Iyini i-Cepharanthine?

I-Cepharanthine umuthi ongajwayelekile ovela eJapan, lapho ubulokhu usetshenziswa kabanzi kule minyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa edlule ukwelapha izifo ezahlukahlukene ezinzima nezingamahlalakhona, ezinemiphumela engemihle eyaziwa kakhulu.Kuye kwafakazelwa ukuthi zelaphe ngempumelelo izimo zezokwelapha ezifana ne-alopecia areata, i-alopecia pityrodes, i-leukopenia eyenziwe ngemisebe, i-idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, ukulunywa yinyoka enobuthi, i-xerostomia, i-sarcoidosis, i-refractory anemia, izinhlobo ezahlukene zomdlavuza, umalaleveva, i-HIV, ukushaqeka kwe-septic futhi manje i-novel coronavirus.
I-Cepharanthinei-extract ehlanzekile nengokwemvelo yesitshalo se-Stephania cepharantha Hayata, uhlobo olungavamile olutholakala esiqhingini sase-Kotosho, eningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Taiwan.Iyilungu lomndeni wakwaMenispermaceae futhi okwamanje ikhula ezindaweni ezisezintabeni eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeChina naseTaiwan.
Isitshalo se-Stephania cepharantha Hayata ekuqaleni sasisetshenziswa kwezokwelapha zendabuko zamaShayina. Ngo-1914, isazi sezitshalo esaziwayo, u-Bunzo Hayata wabika lesi sitshalo ngokokuqala ngqa. Emashumini amabili eminyaka kamuva, uDkt. Heisaburo Kondo wahlanza isithako saso esisebenzayo wasiqamba ngokuthi “Cepharanthine.”
Okungenani izifundo zocwaningo ze-80 manje sezishicilelwe ku-Cepharanthine ezibonise imiphumela yayo emangalisayo emzimbeni futhi iwumuthi ovunyelwe ngokusemthethweni nguMnyango Wezempilo waseJapane.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuqaphela ukuthi nakuba ososayensi baye bazama ukukhiqiza izinhlobo zokwenziwa ze-Cepharanthine, abazange baphumelele.I-Cepharanthine isebenza kuphela lapho ikhishwa ezimpandeni zesitshalo se-Stephania Cepharantha Hayata, ngakho-ke isetshenziswa kuphela esimweni sayo semvelo.
NiniI-Cepharanthineimuncwa emzimbeni, isebenze ngezinqubo eziningi zamakhemikhali ezinto eziphilayo nezamakhemikhali futhi ikhiqize inani elikhulu lemiphumela enenzuzo empilweni yomuntu.