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