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SUBMITTER: Feng Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7727157 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chinese medicine 20201209 1
Inflammation is an active defense response of the body against external stimuli. Long term low-grade inflammation has been considered as a deteriorated factor for aging, cancer, neurodegeneration and metabolic disorders. The clinically used glucocorticoids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are not suitable for chronic inflammation. Therefore, it's urgent to discover and develop new effective and safe drugs to attenuate inflammation. Clerodane diterpenoids, a class of bicyclic diterpenoid ...[more]