abstract：:It remains unclear whether dietary supplementation with coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) provides beneficial effects for healthy individuals, especially young subjects. This study investigated the effects of dietary supplementation with CoQ10 on oxidative stress in healthy young females. We performed a placebo-controlled trial us...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Ito K,Watanabe C,Nakamura A,Oikawa-Tada S,Murata M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation and the presence of pro-inflammatory cytokines are associated with numerous chronic diseases such as type-2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer. An overwhelming amount of data indicates that curcumin, a polyphenol obtained from the Indian spice turmeric, Curcuma long...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Nahar PP,Slitt AL,Seeram NP

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired fasting blood glucose is one of the landmark signs of metabolic syndrome, together with hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and a chronic proinflammatory, pro-oxidative, and prothrombotic environment. This study investigates the effect of wild blueberry (WB) consumption on blood glucose levels and o...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Vendrame S,Zhao A,Merrow T,Klimis-Zacas D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is characterized by an increase in the infiltration of monocytes into the adipose tissue, causing an inflammatory condition associated with, for example, the development of insulin resistance. Thus, anti-inflammatory-based treatments could emerge as a novel and interesting approach. It has been reported that C...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Reyes-Farias M,Vasquez K,Ovalle-Marin A,Fuentes F,Parra C,Quitral V,Jimenez P,Garcia-Diaz DF

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current experimental studies show that Ocimum tenuiflorum (commonly known as basil or Tulsi) possesses many health benefits. Ocimum is suggested to be antioxidative and anti-inflammatory. Eugenol, an orthomethoxyphenol, and ursolic acid have been identified as important components of basil. Myeloperoxidase (MPO), an o...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Narasimhulu CA,Vardhan S

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury is a well-known environmental pollutant that can cause nephropathic diseases, including acute kidney injury (AKI). Although quercetin (QC), a natural flavonoid, has been reported to have medicinal properties, its potential protective effects against mercury-induced AKI have not been evaluated. In this study, t...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Shin YJ,Kim JJ,Kim YJ,Kim WH,Park EY,Kim IY,Shin HS,Kim KS,Lee EK,Chung KH,Lee BM,Kim HS

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer) is the most widely recognized medicinal herb due to its remedial effects in various disorders, such as cancers, diabetes, and heart problems. In this study, we investigated the anticancer effect of fermented red ginseng extract (f-RGE; provided by Jeonju Biomaterials Institute, J...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Oh J,Jeon SB,Lee Y,Lee H,Kim J,Kwon BR,Yu KY,Cha JD,Hwang SM,Choi KM,Jeong YS

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AndoSan™ is an extract of Agaricus blazei Murill (AbM; 82.4%), Hericium erinaceum (14.7%), and Grifola frondosa (2.9%). The main ingredient of AndoSan, AbM, is rich in different forms of β-glucans. Since these exhibit potent antitumor activity and have immunomodulatory effects, the stimulatory effect of AndoSan on the...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Berven L,Karppinen P,Hetland G,Samuelsen AB

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rice (Oryza sativa L.) has been a major dietary staple worldwide for centuries. Growing interest in the beneficial effects of antioxidants has inspired investigation of rice hulls as an attractive source of chemopreventive compounds for breast cancer intervention. We prepared methanol extracts from rice hulls of three...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Chung NJ,Choi KC,Lee SA,Baek JA,Lee JC

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species of Hoodia Sweet ex Decne., family Apocynaceae, a southern African succulent plant, have been recognized for their appetite suppressing properties. Products that support appetite and weight control have been developed in Israel from locally cultivated Hoodia spp. To study consumer acceptance, efficacy of, and t...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Landor M,Benami A,Segev N,Loberant B

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin E is an essential human nutrient that was first isolated from wheat. Emmer wheat, the cereal of Old World agriculture and a precursor to durum wheat, grows wild in the Fertile Crescent. Evolution Canyon, Israel, provides a microsite that models effects of contrasting environments. The north-facing and south-fa...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Watts EJ,Shen Y,Lansky EP,Nevo E,Bobe G,Traber MG

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myostatin (MSTN) is a negative regulator of muscle growth even if some studies have shown a counterintuitive positive correlation between MSTN and muscle mass (MM). Our aim was to investigate the influence of 2 months of resistance training (RT) and diets with different protein contents on plasma MSTN, interleukin 1 b...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Paoli A,Pacelli QF,Neri M,Toniolo L,Cancellara P,Canato M,Moro T,Quadrelli M,Morra A,Faggian D,Plebani M,Bianco A,Reggiani C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the world and is the primary cause of mortality among Americans. One of the many reasons for the pathogenesis of CVD is attributed to eating diets high in saturated fat and refined carbohydrates and low in fruits and vegetables. Epidemiological evidence has...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Foroudi S,Potter AS,Stamatikos A,Patil BS,Deyhim F

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol is a severe hepatotoxicant that causes liver abnormalities such as steatosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocarcinoma. Crepidiastrum denticulatum (CD) is a well-known, traditionally consumed vegetable in Korea, which was recently reported to have bioactive compounds with detoxification and antioxidant properties. In th...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Yoo JH,Kang K,Yun JH,Kim MA,Nho CW

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to investigate the hypolipidemic, antiobese, and antiatherogenic effects of resveratrol in apoE-deficient mice fed an atherogenic diet (20% fat and 1% cholesterol). These animals were fed an atherogenic diet containing 0.02% lovastatin (w/w) or 0.02% resveratrol (w/w) for 12 weeks. Resveratrol...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Jeon SM,Lee SA,Choi MS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) is one of the major antibacterial factors in most honeys, it does not accumulate in medical-grade manuka honey. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of artificially added methylglyoxal (MGO) on H₂O₂ accumulation in natural non-manuka honeys. H₂O₂ concentrations in the ...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Majtan J,Bohova J,Prochazka E,Klaudiny J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kimchi is a traditional Korean food manufactured by fermenting vegetables with probiotic lactic acid bacteria (LAB). Many bacteria are involved in the fermentation of kimchi, but LAB become dominant while the putrefactive bacteria are suppressed during salting of baechu cabbage and the fermentation. The addition of ot...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Park KY,Jeong JK,Lee YE,Daily JW 3rd

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schisandra chinensis (SC), a traditional herbal medicine, has been prescribed for patients suffering from various liver diseases, including hepatic cancer, hypercholesterolemia, and CCl₄-induced liver injury. We investigated whether SC extract has a protective effect on alcohol-induced fatty liver and studied its unde...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Park HJ,Lee SJ,Song Y,Jang SH,Ko YG,Kang SN,Chung BY,Kim HD,Kim GS,Cho JH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of hospital-acquired antibiotic-associated diarrhea worldwide; in addition, the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant C. difficile is becoming a significant problem. Virgin coconut oil (VCO) has been shown previously to have the antimicrobial activity. This study evaluates th...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Shilling M,Matt L,Rubin E,Visitacion MP,Haller NA,Grey SF,Woolverton CJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Terminalia genus includes plants that are used in a variety of food, nutritional products, and traditional medicines. Aqueous bark extract of Terminalia paniculata (TPW) was screened for its antioxidant and analgesic potential. The major polyphenols were identified by high-performance liquid chromatography. In vit...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Talwar S,Nayak PG,Mudgal J,Paul P,Bansal P,Nandakumar K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of salidroside on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E₂ (PGE₂) production in RAW 264.7 macrophages and related anti-inflammatory mechanism. PGE₂ production was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); NO production was tes...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Song B,Huang G,Xiong Y,Liu J,Xu L,Wang Z,Li G,Lu J,Guan S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial was to test whether the I148M variant of Patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein-3 (PNPLA3) is associated with the response to docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Sixty children with NAFL...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Nobili V,Bedogni G,Donati B,Alisi A,Valenti L

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telfairia occidentalis (Cucurbitaceae) is a leafy vegetable used in soup and folk medicine in southern Nigeria. Ethnobotanical survey revealed that preparations of the plant are used in the treatment of central nervous system-related disorders including convulsion. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Akindele AJ,Ajao MY,Aigbe FR,Enumah US

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased neutrophil activation significantly contributes to the tissue damage in inflammatory illnesses; this phenomenon has motivated the search for new compounds to modulate their effector functions. Coumarins are natural products that are widely consumed in the human diet. We have evaluated the antioxidant and imm...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Kabeya LM,Fuzissaki CN,Andrade MF,Azzolini AE,Taleb-Contini SH,Vermelho RB,Lopes JL,Lucisano-Valim YM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of plant foods and dietary supplements are able to modify the functioning of the central nervous system. In the present study, we observed that oral administration of ginsenoside Rh2 (10 mg/mL) for 3 weeks significantly improved spatial learning and memory. Spatial memory and learning was evaluated in mic...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Hou J,Xue J,Lee M,Liu L,Zhang D,Sun M,Zheng Y,Sung C

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is already known that the Maitake (D-Fraction) mushroom is involved in stimulating the immune system and activating certain cells that attack cancer, including macrophages, T-cells, and natural killer cells. According to the U.S. National Cancer Institute, polysaccharide complexes present in Maitake mushrooms appea...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Alonso EN,Orozco M,Eloy Nieto A,Balogh GA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaporin-1 (AQP1) is a water channel that is highly expressed on the apical side of the choroid plexus epithelium (CP) and thought to be one of the major pathways for the high water permeability of this structure. Blockade of AQP1 in the CP reduce the production of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Downregulation of AQP1 mi...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Nabiuni M,Nazari Z,Safaeinejad Z,Delfan B,Miyan JA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined, for the first time, the in vitro wound healing potential of chitosan green tea polyphenols (CGP) complex based on the activation of transglutaminase (TGM) genes in epidermal morphogenesis. Response surface methodology was applied to determine the optimal processing condition that gave maxim...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Qin Y,Guo XW,Li L,Wang HW,Kim W

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome (MtS) vary among various health professionals and organizations, blood glucose dysregulation and insulin resistance are common to all definitions. Red ginseng is beneficial for glucose regulation and insulin sensitivity but the mechanism is not yet elucidated. Ginsen...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Lee KJ,Lee SY,Ji GE

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the effects of green tea polyphenols (GTPs) on bone microarchitecture in high-fat-diet (HFD)-induced obese female rats. Thirty-six 3-month-old female rats were fed either a control diet or a HFD for 4 months. Animals in the control group continued on the control diet for another 4 months. Animals ...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Shen CL,Chyu MC,Cao JJ,Yeh JK

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis is a key etiologic agent of chronic periodontitis. This Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium produces several virulence factors and can induce a host inflammatory response that contributes to periodontal disease. In the present study, we investigated green tea, white tea, oolong tea, and black te...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Zhao L,La VD,Grenier D

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphenols, including green tea catechins, are secondary plant compounds often discussed in the context of health-promoting potential. Evidence for such effects is mainly derived from epidemiological and cell culture studies. The aim of the present study was to investigate antidiabetic, antiadipogenic, and anti-infla...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Wein S,Schrader E,Rimbach G,Wolffram S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterolactone and enterodiol, mammalian lignans derived from dietary sources such as flaxseed, sesame seeds, kale, broccoli, and apricots, may impede tumor proliferation by inhibiting activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). We examined the associations between urinary...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Azrad M,Vollmer RT,Madden J,Dewhirst M,Polascik TJ,Snyder DC,Ruffin MT,Moul JW,Brenner DE,Demark-Wahnefried W

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the antihyperglycemic and protective potential of crocin, a pharmacologically active constituent of Crocus sativus L., in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Rats were administered crocin intraperitoneally at doses of 15, 30, and 60 mg/kg of body weight for 6 weeks. Th...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Rajaei Z,Hadjzadeh MA,Nemati H,Hosseini M,Ahmadi M,Shafiee S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effects and possible mechanism of ferulic acid, a naturally occurring phenolic compound, on endogenous glutamate release in the nerve terminals of the cerebral cortex in rats. Results show that ferulic acid inhibited the release of glutamate evoked by the K⁺ channel blocker 4-aminopyridine ...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Lin TY,Lu CW,Huang SK,Wang SJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced glycation endproducts and oxidative stress contribute to the pathogenesis of diabetic complications. The total phenolic content (TPC), antioxidant, and antiglycation properties of crude ethanolic extracts of 10 common culinary herbs and spices from Mauritius were investigated in vitro. Fluorescence at 370 nm/...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Ramkissoon JS,Mahomoodally MF,Ahmed N,Subratty AH

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory impairment is one of main clinical symptoms of brain senescence. To address the effects of Cordyceps militaris Link extract (CE) on memory impairment, a D-galactose (D-Gal)-induced aging mouse model was employed. Mice injected with D-Gal showed a significant learning and memory impairment that was rescued by CE...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Li Z,Zhang Z,Zhang J,Jia J,Ding J,Luo R,Liu Z

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four randomized, blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials were pooled to study the general effects of oral consumption of Lycium barbarum at 120 mL/day, as a standardized juice, GoChi(®) (FreeLife International, Phoenix, AZ, USA). A questionnaire consisting of symptoms graded 0-5 was given to the participants. For ea...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Paul Hsu CH,Nance DM,Amagase H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphenol-rich foods, such as fruits and vegetables, are protective against cardiovascular diseases, but the mechanisms of the beneficial effects are still unknown. The goal of this research was to clarify actions of procyanidin trimer (C1) in rat aortic endothelial cells (RAECs). Procyanidin C1 at concentrations up ...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Byun MW

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine-induced cell death is recognized as a major cause of progressive β-cell loss. Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin 1β (IL-1β), and interferon γ (IFN-γ) in combination trigger a series of events that lead to β-cell death. In the past few decades, the use of myricetin as an anti-inflammatory and cytopro...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal food

authors： Ding Y,Zhang ZF,Dai XQ,Li Y

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00