Direct analysis in real time (DART) possesses the merits of analyzing sample in its native status with minimal or even no sample pretreatment. In this review, we summarized the recent applications of DART in the field of herbal medicine analysis such as compound detection, species identification, metabolites profiling and initial quantification. DART with the characters of hyper-rapid, easy-hyp...

Neurodegeneration refers to a condition of neuronal death occurring as a result of progressive disease of long term. It involves degeneration of circumscribed group of neurons that may be functionally or neuroanatomically connected. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive neurological disorder. Recent studies have indicated that a part of active compounds extracted from herbal medici...

Dandruff, a clinical condition caused by Malassezia (Pityrosporum) species is of great cosmetic concern all over the world. Dandruff is known to be controlled by fungistatic ingredients in Anti-dandruff shampoos. A comparative study on the efficacy of chemical and herbal anti-dandruff ingredients on ’as is’ basis and their performance in market shampoos was done in vitro against Pityrosporum ov...

Traditional Chinese medicine-based herbal medicines have gained increasing acceptance worldwide in recent years and are being pursued by pharmaceutical companies as rich resources for drug discovery. For many years, traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) have been applied for the treatment of cancers in China and beyond. Herbal medicines are generally low in cost, plentiful, and show very little t...