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  1. Human adenovirus type-7 (HAdV-7) is a common pathogen that may cause significant morbidity as well as severe complications. Currently, there is no approved drug for the treatment of HAdV-7 infections and the c...

    Authors: Rahma SR. Mahrous, Hoda Fathy and Reham S. Ibrahim
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:259
  2. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can occur after trauma. While PTSD management strategies include first-line pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy, mind–body therapies, such as yoga, are applied in the PTSD po...

    Authors: Nina Laplaud, Anaïck Perrochon, Matthieu Gallou-Guyot, Maarten Moens, Lisa Goudman, Romain David, Philippe Rigoard and Maxime Billot
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:258
  3. Milk thistle is one of the most popular hepatoprotectants, and is often sold in combination with other ingredients. Botanical supplements are known to be vulnerable to contamination and adulteration, and emerg...

    Authors: Ancuța Cristina Raclariu-Manolică, Quentin Mauvisseau, Renato Paranaiba, Hugo J. De Boer and Carmen Socaciu
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:257
  4. Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a common public health problem and a leading cause of long-term pain, decreased muscle strength, and even disability. Tai Chi has been proved effective and highly recommended for K...

    Authors: Hongyu Yue, Yang Li, Jianwen Ma, Chaoqun Xie, Fangfang Xie, Junhao Cai, Min Fang and Fei Yao
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:256
  5. The morbidity of influenza in children increased rapidly in decade. Reduning injection (RDN), a small but fine Chinese herbal formula, has antipyretic, antiviral, anti-inflammatory effects. We intend to evalua...

    Authors: Shuo Yang, Yan-ming Xie and Lian-xin Wang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:255
  6. Carum carvi (caraway) of the Apiaceae family has been used in many cultures as a cooking spice and part of the folk medicine. Previous reports primarily focus on the medicinal properties of caraway seed essential...

    Authors: Taibah Aldakhil, Saud O. Alshammari, Bushra Siraj, Bishoy El-Aarag, Shamshad Zarina, David Salehi and Aftab Ahmed
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:254
  7. Post-operative pain of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is always be overlooked and undertreated by endoscopists. However, the incidence of moderate to severe pain after ESD is as high as 44.9% to 62.8%,...

    Authors: Xin-Lu Chang, Xu-Ming Liu, Li-Xin An, Jian-Yong Zheng and Ke Zhang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:253
  8. Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is still rage worldwide, there are still very limited treatments for human coronaviruses (HCoVs) infections. Xiaochahu decoction (XCHD), which is one of th...

    Authors: Lvjie Xu, Chuipu Cai, Jiansong Fang, Qihui Wu, Jun Zhao, Zhe Wang, Pengfei Guo, Lishu Zheng and Ailin Liu
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:252
  9. Authors: Seyede Pegah Hamidi, Omid Koohi-Hosseinabadi, Sepideh Khaksar, Ali Ghanbariasad, Amir Reza Dehghanian, Azizallah Dehghan, Zahra Haddadi, Roxana Gorgin, Mojtaba Farjam and Hiva Alipanah
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:250

    The original article was published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:225

  10. Ibuprofen is a member of the propionic acid class of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) with anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic activities used to relieve a variety of pains. The objectiv...

    Authors: Thaddeus H. Gugu, Geraldine C. Agu, Emmanuel M. Uronnachi and Salome A. Chime
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:249
  11. Misoprostol is the choice drug for inducing an abortion with intrauterine fetal death, but it has several side effects that increase with accumulating the dose received. Induction abortion with cheap and non-i...

    Authors: Hadis Hashemi, Seyedeh Batool Hasanpoor-Azghady, Masoumeh Farahani and Leila Amiri-Farahani
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:248
  12. Most knowledge translation models pay relatively little attention to patient-held knowledge and are largely based on the premise that researchers and clinicians hold all valuable knowledge, and patients are pa...

    Authors: Amie Steel, Sarah Brand, Matthew Leach, Iva Lloyd and Vicky Ward
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:247
  13. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common type of cancer worldwide. Red beetroot (Beta vulgaris) contains Betanin as its major betacyanin, possessing wide proapoptotic effects. This study aimed to investig...

    Authors: Amir Saber, Nasim Abedimanesh, Mohammad-Hossein Somi, Ahmad Yari Khosroushahi and Shima Moradi
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:246
  14. Shenkang injection has been used clinically to lower creatinine levels. This study explored the mechanism of Shenkang injection on protecting kidney function from hyperglycemia-mediated damage.

    Authors: Zhihui Qu, Biyao Wang, Yingli Jin, Qingfei Xiao, Ying Zhao, Danning Zhao and Liming Yang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:244
  15. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide public health problem affecting millions of people. Probiotics and postbiotics are associated with valuable compounds with antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and immu...

    Authors: Ahmad Gholami, Nima Montazeri-Najafabady, Yousef Ashoori, Kimia Kazemi, Reza Heidari, Navid Omidifar, Iman Karimzadeh, Mohammad Mehdi Ommati, Seyedeh Narjes Abootalebi and Nasim Golkar
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:243
  16. Albendazole is the most common benzimidazole derivative used for trichinellosis treatment but has many drawbacks. The quest for alternative compounds is, therefore, a target for researchers. This work aims to ...

    Authors: Mona Hasan El-Sayad, Eman Sayed El-Wakil, Zizi Hesham Moharam, Naglaa Fathi Abd El-Latif, Mosad A. Ghareeb and Heba Elhadad
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:242
  17. Between 40 and 50% of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) experience anxiety and depression, associated with impaired physical function, high care dependency and mortality. Recently, the United States Natio...

    Authors: Jojo Yan Yan Kwok, Man Auyeung, Shirley Yin Yu Pang, Philip Wing Lok Ho, Doris Sau Fung Yu, Daniel Yee Tak Fong, Chia-chin Lin, Richard Walker, Samuel Yeung-shan Wong and Rainbow Tin Hung Ho
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:241
  18. This study reported the isolation and identification of bioactive compounds from Dioscorea nipponica Makino, a plant used in traditional medicine for various ailments. Nine compounds were isolated, including a ne...

    Authors: Guangqing Xia, Guanshu Zhao, Shichun Pei, Yanping Zheng, Hao Zang and Li Li
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:240
  19. Colon cancer remains one of the most prevalent cancers worldwide. Unfortunately, there are no recognized and effective therapeutic strategies to prevent tumor recurrence after radical resection and chemotherap...

    Authors: Xuechen Geng, Ziqiang Wang, Li Feng, Yanhong Gu, Renjie Wang, Qinghua Yao, Yangxian Xu, Jianyu Wu, Zhiwei Jiang, Kai Chen, Wenwei Hu, Dongxin Tang, Jiege Huo, Ling Li, Qianqian Bu, Shuoqi Zhao…
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:239
  20. Numerous studies have reported the anti-cancer effects of different parts of Annona muricata Linn, however ; most of them focused on the in vitro evaluation of isolates. In vivo evidence on which part is best sui...

    Authors: Kevine Kamga Silihe, William Defo Mbou, Judith Christiane Ngo Pambe, Larissa Vanelle Kenmogne, Laure Fotso Maptouom, Marius Trésor Kemegne Sipping, Stéphane Zingue and Dieudonné Njamen
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:234
  21. Falls are a global public problem and may be an important cause of death in older adults. However, older adults with mild cognitive impairment(MCI) are more likely to fall and suffer more damage than older adu...

    Authors: Ziyi Wu, Yuxing Kuang, Yiwen Wan, Jiao Shi, Shuqian Li, Rui Xia, Mingyue Wan and Shangjie Chen
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:233
  22. Candida albicans causes high-mortality candidiasis. Antifungal drug resistance demands the development of virulence factor-targeting drugs, particularly antibiofilm. This study screened the effects of five invasi...

    Authors: Sufi Desrini, Marion Girardot, Christine Imbert, Mustofa Mustofa and Titik Nuryastuti
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:232
  23. Individual Shantala Infant Massage is an intervention that is offered by several Dutch Preventive Child Healthcare (PCH) organizations as optional preventive support, in addition to basic care as offered to al...

    Authors: Dafna A. Windhorst, Mariska Klein Velderman, Sylvia van der Pal and Carolina de Weerth
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:231
  24. Many patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for disease management. There is, however, a communication gap between patients and healthcare professionals...

    Authors: Jeremy Y. Ng, Henry Liu and Michelle Chenghuazou Wang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:230
  25. Non-specific low back pain is a common condition with significant global prevalence and socio-economic impact. Back School programs, which combine exercise and educational interventions, have been used to addr...

    Authors: Pablo Hernandez-Lucas, Raquel Leirós-Rodríguez, Jorge Mota and José L. García-Soidán
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:229
  26. Cancer is still the most challenging disease and is responsible for many deaths worldwide. Considerable research now focuses on targeted therapy in cancer using natural components to improve anti-tumor efficac...

    Authors: Reihaneh Ramezani, Mozhdeh Mohammadian, Elaheh Sadat Hosseini and Mehrak Zare
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:228
  27. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is the predementia phase of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The intestinal microbiome is altered in MCI and AD, and apolipoprotein E (ApoE) ε4 gene polymorphism is a risk factor for the ...

    Authors: Yuanyuan Jin, Jin Chen, Qichen Chai, Jianfang Zhu and Xiaoqing Jin
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:227
  28. In Taiwan, breast cancer patients usually take conventional medicine and traditional Chinese medicine simultaneously. The utilization of traditional Chinese medicine among breast cancer patients at various sta...

    Authors: Kai-wei Chen, Kuo-piao Chung and Chung-hua Hsu
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:226
  29. Oral mucositis (OM), an acute inflammation of the oral cavity, is a common complication in patients undergoing invasive myeloblastic chemotherapy or radiation therapy. 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) is one of the most ...

    Authors: Seyede Pegah Hamidi, Omid Koohi-Hosseinabadi, Sepideh Khaksar, Ali Ghanbariasad, Amir Reza Dehghanian, Azizallah Dehghan, Zahra Haddadi, Roxana Gorgin, Mojtaba Farjam and Hiva Alipanah
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:225

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:250

  30. Biliary colic (BC) is a frequent hepatobiliary disorder encountered in emergency departments. Acupuncture may be effective as an alternative and complementary medicine for BC. Nonetheless, rigorous trials inve...

    Authors: YuanFang Zhou, YuQuan Shen, XiangYin Ye, DongMei He, Ning Sun, Yong Zhang, YaFei Zhang, Chao Long, ShanBin Ding, LiPing Deng, Yi Deng, FanRong Liang, XianTian Gong and RuiRui Sun
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:224
  31. Pregnant women turn to holistic complementary and alternative medicine to cope with problems associated with the changes they experience during pregnancy. This study aimed to determine the attitudes of pregnan...

    Authors: Burcu Küçükkaya and Hafsa Kübra Işık
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:223
  32. Xuelian granule (XL), a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formula, has been used for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy for a long time as a hospital preparation. Because the active ingredients in the XL t...

    Authors: Xiatiguli Taximaimaiti, Rahima Abdulla, Xuelei Xin, Yuan Zhao, Yi Liu, Haji Akber Aisa, Deqiang Deng and Tao Wu
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:222
  33. Many modern pharmaceutical researchers continue to focus on the discovery and evaluation of natural compounds for possible therapies for obesity, diabetes, infections, cancer, and oxidative stress. Extraction of

    Authors: Ahmad M Eid, Nidal Jaradat, Naser Shraim, Mohammed Hawash, Linda Issa, Mohammad Shakhsher, Nour Nawahda, Ali Hanbali, Noor Barahmeh, Basil Taha and Ahmed Mousa
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:221
  34. Medicinal plants play a huge role in the treatment of various diseases in the Limpopo province (South Africa). Traditionally, concoctions used for treating tuberculosis and cancer are sometimes prepared from p...

    Authors: Kudakwashe Nyambo, Francis Adu-Amankwaah, Kudzanai Ian Tapfuma, Lucinda Baatjies, Lauren Julius, Liezel Smith, Mkhuseli Ngxande, Krishna Govender, Lawrence Mabasa, Afsatou Traore, Maano Valerie Masiphephethu, Idah Sithole Niang and Vuyo Mavumengwana
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:219
  35. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenera­tive disorder after Alzheimer disease accompanied by the death of dopaminergic neurons and brain nigrostriatal mitochondrial damage in the elder...

    Authors: Mao Li, Junli Zhang, Lianyan Jiang, Wujun Wang, Xianrong Feng, Meijun Liu and Dongdong Yang
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:218
  36. Dendrobium nobile and Dendrobium chrysotoxum are important species of the genus Dendrobium and have great economic and medicinal value. However, the medicinal properties of these two plants remain poorly understo...

    Authors: Xia Jie, Yin Feng, Fang Jiahao, Lou Ganggui, Yu Jiani, Xu Zhongyu, Yuan Yuan, Zhang Tinggang, Zhang Xiaodan and Liang Zongsuo
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:217
  37. Traditional health practitioners constitute an important part of the health care system in Burkina Faso, particularly in the supply of traditional herbal medicines. Quality and safety of these medicines rely h...

    Authors: Kampadilemba Ouoba, Hélène Lehmann, Arsène Zongo, Rasmané Semdé and Jean-Yves Pabst
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:215
  38. Cancer poses a health threat, with an increased incidence worldwide. Thus, it is essential to develop new natural anticancer agents. Dypsis pembana (H.E.Moore) Beentje & J.Dransf (DP) is an ornamental plant belon...

    Authors: Mohamed S. Abdelrahim, Afaf M. Abdel-Baky, Soad A. L. Bayoumi, Shaymaa M. Mohamed, Wael M. Abdel-Mageed and Enaam Y. Backheet
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:214
  39. Cervical cancer (CC) is a common gynecological malignancy with high morbidity worldwide. Butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid produced by intestinal flora, has been reported to inhibit cervical carcinogenesis. T...

    Authors: Ke Zhang, Xiawei Ji, Zhengyang Song, Wenjing Song, Qunjia Huang, Tiantian Yu, Dibang Shi, Fangyan Wang, Xiangyang Xue and Junping Guo
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:212
  40. Dacryodes edulis is a plant that belongs to the Burseraceae family. It is widely used traditionally alone or in association with other plants in Cameroonian folk medicine to cure wounds, fever, headaches, and mal...

    Authors: Kevine Johane Jumeta Dongmo, Mariscal Brice Tchatat Tali, Yannick Stéphane Fotsing Fongang, Pierre Leonel K. Tafokeu Taguimjeu, Donald Ulrich Kenou Kagho, Gabin Thierry Bitchagno, Bruno Ndjakou Lenta, Fabrice Fekam Boyom, Norbert Sewald and Silvère Augustin Ngouela
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:211
  41. The present study aimed to investigate the sequence-dependent anticancer effects of combined treatment with sorafenib (Sora), a Food and Drug Administration-approved multikinase inhibitor drug, and plant-deriv...

    Authors: Abdulmajeed Bahman, Mohamed-Salah Abaza, Sarah Khoushaish and Rajaa J. Al-Attiyah
    Citation: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 2023 23:210