Ray Cooper
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Title: Chinese and botanical medicines: Myth or treasure?
Biography
Biography: Ray Cooper
Abstract
Although there is an enormous history of use of Chinese medicines (TCM) a better understanding of these preparations and formulae within the scientific and international community is needed. There is an urgent need to improve and promote this scientific inquiry in order to secure global acceptance. The aim of this paper is to present an improved quality roadmap for investigating TCM preparations and b) present several successful outcomes (case studies) on select botanicals and natural products to provide scientific data that substantiate the health claims. One example is the inhibition of ENOX2 (tNOX), a new molecular target to examine anticancer activity of green tea catechins. When the tNOX of cells is inhibited, the cells fail to enlarge after division, cease to divide and after a few days undergo apoptosis. In the area of bone healing there is new evidence on the natural chemicals from Sambucus williamsii and their benefits as a TCM drug. Other examples of well-known botanical medicines, (eg., cordyceps, red yeast rice, reishii), which are described in Chinese folklore will be presented.