Traditional Chinese medicine: a promising candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

作     者：Zhi-Kun Sun Hong-Qi Yang Sheng-Di Chen 

作者机构：Department of NeurologyHenan Provincial People’s HospitalZhengzhou 450003 Henan ProvincePeople’s Republic of China Department of Neurology and Institute of NeurologyRuijin HospitalShanghai JiaoTong University School of MedicineShanghai 200025People’s Republic of China 

出 版 物：《Translational Neurodegeneration》 (转化神经变性病（英文）)

年 卷 期：2013年第2卷第1期

页      面：30-36页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：This study was supported by grants from the State Key Basic Research Program(No.2010CB945200) National“Twelfth Five-Year”Plan for Science&Technology Support(2012BAI10B03) Program for Outstanding Medical Academic Leader(No.LJ 06003) Henan Key Science and Technology Project(No.112102310684) 

主　　题：Alzheimer’s disease Chinese traditional medicine Therapeutic approach 

摘      要：Alzheimer’s disease(AD)is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder,characterized clinically by insidious onset of memory and cognition impairment,emergence of psychiatric symptoms and behavioral disorder,and impairment of activities of daily living(ADL).Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)is practiced in the Chinese health care system for more than 2,000 *** recent years,scientists have isolated many novel compounds from herbs,some of which improve dementia with fewer side effects than conventional drugs and are regarded as potential anti-AD *** this review,we summarize the latest research progress on TCM showing their possible role of treatment of AD and other demented diseases and possible pharmacological actions.