The pharmacological effects and safety of the raw and prepared folium of Epimedium brevicornu Maxim. on improving kidney-yang deficiency syndrome and sexual dysfunction

Background: Kidney-Yang deficiency syndrome (KDS) is a group of diseases related to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and sexual dysfunction. The folium of Epimedium brevicornu Maxim. (FEB) includes raw and prepared slices, named RFEB and PFEB, respectively. PFEB is traditionally believed to...

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Main Authors: Kai Wang, Juntao Li, Xinyu Zheng, Jian Xu, Zhe Wang, Senjie Li, Qiang Yang, Yue Wu, Dong-Hua Yang, Shen Yao, Xiangwei Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2023.1233468/full