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Table 1 Selected Chinese medicinal plants with the percentage of IgE inhibition at the concentrations indicated

From: Chinese herbal extracts of Rubia cordifolia and Dianthus superbus suppress IgE production and prevent peanut-induced anaphylaxis

Pinyin name

Botanical name

Part used

% IgE inhibition

500 μg/mL

% IgE inhibition

100 μg/mL

Ai Ye

Artemisiae argyi

Leaves

69.5

14.4

Bai Guo Ren

Ginkgo bilobae

Seeds

0

0

Bai He

Lilium brownii

Bulb

0

0

Bai Hua She She Cao

Heydyotis diffusa

Whole

19.4

10.8

Bai Jiang Cao

Patrinia scabiosaefolia

Whole

17.2

0

Bai Shao

Paeoniae lactiflora

Root

25.2

5.7

Bai Tou Weng

Pulsatillae chinensis

Root

86.5

11.5

Bai Zhu

Atractylodes Macrocephala

Rhizome

10.3

0

Ban Bian Lian

Lobelia chinensis

Whole

21.0

3.9

Ban Xia

Pinellia ternata

Rhizome

15.6

11.5

Ban Zhi Lian

Scutellaria Barbata

Whole

39.1

16.6

Bei Sha Shen

Adenophora tetraphylla

Root

7.0

0

Bu Gu Zhi

Psoraleae coryfolia

Fruit

17.4

21.4

Cang Er Cao

Xanthium sibiricum

Whole

7.2

11.5

Cang Zhu

Atractylodes lancea

Root

19.9

8.6

Chai Hu

Bupleurum chinense

Root

31.3

11.1

Chan Tui

Cryptotympana atrata

Seeds

1.0

0

Che Qian Zi

Plantago asiatica

Seeds

14.4

12.9

Chuan Xin Lian

Melia toosedan

Root

67.5

18.6

Da Huang

Rheum palmatum

Root

71.29

5.2

Da Qing Ye

Isatis tinctoria

Leaves

37.34

12.88

Dan Shen

Salvia miltiorrhiza

Root

81.09

3.1

Dang Gui

Angelica sinensis

Root

10.8

0

Di Gu Pi

Lycium chinense

Bark

31.35

0

E Jiao

Equus asinus

Gelatin

9.9

0

Fu Ling

Poria cocos

Fruit body

11.16

10.3

Gan Cao

Glycyrrhiza uralensis

Root

7.2

11.5

Gan Jiang

Zingiber officinalis

Root

15.4

2

Gua Lou

Trichosanthes kirilowii

Whole

44.7

22.6

Hong Hua

Carthamus tinctorius

Flower

0

10.3

Hong Shen

Panax ginseng

Root

19.9

4.3

Hou Po

Magnolia officinalis

Bark

90.1

64.0

Huang Bai

Phellodendron amurense

Bark

96.6

63.3

Huang Qin

Scutellaria baicalensis

Root

94.4

63.9

Huang Yao Zi

Dioscorea bulbifera

Seeds

70.9

15.0

Ku Shen

Sophora flavescens

Root

1.0

0

Ling Zhi

Ganoderma Lucidum

Fruit body

14.7

9.6

Ma Bo

Lasiosphera fenslii

Fruit body

4.5

ND

Mai Dong

Ophiopogon japonicus

Root

4.3

4.3

Mu Dan Pi

Paeonia suffruticosa

Root bark

95.7

14.3

Mu Gua

Chaenomeles lagenaria

Fruit

10.8

1.6

Mu Li

Ostrea gigas

Shell

9.1

5.2

Qian Cao

Rubia cordifolia

Root

98.7

98.5

Qu Mai

Dianthus superbus

Whole

98.4

96.7

Rou Gui

Cinnamomum cassia

Bark

13.3

0

San Qi

Panax notoginseng

Root

0

0

Shan Ci Gu

Cremastra variabilis

Fruit body

6.2

5.4

Shan Dou Gen

Sophora tonkineenis

Root

15.1

0

Shan Zha

Crataegus pinnatifida

Fruit

0

0

Shan Zhu Yu

Cornus officinalis

Fruit

16.1

8.2

She Gan

Belamcanda chinensis

Rhizome

54.1

15.1

Sheng Jiang

Drynaria fortunei

Rhizome

90.6

14.2

Sheng Ma

Cimicifuga foetida

Rhizome/root

31.1

ND

Shi Chang Pu

Acorus gramineus

Rhizome

12.3

8.0

Si Gua Luo

Luffa cylindrical

Loofah

0

ND

Tian Dong

Asparagus cochinchinensis

Root

3.49

ND

Tian Hua Fen

Trichosanthis kirilowii

Root

12.78

ND

Tian Nan Xing

Arisaema consaguineum

Fruit

0

ND

Tou Weng

Radix Pulsatibae

Root

86.9

15.4

Tu Fu Ling

Smilax glabra

Rhizome

66.4

0

Wu Zhu Yu

Evodia rutaecarpa

Fruit

69.5

13.3

Xia Ku Cao

Prunella vulgaris

Flower

87.7

14.6

Xian He Cao

Agrimonia pilosa

Whole

71.7

0

Xiao Hui Xiang

Foeniculum vulgare

Whole

6.0

0

Yi Yi Renn

Coix lachrymal jobi

Seed

0

ND

Yu Mi Xu

Zae mays

Corn stigma

16.44

ND

Zhi Zi

Gardenia jasminoides

Seed

0

0

Zhu Ling

Polysporus umbellatus

Fruit body

8.14

ND

Zi Su Ye

Perilla frutescens

Flower

92.7

22.3

  1. All Chinese herbal extracts listed were tested on the human B cell line (U266 B1) at 100 and 500 μg/ml. The pinyin and botanical names of the herbs tested in this study are based on Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica [32] and the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China [21].