Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth. (family: Scrophulariaceae), generally known as Kutki or Kutaki is a familiar herb in traditional (Ayurvedic and Unani) systems of medicine. The main bioactive constituents present therein are iridoid glycosides, picrosides, kutkin, apocynin and cucurbitacin glycosides.

Pubulications:

Zahiruddin S, Khan W, Nehra R, et al. Pharmacokinetics and comparative metabolic profiling of iridoid enriched fraction of Picrorhiza kurroa–An Ayurvedic Herb[J]. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2017, 197: 157-164.

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Rehmannia Six Formula (R6 or Liu Wei Di Huang Wan) is an important classic formula used in Chinese medicine to prevent and treat metabolic disorders related to aging. It was first reported in the Chinese medicine book titled ‘Xiao Er Yao Zheng Zhi Jue by Qian Yi’ (Chinese Song dynasty: 1035–1117). In modern times it is therefore often used to treat diabetes, pre-diabetes and people with metabolic syndrome.

Pubulications:

Zhou L, Xu J D, Zhou S S, et al. Integrating targeted glycomics and untargeted metabolomics to investigate the processing chemistry of herbal medicines, a case study on Rehmanniae Radix[J]. Journal of Chromatography A, 2016, 1472: 74-87.

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