“…Paeoniflorin, isolated from P. lactiflora, is one of the major constituents of the peony plant. Extracts of the peony plant and their constituents have been reported to have various biological and biomodulating activities, including anti-inflammatory (Liu et al, 2006a;Zheng et al, 2007), antimutagenic (Sakai et al, 1990), antioxidant (Okubo et al, 2000;Li et al, 2007), antiepileptic (Tsuda et al, 1997), antihyperglycemic (Hsu et al, 1997), and neuroprotective (Liu et al, 2006b activities. Also, paeoniflorin could protect the heart from myocardial ischemia/reperfusion oxidative injury in rats (Nizamutdinova et al, 2008).…”