This thread will be used to organize information about thunder god vine
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripterygium_wilfordii
Molecular analyses of the Chinese herb Leigongteng (Tripterygium wilfordii Hook.f.): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003194221000395X
Benefit of an extract of Tripterygium Wilfordii Hook F in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12124856
From the above article:
Junli Liu, Jaemin Lee, Mario Andres Salazar Hernandez, Ralph Mazitschek, Umut Ozcan. Treatment of Obesity with Celastrol. Cell, 2015; 161 (5): 999 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.05.011
See this Science Daily post about the above research paper: Thunder god vine used in traditional Chinese medicine is a potential obesity treatment: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150521133630.htm
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripterygium_wilfordii
Molecular analyses of the Chinese herb Leigongteng (Tripterygium wilfordii Hook.f.): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003194221000395X
Benefit of an extract of Tripterygium Wilfordii Hook F in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12124856
From the above article:
The ethanol/ethyl acetate extract of TWHF shows therapeutic benefit in patients with treatment-refractory RA. At therapeutic dosages, the TWHF extract was well tolerated by most patients in this study.
Junli Liu, Jaemin Lee, Mario Andres Salazar Hernandez, Ralph Mazitschek, Umut Ozcan. Treatment of Obesity with Celastrol. Cell, 2015; 161 (5): 999 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.05.011
See this Science Daily post about the above research paper: Thunder god vine used in traditional Chinese medicine is a potential obesity treatment: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150521133630.htm