Triptolide is a potent, biologically active compound isolated from the medicinal ‘Thunder God Vine’ Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F. The TCM tea Lei Gong Teng made from this plant has been used ...

Although the unpurified extract is reportedly an effective treatment for lupus nephritis in mice, the effects of triptolide and tripdiolide, thought to be the two most therapeutically active ...