On the Famous Traditional Chinese Medicine “Fu Zi”: Discovery, Research, and Development of Cardioactive Constituent Mesaconine

Abstract This review summarizes the process of the discovery, research, and development of a cardioactive component, mesaconine, from the lateral roots of Aconitum carmichaelii (“Fu Zi”). To date, pre-clinical showed that mesaconine is a novel type of cardiotonic lead drug with relatively high poten...

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Main Authors: Feng-Peng Wang, Ruo-Bing Chao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-09-01
Series:Natural Products and Bioprospecting
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13659-020-00266-w