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Folium cum Flore Crataegi
pr o c y a n i d i n 2 2 ' 3 3 ' 4
B 1 α -( R ) α -( R ) α -( R ) β -( S) β -( R )
B 2 α -( R ) α -( R ) α -( R ) α- ( R ) β -( R )
B 3 α -( R ) α -( R ) β -( S) β -( S) α -( S)
B 4 α -( R ) α -( R ) β -( S) α- ( R) α -( S)
Medicinal uses
Uses supported by clinical data
Treatment of chronic congestive heart failure stage II, as defined by the
New York Heart Association (24–34).
Uses described in pharmacopoeias and in traditional systems
of medicine
Support of cardiac and circulatory functions (35).
Uses described in folk medicine, not supported by experimental
or clinical data
As an antispasmodic agent in the treatment of asthma, diarrhoea, gall
bladder disease and uterine contractions, and as a sedative for the treatment
of insomnia (5).
Pharmacology
Experimental pharmacology
Inotropic effects
Positive inotropic effects of Folium cum Flore Crataegi and its constituents
have been demonstrated both in vitro and in vivo. These effects are
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