TY - JOUR
T1 - Traditional Chinese medicine-based neurorestorative therapy for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease
AU - Zhang, Zhu
AU - Zhang, Shiqing
AU - Lui, Cathy Nga Ping
AU - Zhu, Peili
AU - Zhang, Zhang
AU - Lin, Kaili
AU - Dai, Yiwu
AU - Yung, Ken Kin Lam
N1 - Publisher copyright:
© 2019 The Author(s).
PY - 2019/12/5
Y1 - 2019/12/5
N2 - The prevalence of multiple neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD), has been dramatically increasing, particularly in the aging population. However, the currently available therapies merely alleviate the symptoms of these diseases and are unable to retard disease progression significantly. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been used in clinical practice for thousands of years for ameliorating symptoms or interfering with the pathogenesis of aging- associated diseases. Modern pharmacological studies have proved that TCM imparts disease-modifying therapeutic effects against these diseases, such as protection of neurons, clearance of protein aggregates, and regulation of neuroinflammation. This review summarizes the evidence from recent studies on AD and PD therapies regarding the neuroprotective activities and molecular mechanisms of a series of TCM formulations comprising herbs and their active ingredients. The findings of this review support the use of TCM as an alternative source of therapy for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
AB - The prevalence of multiple neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD), has been dramatically increasing, particularly in the aging population. However, the currently available therapies merely alleviate the symptoms of these diseases and are unable to retard disease progression significantly. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been used in clinical practice for thousands of years for ameliorating symptoms or interfering with the pathogenesis of aging- associated diseases. Modern pharmacological studies have proved that TCM imparts disease-modifying therapeutic effects against these diseases, such as protection of neurons, clearance of protein aggregates, and regulation of neuroinflammation. This review summarizes the evidence from recent studies on AD and PD therapies regarding the neuroprotective activities and molecular mechanisms of a series of TCM formulations comprising herbs and their active ingredients. The findings of this review support the use of TCM as an alternative source of therapy for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
KW - traditional Chinese medicine
KW - Alzheimer’s disease
KW - Parkinson’s disease
KW - neurorestorative therapy
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-neurorestoratology/vol/7/issue/4
U2 - 10.26599/JNR.2019.9040026
DO - 10.26599/JNR.2019.9040026
M3 - Review article
SN - 2324-2426
VL - 7
SP - 207
EP - 222
JO - Journal of Neurorestoratology
JF - Journal of Neurorestoratology
IS - 4
ER -