BACKGROUND Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) occurs in women during their reproductive age with a quite negative impact on their daily lives. Women with PMS experience a wide range of physical or psychological symptoms and seek treatment for them. Chinese herb medicine (CHM) is commonly used for PMS and the goal of this study is to investigate the prescription patterns of CHM for PMS by using a natio...

Pupal diapause in Mimas tiliae can be terminated by keeping the pupa for at least 4 weeks at 3° C. The adult emerges about 15 days after transfer to 25° C. Histological examination shows that the neurosecretory cells in the brain are inactive in the diapausing pupa, but they elaborate intracellular material during the first 3 weeks at 3 C. The material is passed to the corpora cardiaca. The neu...

Leonotis leonurus extracts and compounds have been extensively studied for pharmacological effects. However, most of the diterpenes isolated from plant not evaluated as possible contributors to cardiovascular effects extracts. In this study, computational modelling was used predict drug-likeness five diterpenoids L. Leonurus. The predicted results were then subsequently compared with obtained a...