Guest guest Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Hi Wainright, > My professional register, the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine, is > preparing a dossier for presentation to the UK medicines regulation > body on the non-plant medicinal Chan Tui. (At present, only plant > Chinese medicine medicinals can be used in the UK, and it is very > important for us to try to get non-plant medicinals accepted for use.) > We can provide Quality Assurance and processing information, but we are > searching for researched material on clinical use. Although we do not > have to prove efficacy, evidence to show that inclusion is plausible is > likely to be a requirement. If you have any references or indeed the > papers themselves on research into the clinical use of Chan Tui, I > would be most grateful if you could send them to me at the following > email address: Wainwright Churchill I can find only 2 Medline abstracts on Chantui-Cicada slough in herbal medicine: Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2000 Nov;48(11):1749-52. Optically active N-acetyldopamine dimer of the crude drug " Zentai, " the cast-off shell of the Cicada, Cryptotympana sp. Noda N, Kubota S, Miyata Y, Miyahara K. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan. noda Two optically active N-acetyldopamine dimers together with four phenolic monomers were isolated from the crude drug " Zentai, " a cast-off shell of the cicada of Cryptotympana sp. (Cicadidae). The former two were 2-(3',4'- dihydroxyphenyl)-1,4-benzodioxane derivatives carrying substituents at the 3 and 6 (or 7) positions, which are known to be components of sclerotized insect cuticles. Their structures including absolute configurations were determined on the basis of NMR and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopic data. PMID: 11086906 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] J Ethnopharmacol. 1988 Dec;24(2-3):247-85. Insect-derived crude drugs in the Chinese Song dynasty. Namba T, Ma YH, Inagaki K. Research Institute for Waken-Yaku, Toyama Medical Pharmaceutical University, Japan. Fifty-four kinds of crude drug derived from insects are listed in the " herbal " Jing-shi-zheng-lei-da-guang-ben-cao (1108 A.D.) edited during the Chinese Song dynasty (960-1280 A.D.). We considered each of them from the viewpoint of various herbals and have commented on them, the order being adhered to in most cases. We added our own findings of identification of insect crude drugs available on the market. The crude drugs emphasized are mantis egg case, wasp's nest, scarab larva, red cicada, snipe fly, horse fly, flying cockroach, Eupolyphaga, Chinese Cantharides and scarab beetle. Others are discussed to a lesser extent. Publication Types: Historical Article PMID: 3075674 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Google has oodles of hits on cicada / chantui but most are commercial or teaching stuff. Best regards, Tel: (H): +353-(0) or (M): +353-(0) Ireland. Tel: (W): +353-(0) or (M): +353-(0) " Man who says it can't be done should not interrupt man doing it " - Chinese Proverb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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