Salvia miltiorrhiza

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Salviinae
Genus: Salvia
Subgenus: S. subg. Sclarea
Sectio: S. sect. Drymosphace
Series: S. ser. Miltiorrhizaee
Species: Salvia miltiorrhiza
Varietas: S. m. var. charbonnelii – S. m. var. miltiorrhiza
Name

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, Enum. Pl. China Bor. 50. 1833.

References

Bunge, A.v. (1833) Enum. Pl. China Bor. 50;
Bunge, A.v. (1835) Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 124.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Salvia miltiorrhiza in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sep 14. Reference page.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Rotwurzel-Salbei
English: red sage
suomi: Kiinansalvia
Nederlands: rode salie, chinese salie

Salvia miltiorrhiza (Chinese: 丹參; pinyin: dānshēn), also known as red sage, Chinese sage, tan shen, or danshen, is a perennial plant in the genus Salvia, highly valued for its roots in traditional Chinese medicine.[2] Native to China and Japan, it grows at 90 to 1,200 m (300 to 3,940 ft) elevation, preferring grassy places in forests, hillsides, and along stream banks. The specific epithet miltiorrhiza means "red ochre root".

Chemical constituents

Chemical compounds isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza include salvianolic acid (or salvianolic acid B),[3][4] dihydrotanshinone, miltirone,[5] tanshinone I, and tanshinone IIA.[6][7][8] Tanshinone IIA is one of the most abundant constituents of the root of Salvia miltiorrhiza.[6]
Description

S. miltiorrhiza is a deciduous perennial with branching stems that are 30 to 60 cm (0.98 to 1.97 ft) tall, with widely spaced leaves that are both simple and divided. The 30 cm (0.98 ft) inflorescences are covered with hairs and sticky glands. Flowers grow in whorls, with light purple to lavender blue corollas that are approximately 2.5 cm (0.082 ft) long, with a dark purple calyx. Salvia miltiorrhiza prefers well-drained soil, with about half a day of sunlight. It is hardy to approximately −10 °C (14 °F).[9] Most Salvia seeds have a higher germination rate when exposed to light, though it is not required.[10]
Drug interactions

Danshen may potentiate the effects of the anticoagulation drug warfarin, possibly causing bleeding complications.[6][11][12] Other adverse effects may include allergic reactions, dizziness, headache, or gastrointestinal upset.[6]
Traditional Chinese medicine

Alone or combined with other Chinese herbal medicines, Salvia miltiorrhiza has been used in China and, to a lesser extent, in other countries as a treatment for various cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.[6][11] A 2007 Cochrane review of the use of danshen for acute ischaemic stroke found that the quality of evidence was poor, and there was no evidence of benefit.[13] Similarly, a 2008 Cochrane meta-analysis found the clinical trials on danshen were low in quality, and were insufficient to make any judgment about its efficacy for people with heart attack.[14] Meta-analyses of oral and injectable forms of danshen in people with angina concluded that the effects of the treatment were inconclusive because the studies were low in quality and the conclusions were not based on strong evidence.[15]
References

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Ji X-Y; Tan BK-H; Huang S-H; et al. (2004). "Effects of Salvia miltiorrhiza After Accute Myocardial Infarction in Rats". In Tan, BK-H; Bay B-H; Zhu Y-Z (eds.). Novel compounds from natural products in the new millennium: potential and challenges. Singapore: World Scientific. pp. 183–95. ISBN 978-981-256-221-0.
Wang QL, Tao YY, Yuan JL, Shen L, Liu CH (May 2010). "Salvianolic acid B prevents epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition through the TGF-beta1 signal transduction pathway in vivo and in vitro". BMC Cell Biology. 11: 31. doi:10.1186/1471-2121-11-31. PMC 2874764. PMID 20441599. open access
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Lee WY, Cheung CC, Liu KW, Fung KP, Wong J, Lai PB, Yeung JH (May 2010). "Cytotoxic effects of tanshinones from Salvia miltiorrhiza on doxorubicin-resistant human liver cancer cells". Journal of Natural Products. 73 (5): 854–9. doi:10.1021/np900792p. PMID 20455578.
Xu J, Wei K, Zhang G, Lei L, Yang D, Wang W, et al. (October 2018). "Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, and pharmacology of Chinese Salvia species: A review". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 225: 18–30. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2018.06.029. PMID 29935346.
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Chan TY (April 2001). "Interaction between warfarin and danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza)". The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 35 (4): 501–4. doi:10.1345/aph.19029. PMID 11302416. S2CID 20809476.
Wu B, Liu M, Zhang S (April 2007). "Dan Shen agents for acute ischaemic stroke". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2): CD004295. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD004295.pub3. PMID 17443544.
Wu T, Ni J, Wu J (April 2008). "Danshen (Chinese medicinal herb) preparations for acute myocardial infarction". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2016 (2): CD004465. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD004465.pub2. PMC 8406986. PMID 18425903.
Shao H, Li M, Chen F, Chen L, Jiang Z, Zhao L (April 2018). "The Efficacy of Danshen Injection as Adjunctive Therapy in Treating Angina Pectoris: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis". Heart, Lung & Circulation. 27 (4): 433–442. doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2017.10.016. PMID 29150156.