Torreya grandis
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Torreya grandis
Torreya grandis in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Feiziren é¼×ÓÈÊ
Feizirou é¼×ÓÈâ
Chinese Name (pinyin): Feizi
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Torreya Seed
Specific Name : Semen torreyae
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected in autumn when ripe, removed from fleshy aril, wash clean and dried in the sun.
Description : Ovoid or prolate ovoid, 2 - 3.5cm long, 1.3 - 2cm in diameter. Externally greyish yellow or pale yellowish brown, longitudinally wrinkled. One end obtuse with elliptical raphe the other end slightly acute. Testa hard about 1 mm thick. Kernal surface wrinkled. Perisperm greyish brown, membranoues, endosperm yellowish white, plump and oily. Odor weak, taste slightly sweet and astringent.
Identification :
Processing : Remove from sheel (testa). Break to pieces before use.
Action : To kill worms and to relax bowels.
Indication : ankylostomiasis, ascariasis, taeniasis; abdominal pain and malnutrition caused by intestinal parasitosis in children; constipation
Precautions :
Dosage : 9 to 15 g.
Storage : Preserve in a cool and dry place, protected from moth.
Synonymns for Torreya grandis
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Torreya grandis
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Torreya grandis in the Treatment of Epilepesy
Basic Science
Animal Studies
Cohort, Case-Control and Non-Randomized Trials
Randomized Controlled Trials
Meta-Analysis
1st Five Results: pubmed search
Hang Shen, Ying Hou, Xiaorong Wang, Yaru Li, Jiasheng Wu, Heqiang Lou
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Int J Mol Sci: 2024, 25(7);
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Shiwei Yao, Hongling Lu, Tianhuan Zhou, Qihong Jiang, Chenkai Jiang, Wenjun Hu, Mingqian Li, Chin Ping Tan, Yongcai Feng, Qun Du, Guoxin Shen, Xingwei Xiang, Lin Chen
Sciadonic acid attenuates high-fat diet-induced bone metabolism disorders in mice.
Food Funct: 2024, 15(8);4490-4502
[PubMed:38566566]
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Jianghui Yao, Enhe Bai, Yanwen Duan, Yong Huang
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Foods: 2024, 13(6);
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Ruiqian Zhu, Ning Gao, Jiali Luo, Wenhui Shi
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Genes (Basel): 2024, 15(3);
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Zongyu Yang, Wanli Luo, Zaiwen Yang, Maosheng Zhang, Minjian Dong, Dale Guo, Juan Gu, Chengxin Sun, Shiji Xiao
Diterpenoids from Torreya grandis and their cytotoxic activities.
Phytochemistry: 2024, 221;114036
[PubMed:38387724]
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