an in vitro cancer cell model, we recently found that tanshinones from a traditional Chinese medicine, the rhizome of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen), had potent effects on cell prol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,154 Views
13 Pages

Doxorubicin (DOX) is a widely used antineoplastic agent in clinics. However, its clinical application is largely limited by its cardiotoxicity. Diethyl blechnic (DB) is a novel compound isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge. Here, we study the effe...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,850 Views
13 Pages

Nitrogen Fertilization Improves Growth and Bioactive Compound Content for Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge

  • Zhiheng Xing,
  • Guihong Bi,
  • Tongyin Li,
  • Qianwen Zhang and
  • Patricia R. Knight

Salvia miltiorrhiza B., an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine, has been widely used to prevent and treat cardiovascular and other diseases. Currently, the majority of medicinal plants used in the US are imported from foreign countries, which i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,770 Views
16 Pages

29 July 2022

Compared to the traditional processing method, fresh processing can significantly enhance the preservation of biologically active ingredients and reduce processing time. This study evaluated the influences of fresh and traditional processing based on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,961 Views
15 Pages

16 May 2020

S. miltiorrhiza is a well-known Chinese herb for the clinical treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Tanshinones and phenolic acids are the major secondary metabolites and significant pharmacological constituents of this plant. Kel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,235 Views
16 Pages

27 March 2024

Salvia miltiorrhiza seeds (SMS) are the main by-product of the production processing of Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae. The main purposes of this work are to analyse the nutritional components in SMS, to explore the antioxidant activity of the chemical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
9,089 Views
11 Pages

22 March 2013

Consistent grain yield in drought environment has attracted wide attention due to global climate change. However, the important drought-related traits/genes in crops have been rarely reported. Many near-isogenic lines (NILs) of male sterile and ferti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
55 Citations
7,377 Views
8 Pages

Evaluation of Tanshinone IIA Developmental Toxicity in Zebrafish Embryos

  • Tao Wang,
  • Chengxi Wang,
  • Qiong Wu,
  • Kangdi Zheng,
  • Jiaojiao Chen,
  • Yutao Lan,
  • Yao Qin,
  • Wenjie Mei and
  • Baoguo Wang

Tanshinone IIA (Tan-IIA) is derived from the dried roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, a traditional Chinese medicine. Although Salvia miltiorrhiza has been applied for many years, the toxicity of the mono-constituent of Salvia miltiorrhiza, tanshino...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,451 Views
14 Pages

Anatomy and Comparative Transcriptome Reveal the Mechanism of Male Sterility in Salvia miltiorrhiza

  • Jinqiu Liao,
  • Zhizhou Zhang,
  • Yukun Shang,
  • Yuanyuan Jiang,
  • Zixuan Su,
  • Xuexue Deng,
  • Xiang Pu,
  • Ruiwu Yang and
  • Li Zhang

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge is an important traditional herb. Salvia miltiorrhiza is distributed in the Sichuan province of China (here called SC). Under natural conditions, it does not bear seeds and its sterility mechanism is still unclear. Through a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,975 Views
14 Pages

Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase Gene CCD4 Enhances Tanshinone Accumulation and Drought Resistance in Salvia miltiorrhiza

  • Qian Tian,
  • Wei Han,
  • Shuai Zhou,
  • Liu Yang,
  • Donghao Wang,
  • Wen Zhou and
  • Zhezhi Wang

9 December 2024

Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge) is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Salvia genus in the family Lamiaceae. Its dry root is one of the important traditional Chinese herbal medicines with a long officinal history. The yield and quality of S. milt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,615 Views
12 Pages

Inoculation with Glomus mosseae Improves the Growth and Salvianolic Acid B Accumulation of Continuously Cropped Salvia miltiorrhiza

  • Meilan Chen,
  • Guang Yang,
  • Dahui Liu,
  • Minhui Li,
  • Hongyan Qiu,
  • Lanping Guo,
  • Luqi Huang and
  • Zhi Chao

5 July 2017

Salvia miltiorrhiza (S. miltiorrhiza) Bunge is one of the most economically important medicinal crops in China. In traditional Chinese medicine, its root is used as an important ingredient in formulas for treatment of atherosclerosis-related disorder...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,218 Views
18 Pages

30 March 2024

As a traditional Chinese medicine, Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge was first recorded in the Shennong Materia Medica Classic and is widely used to treat “the accumulation of symptoms and masses”. The main active ingredient of Salvia miltiorrhiz...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
8,202 Views
14 Pages

Inhibition of Tanshinone IIA, Salvianolic Acid A and Salvianolic Acid B on Areca Nut Extract-Induced Oral Submucous Fibrosis in Vitro

  • Jian-Ping Dai,
  • Dan-Xia Zhu,
  • Jiang-Tao Sheng,
  • Xiao-Xuan Chen,
  • Wei-Zhong Li,
  • Ge-Fei Wang,
  • Kang-Sheng Li and
  • Yun Su

15 April 2015

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge has been reported to possess excellent antifibrotic activity. In this study, we have investigated the effect and mechanism of tanshinone IIA (Tan-IIA), salvianolic acid A (Sal-A) and salvianolic acid B (Sal-B), the important...

  • Article
  • Open Access
74 Citations
7,690 Views
16 Pages

Salvia miltiorrhiza is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine containing multiple components that contribute to its notable bioactivities. This article investigated the distribution and dynamic changes of chemical constituents in various parts of S. m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,877 Views
20 Pages

24 January 2024

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge is a traditional medicinal plant in China and poly-glutamic acid (PGA) is a valuable biopolymer. However, it is unclear whether PGA promotes growth and the accumulation of main medicinal components in S. miltiorrhiza. To elu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
58 Citations
5,225 Views
17 Pages

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge is a Chinese traditional herb for treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and tanshinones and phenolic acids are the dominated medicinal and secondary metabolism constituents of this plant. WRKY transcription f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,345 Views
13 Pages

Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase SmPHA4 Negatively Regulates the Biosynthesis of Tanshinones in Salvia miltiorrhiza

  • Xiuhong Li,
  • Bin Zhang,
  • Pengda Ma,
  • Ruizhi Cao,
  • Xiaobing Yang and
  • Juane Dong

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge has been widely used in the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, due to the pharmacological action of its active components such as the tanshinones. Plasma membrane (PM) H+-ATPase plays key roles in nume...

  • Article
  • Open Access
93 Citations
9,858 Views
20 Pages

Flavonoids are a class of important secondary metabolites with a broad spectrum of pharmacological functions. Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen) is a well-known traditional Chinese medicinal herb with a broad diversity of flavonoids. However, flavon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,735 Views
19 Pages

UBC Gene Family Analysis in Salvia castanea and Roles of ScUBC2/5 Genes under Abiotic Stress

  • Longyi Zhu,
  • Yuee Sun,
  • Najeeb Ullah,
  • Guilian Zhang,
  • Hui Liu and
  • Ling Xu

14 May 2024

Salvia castanea Diels, a relative of the medicinal plant Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, belongs to the genus Salvia and family Lamiaceae. Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 (UBC) is an important ubiquitin-binding enzyme in protein ubiquitination. This study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,261 Views
17 Pages

Spatiotemporal and Transcriptional Characterization on Tanshinone Initial Synthesis in Salvia miltiorrhiza Roots

  • Caicai Lin,
  • Lin Zhang,
  • Xia Zhang,
  • Xin Wang,
  • Chaoyang Wang,
  • Yufeng Zhang,
  • Jianhua Wang,
  • Xingfeng Li and
  • Zhenqiao Song

6 November 2022

Tanshinones are the bioactive constituents of Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge), which is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat cardiovascular and other diseases, and they synthesize and accumulate in the root periderm of S. miltiorrhiza. H...

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
7,786 Views
13 Pages

27 June 2013

Tanshinones are abietane-type norditerpenoid quinone natural products found in a well-known traditional Chinese medicinal herb, Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge. The copalyl diphosphate synthase of S. miltiorrhiza (SmCPS) is the key enzyme in the first step...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,432 Views
15 Pages

Transcription Factor SmSPL2 Inhibits the Accumulation of Salvianolic Acid B and Influences Root Architecture

  • Xiangzeng Wang,
  • Yao Cao,
  • Jiaxin Yang,
  • Tong Zhang,
  • Qianqian Yang,
  • Yanhua Zhang,
  • Donghao Wang and
  • Xiaoyan Cao

4 November 2022

The SQUAMOSA PROMOTER-BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) transcription factor play vital roles in plant growth and development. Although 15 SPL family genes have been recognized in the model medical plant Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, most of them have not been...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
3,841 Views
17 Pages

Dihydrotanshinone I Inhibits the Lung Metastasis of Breast Cancer by Suppressing Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Formation

  • Huan Zhao,
  • Yi Liang,
  • Chengtao Sun,
  • Yufei Zhai,
  • Xuan Li,
  • Mi Jiang,
  • Ruiwen Yang,
  • Xiaojuan Li,
  • Qijin Shu and
  • Bing Han
  • + 1 author

2 December 2022

Breast cancer (BC) is a common female malignancy, worldwide. BC death is predominantly caused by lung metastasis. According to previous studies, Dihydrotanshinone I (DHT), a bioactive compound in Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (S. miltiorrhiza), has inhib...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,113 Views
15 Pages

Lipopolysaccharide Enhances Tanshinone Biosynthesis via a Ca2+-Dependent Manner in Salvia miltiorrhiza Hairy Roots

  • Bin Zhang,
  • Xueying Li,
  • Xiuhong Li,
  • Zhigang Lu,
  • Xiaona Cai,
  • Qing Ou Yang,
  • Pengda Ma and
  • Juane Dong

16 December 2020

Tanshinones, the major bioactive components in Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen), are synthesized via the mevalonic acid (MVA) pathway or the 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol-4-phosphate (MEP) pathway and the downstream biosynthesis pathway. In this study,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,950 Views
20 Pages

Neoprzewaquinone A Inhibits Breast Cancer Cell Migration and Promotes Smooth Muscle Relaxation by Targeting PIM1 to Block ROCK2/STAT3 Pathway

  • Guiying Zhao,
  • Yali Ren,
  • Jie Yan,
  • Tingrui Zhang,
  • Peng Lu,
  • Jieting Lei,
  • Huanan Rao,
  • Xin Kang,
  • Zhixing Cao and
  • Yuzhi Li
  • + 3 authors

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen) has been widely used to treat cancer and cardiovascular diseases in Chinese traditional medicine. Here, we found that Neoprzewaquinone A (NEO), an active component of S. miltiorrhiza, selectively inhibits PIM1. We...

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