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Search for bioactive constituents from several medicinal foods: hepatoprotective, antidiabetic, and antiallergic activities

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JOURNAL OF NATURAL MEDICINES
Volume 61, Issue 2, Pages 112-126

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SPRINGER TOKYO
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-006-0105-8

Keywords

medicinal food; hepatprotective activity; aldose reductase inhibitor; degranulation inhibitor; nitric oxide production inhibitor; structural requirement

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In the course of our characterization studies on bioactive constituents from medicinal herbs, several medicinal foods and their constituents were found to show the following biological activities: (1) hepato-protective sesquiterpenes from Zedoariae Rhizoma (2) alpha-glucosidase and aldose reductase inhibitors form Salacia spices and the flowers of Chrysanthemum indicum, and (3) anti-allergic and antiinflammatory diaryloheptanoids from the barks of Myrica rubra and Acer nikoense.

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