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BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine – we’ve updated our Research Standards

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We are pleased to announce the new Research Standards for manuscripts submitted to BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. These changes renew the journal’s commitment to providing objective evidence for the efficacy or utilisation of complementary and alternative therapies. We will consider all manuscripts which meet these criteria. Click the button below to read more.

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Helminthostachys zeylanica alleviates hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance in diet-induced obese mice

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A 13-Week Repeated Oral Dose Toxicity Study of ChondroT in Sprague-Dawley Rats

Authors: Jiwon Jeong, Kiljoon Bae, Jihoon Kim, Chanhun Choi, Changsu Na, Myeongkyu Park, Youngran Kim, Chang-Seob Seo and Seon-Jong Kim

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Oral and injectable Marsdenia tenacissima extract (MTE) as adjuvant therapy to chemotherapy for gastric cancer: a systematic review

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12 December 2019
The pro-apoptotic effect of a Terpene-rich Annona cherimola leaf extract on leukemic cell lines

Authors: Carl Ammoury, Maria Younes, Marianne El Khoury, Mohammad H. Hodroj, Tony Haykal, Peter Nasr, Marilyne Sily, Robin I. Taleb, Rita Sarkis, Rana Khalife and Sandra Rizk

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12 December 2019
Efficacy and safety of oral Guanxinshutong capsules in patients with stable angina pectoris in China: a prospective, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial

Authors: Yang Li, Lei Zhang, Shuzheng Lv, Xiaozeng Wang, Jian Zhang, Xiaoxiang Tian, Yan Zhang, Bojun Chen, Dayue Liu, Jie Yang, Peikang Dong, Yunzhong Xu, Yingmin Song, Junling Shi, Lian Li, Xuechang Wang…

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In vitro antibacterial activity of some plant essential oils

Authors: Seenivasan Prabuseenivasan, Manickkam Jayakumar and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu

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30 November 2006
Frankincense oil derived from Boswellia carteri induces tumor cell specific cytotoxicity

Authors: Mark Barton Frank, Qing Yang, Jeanette Osban, Joseph T Azzarello, Marcia R Saban, Ricardo Saban, Richard A Ashley, Jan C Welter, Kar-Ming Fung and Hsueh-Kung Lin

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18 March 2009
Antioxidant activity, total phenolic and total flavonoid contents of whole plant extracts Torilis leptophylla L

Authors: Naima Saeed, Muhammad R Khan and Maria Shabbir

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16 November 2012
Clinical research evidence of cupping therapy in China: a systematic literature review

Authors: Huijuan Cao, Mei Han, Xun Li, Shangjuan Dong, Yongmei Shang, Qian Wang, Shu Xu and Jianping Liu

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16 November 2010
Antibacterial activities of selected edible plants extracts against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria

Authors: Doriane E Djeussi, Jaurès AK Noumedem, Jackson A Seukep, Aimé G Fankam, Igor K Voukeng, Simplice B Tankeo, Antoine HL Nkuete and Victor Kuete

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BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles on interventions and resources that complement or replace conventional therapies, with a specific emphasis on research that explores the biological mechanisms of action, as well as their efficacy, safety, costs, patterns of use and/or implementation.

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BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine is affiliated with Cochrane Complementary Medicine. The purpose of this affiliation is to improve the standard of Systematic Review reporting at the journal. Click the link below for an Editorial with more information on this partnership and how the journal treats Systematic Reviews.

Anne Menard, BioMed Central

Manuscript Editor

Cecilia Pennica, BioMed Central

Assistant Editors

Esther Fagelson, BioMed Central
Emily Wollmuth, BioMed Central

Section Editors

Holger Cramer, University of Duisburg-Essen
Jacobus Eloff, University of Pretoria
Torkel Falkenberg, Karolinska Institutet
Victor Kuete, University of Dschang
Jianping Liu, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Karen Pilkington, University of Portsmouth
Cheryl Ritenbaugh, University of Arizona
Insop Shim, Kyung Hee University
Claudia Witt, University of Zurich

Insop Shim, Section Editor

I am currently a professor at College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University. I hold a Ph.D. in Biopsychology (Behavioral Neuroscience) from University of Illinois at Chicago and completed my post-doctoral fellowship at the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine University of Illinois. I am a member of the Society for Neuroscience and have served as an organizing committee of many International conferences and served as the Editor-in-Chief of Korean Society of Stress Medicine and Executive Editor of Experimental Neurobiology.

My research expertise is in the areas of neural mechanisms responsible for motivational behaviors including stress, drugs of abuse, and learning and memory. It is the goal of my research in particular, to elucidate both the effects and the mechanisms of action of the herbal medicine or complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) using animal models of stress-related diseases such as anxiety, depression, insomnia or learning and memory. I have joined a board member since Aug, 2016.

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