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General Schizandra Information:
- Chris Kilham, "Schizandra - Ultimate Super Berry"
- Innvista.com Schizandra Info
- American Botanical Council's Schizandra Page
- Chinese medicine: Schizandra berry a potent adaptogenic herb
- Complete Schizandra Information from Drugs.com
- Schizandra in the PFAF Plant Database
- Schizandra Herbal Remedies at OrganicFoodee.com
- Life Extension Drugs - Schizandra chinensis
- Boulder Natural Labs Schizandra Overview
- Quotes about Schisandra from the world's top natural health / natural living authors
Adaptogens:
- Adaptogens - What Are They?
- Adaptogens - Tonic Herbs for Fatigue and Stress
- Schisandra Chinensis - Best Adaptogenic Herb
- Terms of the Trade: Adaptogen (at The Medicine Woman's Roots)
- Adaptogens - Our Nutritional Heroes (at www.yourliferegained.com)
Plant Lignans:
- What Are Plant Lignans?
- "Lignan Plant Natural Products", by Robert S. Coleman, Ohio State University
- Foods high in lignans
Schizandra and the Immune System:
Schizandra and the Liver:
- Natural Health Research Institute - Detoxification: Dietary Supplements to Support & Promote the Process
- Schisandra - the complete liver herb - Phytotherapy Review & Commentary
Schizandra and Stress:
In-Depth Clinical Research:
- CMA Schizandra Chinensis Studies
- Herbs of Grace Schizandra Research Page
- Schizandra studies at Amalaki-Fruit.com
- "AN ESTIMATION OF THE AUTHENTICITY OF A HERBAL EXTRACT AS A BAA RAW MATERIAL SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS" by E.L. Komarova"
- PubMed.gov Clinical Studies on Schizandra's effects on a variety of conditions:
- Pharmacology of Schisandra chinensis: an overview of Russian research and uses in medicine.
- Analysis of Schisandra chinensis and Schisandra sphenanthera.
- Anti-inflammatory - Anti-inflammatory effects of schisandrin isolated from the fruit of Schisandra chinensis Baill.
- Anti-oxidant - Schisandrin B Enhances Renal Mitochondrial Antioxidant Status, Functional and Structural Integrity, and Protects against Gentamicin-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Rats.
- Blood/Adaptogenic/antioxidant - Phytotherapeutic aspects of diseases of the circulatory system. 7. Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill.): its composition and biological activity
- Cancer - Antiproliferative effects of dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans isolated from Schisandra chinensis in human cancer cells.
- Cellular - Identification of a novel compound that stimulates intracellular calcium increase and CXCL8 production in human neutrophils from Schisandra chinensis.
- Cerebral and Psychological Stress - Brain Oxidative Stress as Basic Target of Antioxidant Traditional Oriental Medicines.
- Cognitive - Schisandrin B enhances cerebral mitochondrial antioxidant status and structural integrity, and protects against cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.
- Free-radical scavenging - Biological screening of 100 plant extracts for cosmetic use (II): anti-oxidative activity and free radical scavenging activity.
- Leukemia - Molecular mechanism of apoptosis induced by schizandrae-derived lignans in human leukemia HL-60 cells.
- Liver - Schisandrin B from Schisandra chinensis reduces hepatic lipid contents in hypercholesterolaemic mice.
- Liver - Protective effects of Ginkgo biloba, Panax ginseng, and Schizandra chinensis extract on liver injury in rats.
- Liver Health - Evaluation on the combined effect of Sesamin and Schisandra extract on blood fluidity.
- Menopause (cardiovascular symptoms) - The mechanism of vasorelaxation induced by Schisandra chinensis extract in rat thoracic aorta.
- Neurological - Deoxyschisandrin modulates synchronized Ca2+ oscillations and spontaneous synaptic transmission of cultured hippocampal neurons.
- Neurotoxicity - Dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans from Schisandra chinensis protect primary cultures of rat cortical cells from glutamate-induced toxicity.
- Osteoporosis - Optimization of extraction and purification of active fractions from Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) and its osteoblastic proliferation stimulating activity.
- Sexual Vitality - Elevation of intracavernous pressure and NO-cGMP activity by a new herbal formula in penile tissues of spontaneous hypertensive male rats.
- Stress - Adaptogens exert a stress-protective effect by modulation of expression of molecular chaperones.
