Buyang Huanwu decoction, a classic traditional Chinese prescription, has been used to prevent and treat stroke for hundreds of years. An increasing number of the laboratory research on Buyang Huanwu decoction used in treating cerebral ischemia–reperfusion injury have been published recently. However, the problem of methodological and reporting quality of some studies is lack of assessment. This study aims to evaluate the metho...

Mollusk shells are characterized by hierarchical aggregation of calcium carbonate and organic matrix, and matrix protein is considered as a key active ingredient to understand shell biomineralization. In this study, a total of 21 proteins, including a novel matrix protein Hcprismatin-14 were identified in the EDTA-soluble matrix of the prismatic layer of the mussel Hyriopsis cumingii by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectr...