Frontiers in Pharmacology | Ethnopharmacology

Editorial

Accepted on 07 Apr 2025

Editorial: Plant and Fungal Extracts and Metabolites in Neurotherapy: Exploring Their Pharmacology and Potential Clinical Uses

in Ethnopharmacology

Jian Hao
Igor Lavrov
Xianhu Zhou

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1602574

115 views

Review

Published on 07 Apr 2025

The outcast of medicine: metals in medicine--from traditional mineral medicine to metallodrugs

in Ethnopharmacology

Donghan Bai
Michal Nowak
Dajun Lu
Qiaochu Wang
Martin Fitzgerald
Hui Zhang
Remy MacDonald
Ziwen Xu
Lu Luo

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1542560

457 views

Original Research

Published on 07 Apr 2025

A strategy for evaluating the impact of processing of Chinese meteria medica on meridian tropism: the influence of salt-water processing of phellodendri chinensis cortex on renal transport proteins

in Ethnopharmacology

Yang Chen
Fan Zhang
Wenjing Ren
Yue Zhou
Shiru Jiang
Shuo Zhang
Gui Xu
Xiutong Ge
Hui Gao

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1558298

476 views

Original Research

Published on 07 Apr 2025

Unveiling the processing mechanism of Hezi-decoction-processed Tiebangchui: a synthesis approach using UPLC-Q-TOF-MS-based metabolomics and DESI-MSI

in Ethnopharmacology

Zhen Zhou
Hui-Min Gao
Zhao-Qin Pei
Meng-Xiang Sha
Cong-Ying Li
Yi Zhang
Jin-Song Su
Yue Liu
Xian-Li Meng

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1534748

246 views

Review

Published on 07 Apr 2025

Multi-target mechanisms and potential applications of quercetin in the treatment of acne vulgaris

in Ethnopharmacology

Yang Bo
Yiming Li

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1523905

235 views

Review

Accepted on 04 Apr 2025

Harnessing Nutrients and Natural Products for Sustainable Drug Development Against Aging

in Ethnopharmacology

Fuan Ding
Ying Yu
Yan Zhang
Shibo Wei
Jung Ho Han
Zhuo Li
Hong-Bo Jiang
Dongryeol Ryu
Wonyoung Park
Ki-Tae Ha

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1579266

272 views

Original Research

Accepted on 04 Apr 2025

Effect of the total flavonoids of Dracocephalum Moldavica L. on metabolic associated fatty liver disease in rats

in Ethnopharmacology

Xiaoyu Sun
Min Jin
Qingqing Liang
Qian Wang
Hui Yu
Na Ge

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1549515

Original Research

Published on 04 Apr 2025

Evaluating the anti-neuropathic effects of the thymol-loaded nanofibrous scaffold in a rat model of spinal cord injury

in Ethnopharmacology

Roshanak Amirian
Pardis Mohammadi Pour
Hassan Maleki
Sajad Fakhri
Sedigheh Asgary
Mohammad Hossein Farzaei
Javier Echeverría

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1507397

373 views

Original Research

Accepted on 03 Apr 2025

Hochuekkito accelerates recovery from cisplatin induced-muscle atrophy accompanied by slow-twitch fiber-specific microRNA upregulation in mice

in Ethnopharmacology

Hitomi Sekine
Chinami Matsumoto
Naoki Fujitsuka
Sachiko Mogami
Shunsuke Ohnishi
Hiroshi Takeda

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1502563

Original Research

Published on 03 Apr 2025

Astragaloside IV alleviated bone loss in mice with ovariectomy-induced osteoporosis via modulating gut microbiota and fecal metabolism

in Ethnopharmacology

Huichao Wang
Zhongyue Huang
Guangnan Chen
Yang Li
Youwen Liu
Huijie Gu
Yujing Cao

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1548491

432 views

Systematic Review

Published on 03 Apr 2025

Effect of compound kushen injection on immune function in patients with colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

in Ethnopharmacology

Lixin Zhang
Guangyan Wei
Kaiping Wang
Xu Han

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1565031

502 views

Review

Accepted on 02 Apr 2025

Anti-atherosclerotic effects and molecular targets of Salvianolic Acids from Salvia miltiorrhiza

in Ethnopharmacology

Qingzhi Liang
Xiaoqin Liu
Xin Xu
Zhengtao Chen
Ting Luo
Su Yi
Hongyan Xie
Hong Gao
chunguang Xie

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1574086

Methods

Accepted on 02 Apr 2025

Mechanism of Total Saponins of Ranunculus ternatus Thunb. in Treatment of Breast Cancer based on Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry and Network analysis

in Ethnopharmacology

Yuanxin Zhang
Shuo Nan
Wei Zhao
Haisheng Xie
Mingsan Miao
Jinxin Miao

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1506885

105 views

Mini Review

Published on 02 Apr 2025

Tiryāq in traditional Persian medicine: a survey of antidotal plants and their modern pharmacological potential

in Ethnopharmacology

Haniye Mirhosseini
Majid Dadmehr
Bahareh Sadat Yousefsani
Farhad Seif
Fatemeh Eghbalian

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1503149

396 views

Systematic Review

Published on 02 Apr 2025

Efficacy of different pharmaceutical forms of Curcuma longa or curcumin in reducing oral mucositis severity and incidence in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

in Ethnopharmacology

Pedro de Padua G. Amatto
Lucas Chaves
Suzelei de Castro França
José Carlos Tavares Carvalho
Fabio Carmona
Ana Maria Soares Pereira

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1560729

534 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Apr 2025

Myristic acid beneficially modulates intervertebral disc degeneration by preventing endplate osteochondral remodeling and vertebral osteoporosis in naturally aged mice

in Ethnopharmacology

Yan Gong
Yuzhuo Zhang
Xingda Chen
Zelin Zhou
Weicheng Qin
Yanchi Gan
Jiahui He
Jizhi Ma
Guifeng Chen
Qi Shang

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2025.1517221

374 views