Friday 31 July 2020

Healthy Food Cabbage, the Potential Anticancer Functional Remedy

By Kyle J. Norton

Cancer is the class of chronic disease caused by irregular cell growth in the tissue or specific organ in the body due to the alternation of cell DNA.

Most cases of cancer begin in the cells on the surface of the inner lining tissue of the organ or gland. At the early stage, most cancers are asymptomatic.

However, at the advanced stage, most cancers not can induce common symptoms such as gastrointestinal discomforts, unintended weight loss, loss of appetite and fatigue but also localized symptoms depending on the affected tissues and organs.

Cancers at this stage also can travel a distance away from the original site to induce secondary metastasis.

According to the statistics provided by the American cancer society, in 2018,1,735,350 new cases were diagnosed, representing more than 4,700 new cancer diagnoses each day.
The lifetime probability of being diagnosed with cancer is 39.7% for men and 37.6% for women.

Compared to all cancers, lung, breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers are the most common cancer in the US.

Angiogenesis is the process that develops new blood vessels from pre-existing vessels by invasive tumors to provide energy(nutrition and fluids) for cancerous cells growth and proliferation. 

Believe or not, 1/4 of cancers death are due to lung cancer.

Depending on types of cancer, people with cancers may experience general and specific symptoms.

Cabbage is a species of Brassica oleracea belongings to the family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae), native to the Mediterranean region along the seacoast. The veggie has a short stem of which is crowded a mass of leaves, usually green but in some varieties, it may be red or purplish.

With an aim to find a natural food for the prevention and treatment of malignant tumors, researchers investigated the anticancer effects of kimchi prepared using the standard Baechu cabbage and Amtak Baechu cabbage by comparing the standard Baechu cabbage and dry salt treatment method (SK-D); the Amtak Baechu cabbage and dry salt treatment method (AK-D), the standard Baechu cabbage and brine solution treatment method (SK-B), and Amtak Baechu cabbage and brine solution treatment method (AK-B).

In human pancreas cancer cells (Capan-2) and human liver cancer cells (HepG2), AK-D and AK-B compared with SK-D and SK-B (p < 0.05). At 2.0 mg/m treatment showed a significant increase in cell growth inhibition.

Experimentally, the inhibition of Capan-2 cells was more than doubled after treatment with AK-B and AK-D compared with SK-B and SK-D but was only 1.2 times in HepG2 cells.

AK-D and AK-B treatment compared with SK-D and SK-B exerted a strong activity in inducing apoptosis and cell cycle arrest by significant increasing the levels of p21 associated with cell cycle suppression

Furthermore, AK-B showed a higher ongoing cytotoxic effect compared with AK-D.

Based on the results, researchers wrote, " these results indicate that kimchi made with Amtak Baechu cabbage and treated with brine solution (AK-B) had a superior anticancer potential against both types of cancer cells, with the effects being greater in pancreatic cancer cells compared with liver cancer cells.".
Taken altogether, cabbage may be considered a remedy for the prevention and treatment of cancers, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)

Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Beneficial Outcomes of Kimchi Prepared with Amtak Baechu Cabbage and Salting in Brine Solution: Anticancer Effects in Pancreatic and Hepatic Cancer Cells by Song GH1, Park ES1, Lee SM1, Park DB2, Park KY. (PubMed)

Thursday 30 July 2020

Lycopene Protects the Cerebral Vessels and Neurons Induced by Hyperlipidemia

By Kyle J. Norton

The liver is the largest internal organ located in the upper right portion of the abdomen, beneath your diaphragm and above your stomach.

The liver not only plays a critical role to filter the blood coming from the intestine before passing them to other parts of the body but also protects our body against toxin by detoxifying chemicals and metabolizes drugs.

Cholesterol is a waxy substance produced by the liver. In a moderate amount, it helps to improve the gastrointestinal tract in food digestion, builds strong cell membranes, produces vitamin D and steroid hormones.

The healthy ratio of low-density lipoprotein (LDL)/high-density lipoprotein (HDL) is ant numbers that are less than 4.

Hyperlipidemia is a medical condition of abnormally high levels of cholesterol and fat in the bloodstream.

High blood cholesterol is the most common cause of hyperlipidemia. According to statistics provided by the CDC, more than 12% of adults age 20 and older are living with high blood cholesterol with a total cholesterol higher than 240 mg/dL. and more than 18% had high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or “good”) cholesterol levels less than 40 mg/dL.

In other words, hyperlipidemia has a high prevalent ratio that affects over 100 million Americans and the condition is increasing at an alarming rate due to overweight and obesity.

Cerebral vessels or brain vessels include anterior and posterior segments that supply blood to the brain.

A neuron or nerve cell made of a cell body (also called soma), dendrites and an axon, is a cell in the nervous system that carries electrical impulses.

Neurons are core components of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves that play an essential role to process and transmit information.

Tomato is red, edible fruit, genus Solanum, belonging to family Solanaceae, native to South America. Because of its health benefits, the tomato is grown worldwide for the commercial purpose
and often in the greenhouse.

Tomatoes provide about 80% of the lycopene in the world diet. In plants, lycopene protects the host against excessive photodamage and performs various functions in photosynthesis.

On finding a potential compound for the treatment of diseases associated with the vessel and neuron damage, researchers examined the effects of lycopene isolated from tomato on vessel and neuron damage in the brain against hyperlipidemia.

Rats selected for the study were fed with hypercholesterolemic feed and treated with lycopene orally by gavage at the dose of 5, 25, 45, 65, 85, and 105, 125 mg/kg/bw-1/d-1 for 4 weeks.

Based on the results at the end of the experiment, lycopene doses and serum lycopene concentration showed an inverse U-shape curve.

In other words, long term intake of lycopene increases the serum of lycopene in the blood plasma linearly.

Serum lycopene concentration was negatively correlated with the levels of serum TC, TG, LDL-C, and cerebral LDL-C and pro-inflammatory cytokines in the brain such as VEGF, and VCAM-1.


Furthermore, the serum lycopene concentration was positively correlated with the expression of Claudin-5 associated with the tight junctions that provide one mechanism of cell to cell adhesion and the number of neurons in hippocampal CA1 and CA3.

In other words, long-term intake of lycopene protects the vessels and neurons against the pathologic change caused by hyperlipidemia.

Collectively, researchers said, "These results suggested an inverse U-shape relation between dose and serum concentration of lycopene, and intermediate doses were most effective to protect cerebral vessels and neurons from being damaged by hyperlipidemia.".

Taken altogether, lycopene found abundantly may be considered supplements for the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia induced cerebral vessel and neuron impairment, pending on the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of lycopene in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)

Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) The Dose-Response Effect of Lycopene on Cerebral Vessel and Neuron Impairment Induced by Hyperlipidemia by Wang W1, Yang W1, Shen Z2, Wen S1, Hu M. (PubMed)

Wednesday 29 July 2020

Cranberry in the Promotion of Metabolic Health

By Kyle J. Norton

Metabolic health refers to ideal levels of blood sugar, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, blood pressure, and waist circumference, without using medications.

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions associated with the increased risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

The health problems found in the group include too much fat around the waist, elevated blood pressure, high triglycerides, elevated blood sugar, and low HDL cholesterol.

In other words, if you have 3 of the conditions in the group, your risk of CVD and diabetes are increased substantially, compared to those who have less.

According to the statistics, approximately 30% of people in the US are living with metabolic syndrome.

Believe it or not, among US adults aged 18 years or older, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome rose by more than 35% from 1988–1994 to 2007–2012, increasing from 25.3% to 34.2%. 

Metabolic dysfunction is a condition caused by any interruption of the aforementioned processes.
In other words, metabolic dysfunction induces the production of excess or a reduced amount of substances needed to stay healthy.

A metabolic disorder can be caused by genetic proposition induced inborn errors of metabolism, or acquired by an individual in the lifetime

There are many risk factors associated with the onset of metabolic dysfunction depending on the types of disruption such as abnormal blood glucose metabolism induced type 2 diabetes.

Diseases associated with metabolic dysfunction can be moderate or severe, depending on the organs involved, including liver or respiratory failure, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis), and HIV/AIDS.

Cranberry is an evergreen dwarf shrub, genus Vaccinium, belongings to the family Ericaceae, native to Northern America and Southern Asia. Because of its health benefits, cranberry has been cultivated in some parts of the world for commercial profit and used in traditional and herbal medicine to treat wounds, urinary disorders, diarrhea, diabetes, stomach ailments, and liver problems.

On finding a potential compound for the promotion of metabolic health, researchers evaluated the effects of isomalto-oligosaccharides (IMOs; sweet-tasting non-digestible oligosaccharides) with cranberry extract (CRX) on a high fat diet (HFD)-induced metabolic alterations in a mice model.

More precisely, Male Swiss albino mice included in the study were fed normal chow or HFD (58% fat kcal) and were administered either CRX (200 mg/kg) alone or in combination with IMOs (1 g/kg).

Based on the tested analysis, the co-supplementation of CRX and IMOs showed a significant improvement of cecal short-chain fatty acids, SCFAs, especially butyrate-producing bacteria (clostridial cluster XIVa bacteria) and butyrate kinase expression in HFD-fed mice.

In other words, the co-supplementation of CRX and IMOs promotes the growth of the population of good bacteria in balancing the ratio of gut bacteria. 

Furthermore, compared to individual compounds, the combination also significantly improved gut beneficial bacterial abundance, gut histology and related changes in the tested mice.

More precisely, the combination not only prevented HFD-induced systemic and tissue inflammation, glucose intolerance but also reduced the systemic obesity-associated metabolic changes in adipose tissue and liver.

The combination of CRX and IMOs appeared more effective in the prevention of HFD-induced gut derangements.

Collectively, researchers said, "Combination of CRX and IMOs could be advantageous for normalization of metabolic alterations seen in diet-induced obesity via beneficial modulation of gastrointestinal health".


Taken altogether, cranberry combined with other herbal medicine may be considered a remedy for the management of metabolic health, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)

Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Co-supplementation of isomalto-oligosaccharides potentiates metabolic health benefits of polyphenol-rich cranberry extract in high fat diet-fed mice via enhanced gut butyrate production by Singh DP1,2,3, Singh S1, Bijalwan V1, Kumar V1, Khare P1, Baboota RK1,4, Singh P1, Boparai RK5, Singh J1, Kondepudi KK6, Chopra K7, Bishnoi M. (PubMed)

Tuesday 28 July 2020

Broccoli Exerted a Significant Pulmonary Injury Protection

By Kyle J. Norton


The lung is one of the vital organs in humans located near the backbone on either side of the heart with functions of inhaling oxygen from the air then transporting them to the bloodstream to nourish the body cells' need and exhaling carbon dioxide from the bloodstream.

Lung diseases are medical conditions, affecting the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the nerves and muscles of breathing.

People with lung diseases have breathing problems, preventing them to get enough oxygen for the body's needs.

According to the statistic from the World Health Organization, respiratory diseases are leading causes of death and disability in the world. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are 2 of the most common respiratory disease in the world, affecting 65 million and 334 million people, respectively.

3 million people die from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) each year, making it the third leading cause of death worldwide. And 14% of 334 million people suffer from asthma are children.

Long-term smoking is considered one of the leading risk factors of lung diseases. Other risk factors associated with the onset of lung diseases include radon, asbestos, second-hand smoke, and air pollution.

According to Dr. Elizabeth R. Johnson, the lead scientists in the study of "Acute Lung Injury: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment", wrote, "Acute lung injury (ALI) remains a significant source of morbidity and mortality in the critically ill patient population"

And, " Defined by a constellation of clinical criteria (acute onset of bilateral pulmonary infiltrates with hypoxemia without evidence of hydrostatic pulmonary edema), ALI has a high incidence (200,000 per year in the US) and overall mortality remains high".

Recently, some researchers suggested, " E-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI, also called vaping associated pulmonary injury [VAPI]), initially described in 2019, is an acute or subacute respiratory illness that can be severe and life-threatening".

Broccoli is a mustard/cabbage plant, belongs to the family Brassicaceae. The veggie has large flower heads, usually green in color and the mass of flower heads surrounded by leaves and evolved from a wild cabbage plant on the continent of Europe.

On finding a potential plant for the treatment of lung diseases, researchers examined the effects of Sulforaphane (SFN) is a phytochemical antioxidant on the pulmonary injury.

In wild-type (Nrf2+/+) and Nrf2-deficient (Nrf2-/-) mice induced hyperoxia or air exposure-induced pulmonary injury and oxidation indices, pretreatment with SFN orally or as standardized broccoli sprout extract diet (SBE), SFN or SBE upregulated a large cluster of basal lung genes involved in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, energy metabolism, and cardiovascular protection only in Nrf2+/+ mice.in Nrf2+/+ mice but not in Nrf2-/- mice by elucidating the ARE genes.

However, pretreatment of SFN showed no significant activity against the transcript abundance of the mitochondrial machinery genes in hyperoxia exposure in SFN-treated Nrf2+/+ mice, compared to SFN-treated Nrf2-/- mice.

Furthermore, SFN also exerted a strong effect on a central molecule in transcriptome networks associated with anti-cell apoptosis.

In other words, SFN can only exert a minor improvement of hyperoxia-caused lung histopathology and neutrophilia in Nrf2-/- mice compared to Nrf2+/+.

Based on the evidence, researchers said, ", SFN is suggested to be a preventive intervention in a preclinical model of acute lung injury by linking mitochondria and Nrf2. Administration of SFN alleviated acute lung injury-like pathogenesis in an Nrf2-dependent manner".

Taken altogether,  broccoli may be used as a pulmonary injury protection functional food, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)

Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Sulforaphane enriched transcriptome of lung mitochondrial energy metabolism and provided pulmonary injury protection via Nrf2 in mice by Cho HY1, Miller-DeGraf. (PubMed)
(2) Acute Lung Injury: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment by Elizabeth R. Johnson, B.S.1 and Michael A. Matthay, M.D. (PMC)
(3) E-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury (EVALI) by Helen Hollingsworth,
MD. (UpTodate)

Monday 27 July 2020

Tocopherols Process Cytotoxicity Against Cancer Cells

By Kyle J. Norton

Cytotoxicity is the process in the induction of cell death through toxins.

In other words, cell cytotoxicity is the process in which certain chemicals or mediator cells are used to destroy living cells.

In cancers, cytotoxicity can be benefits to humans by destroying the cancer cells and preventing them from proliferation.

Most cases of cytotoxicity used by a substance are to determine the potential toxicity of the quality of the substance, including plant extracts or biologically active compounds isolated from plants.

But, before the preparation can be used in humans, bioassays associated with a number of different cell lines in vitro and Vivo have been used to assess the cytotoxicity of many herbal plants, including those of African medicinal plants.

In other words, the aim of the cytotoxic studies is to find the minimal quality that is essential for the successful development of pharmaceutical or cosmetic preparation that induces cellular toxicity for the treatment of cancer.

Some of the cancer drugs with cytotoxic activity have been found to induce cancer cell death accompanied by serious health problems, including weakened immune functioning such as low blood counts cause an increased possibility of developing infection or anemia, tiredness, mouth soreness, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetites, constipation or diarrhea, skin changes or reactions. particularly hair loss. 

However, the combination used of chemo drug and herbal medicine and plant-based antioxidants that can also stimulate the  ROS and antioxidants production to induce cytotoxicity to the tumors can also cause cancer cell death without damage to nearby healthy cells.

For example, cytotoxicity induced by oxidative stress due to the imbalanced ratio of free radicals and antioxidant enzymes produced by the body can cause protein, lipid and cellular damage that leads to chronic low-grade inflammatory diseases and cancer.

Tocopherols are phytochemicals of which many have vitamin E activity, belongings to the group of Lipids, found abundantly in butter, egg yolk, milk fat, some vegetable, and seed or nut oils, etc.

On finding a potential phytochemical for the treatment of cancer, researchers examined the cytotoxicity of tocopherols and their quinones in drug-sensitive and multidrug-resistant leukemia cells.

According to the tested analysis,
* Among tocopherols, only delta-T exhibited cytotoxicity.

* Among para quinones, alpha-TQ showed no cytotoxicity, while gamma-TQ and delta-TQ were highly cytotoxic in both CEM and CEM/VLB100 cell lines (LD50 < 10 muM).

* Delta-TQ and gamma-TQ were more cytotoxic than the widely studied chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin, which also showed selective cytotoxicity to CEM cells.

* Compared to doxorubicin, the orthoquinone Tocored was less cytotoxic than doxorubicin in drug-sensitive cells but more cytotoxic than doxorubicin in multidrug-resistant cells.

* Cytotoxicity was not a function of the phytyl side-chain since both TMCQ and PR were cytotoxic in leukemia cells.

* Cytotoxicity was enhanced when the glutathione pool was depleted by preincubation with buthionine-[S,R]-sulfoximine, but cytotoxicity was diminished by the addition of N-acetylcysteine to cultures. alpha-T also diminished the cytotoxicity of para- and orthoquinones.

Collectively, researchers said, "tocopheryl quinones represent a new class of alkylating electrophilic quinones that function as highly cytotoxic agents and escape multidrug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines".

Taken altogether, tocopherols may process cytotoxic activity against cancer, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of tocopherols in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Cytotoxicity of tocopherols and their quinones in drug-sensitive and multidrug-resistant leukemia cells by Cornwell DG1, Jones KH, Jiang Z, Lantry LE, Southwell-Keely P, Kohar I,
Thornton DE. (PubMed)

Sunday 26 July 2020

Herbal Ashwagandha Reduces the Neuons' Damage After Cerebral Infarction

By Kyle J. Norton

Cardiovascular disease is a chronic medical condition characterized by narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack including chest pain (angina) or stroke.


Stroke is a result of a blockage in the blood vessels (ischemic stroke) or bleeding (hemorrhagic stroke) that are associated with ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, or non-traumatic intracranial hemorrhage.

According to the statistics, stroke is the leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States. Every year, almost 795,000 Americans suffer a stroke, including 600,000 of first attacks, and 185,000 of recurrent attacks. 

Nearly three-quarters of all strokes occur in people over the age of 65.

Brain ischemia is a condition caused by insufficient blood flow to the brain to meet metabolic demand, leading to irreversible brain damage in severe cases.

In other words, brain ischemia-induced the death of neurons of the affected tissues.

A neuron or nerve cell made of a cell body (also called soma), dendrites and an axon, is a cell in the nervous system that carries electrical impulses.

Neurons are core components of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves that play an essential role to process and transmit information.

Brain ischemia can be classified into
* Focal ischemia is a condition caused by damage to a specific region of the brain; and

* Global ischemia is a condition of damage that affects the wide areas of brain tissue, leading to symptoms of impairments in vision, body movement, and speaking.

A cerebral infarction is an area of the brain caused by a blockage or narrowing in the arteries supplying blood and oxygen to the brain.

Ashwagandha also is known as Withania somnifera is a nightshade plant in the genus of Withania, belonging to the family Solanaceae, native to the dry parts of India, North Africa, Middle East, and the Mediterranean.

The herbal medicine has been considered as Indian ginseng and used in Ayurvedic medicine over 3000 years to treat tumors and tubercular glands, carbuncles, memory loss, and ulcers and considered as anti-stress, cognition-facilitating, anti-inflammatory, and anti-aging herbal medicine.

In the urgency to discover a natural ingredient for the treatment of stroke, researchers examined the effects of Withaferin A (WA), a steroidal lactone derived from the plant Withania somnifera, on experimentally induced cerebral infarction.

According to the results of the experiment,
WA treatment (25, 50 or 100mg/kg body weight) significantly reduced the infarct area in a carotid ligation model.

Furthermore, the application of WA reduced intimal hyperplasia and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) associated with cell replication by suppressing PI3K/Akt signaling involved neuron's apoptosis following cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury.

Moreover, besides inhibiting the expression of proteins associated with brain cell apoptosis following cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury, WA also elevated the genes that suppress the production of apoptotic cytokines and the promotion of cell cycle division.

More importantly, in vitro, WA exposure severely downregulated matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-2 and -9 that play a critical role in the degradation of the components of the extracellular matrix and inhibited migration of DGF-stimulated A7r5 cells and A7r5 cells proliferation significantly.

Based on the evidence, researchers said, WA exerted neuroprotective effects by activating the PI3K/Akt pathway, modulating the expression of MMPs, and inhibiting the migration of VSMCs.".

Taken altogether, Ashwagandha may be considered a neuroprotective remedy, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)

Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Protection against cerebral infarction by Withaferin A involves inhibition of neuronal apoptosis, activation of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, and reduced intimal hyperplasia via inhibition of VSMC migration and matrix metalloproteinases by Zhang QZ1, Guo YD2, Li HM3, Wang RZ4, Guo SG5, Du YF. (PubMed)

Saturday 25 July 2020

Cabbage Protects the Neuron Integrity Against Neurodegenerative Diseases

By Kyle J. Norton

Neuroprotection an action involved the use of a natural substance to protect the integrity of neurons against damage or death.

In other words, neuroprotection is the process to protect brain functioning.

Neurodegenerative diseases are a class of conditions associated with the progressive loss of neurons in the brain caused by several mechanisms, including toxicity and oxygen deficiency.

The most common diseases associated with neurodegenerative diseases are dementia, a cluster of conditions included Alzheimer’s disease, leading to a negative influence on the body's functioning, including balance, movement, talking, breathing, and heart function.

Dementia is a neuropsychiatric disorder as a result of cognitive impairment and behavioral disturbances. The behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are common, contributing to caregiver burden and premature institutionalization.

The true symptoms of dementia are a progressive loss of memory and other mental abilities that can cause impairment of a person's ability to perform usual tasks in everyday life. 

According to the statistics, about 5-8% of all people over the age of 65 have some form of dementia, and this number doubles every five years above that age.

Cabbage is a species of Brassica oleracea belongings to the family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae), native to the Mediterranean region along the seacoast. The veggie has a short stem of which is crowded a mass of leaves, usually green but in some varieties, it may be red or purplish.

With an aim to find a natural food for the treatment of age-related diseases, researchers examined the effect of cabbage consumption in the risks of neurodegenerative disease.

According to the tested differentiation,  isothiocyanates (ITCs), the sulfur- and nitrogen-containing phytochemicals found in cabbage reduced the risk for developing neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) and some other chronic disorders including but not limited to cardiovascular diseases, various forms of cancer and inflammatory disorders among others. 

Furthermore, Sulforaphane(SFN), derived from glucoraphanin EXERTED its ability not only arrest many target proteins but also to control various metabolic pathways in neuronal cells by targeting amyloid β (Aβ)-induced oxidative damage and apoptosis in a human neuroblastoma cell line (SH-SY5Y). 

Moreover, SFN inhibited the progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD) through the interception of pro-inflammatory and apoptotic pathways in vivo, induced by intrastriatal injection of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) for 28 days.

Additionally, in the examing the chemical compound moringin (MG) isolated from the leaf extracts of cabbage, researchers found that the administration in different doses improved spatial memory and reduced neuronal degeneration to the minimum level in the hippocampal region of the animal disease model. 

Based on the results, researchers wrote, "This review summarizes the most significant and up-to-date in vitro and in vivo neuroprotective actions of sulforaphane (SFN), moringin (MG), .... in neurodegenerative diseases".

Taken altogether, cabbage processed abundantly bioactive compounds may be considered a remedy for the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)

Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Protective Effect of Glucosinolates Hydrolytic Products in Neurodegenerative Diseases (NDDs) by Jaafaru MS1,2, Abd Karim NA3, Enas ME4, Rollin P5, Mazzon E6, Abdull Razis AF. (PMC)

Thursday 23 July 2020

Omega -3 Fatty Acids Might Block the Onset of Breast Cancer

By Kyle J. Norton

The woman breast is made up of specialized tissue that produces milk (glandular tissue) and fatty tissue. The size of a woman's breast is totally determined by the amount of fat.

Cancer is a class of chronic condition characterized by irregular cell growth associated with the alternation of cell DNA.

Breast cancer is a medical condition characterized by cell growth irregularly and disorderly in the breast tissue.

Most cases of breast cancer start in the cell on the surface of the inner lining of the breast tissue before spreading into deeper layers of the breast.

In the early stage, most patients with breast cancer may experience lumps on the breast or surrounding the breast.

However, breast skin irritation or dimpling, nipple pain, nipple retraction (turning inward), redness and scaliness that cannot be healed within 3 weeks are also the signs and symptoms of breast cancer.

At the later stage, after colonizing most parts of the breast, the breast cancer cells may travel a distance far the way to infect other healthy cells and tissue.

According to the statistics, the lifetime risk of invasive breast cancer developing is 12%.

In 2019, approximately 268,600 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S., along with 62,930 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer.

Just about 20% of breast cancers are diagnosed in women under 50, while almost 30% are diagnosed in women over 70 years of age.

The 5 years survival rate of breast cancer diagnosed at the early stage is closed to 100%.

Epidemiologically, there are several factors that can reduce the risk of breast cancer including breastfeeding, early age at first full-term pregnancy, an increasing number of births, preeclampsia, longer duration of breastfeeding.

The stages of breast cancer can be classified depending on
* The size of the cancer
* Invasive or not
* Whether cancer has spread to the lymph nodes
* Whether cancer has spread to the distance parts or organs of the body.

Omega-3 fatty acids are phytochemicals in the class of lipids, found abundantly in deepsea fisk, dark-green leafy vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, etc.

The three main components of Omega-3 fatty acids are alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

On finding a potential phytochemical for the treatment of malignant tumors, researchers compared the effect of DHA, Delta-T3, and DHA plus Delta-T3 co-treatment on triple-negative breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231.

Based on the results of cells treated by 50 μM DHA and/or 5 μM Delta-T3,
* DHA can trigger an increase in lipid droplet (LD) biogenesis and co-treatment with Delta-T3 was able to reduce this LD biogenesis.

Please note that a higher cytoplasmic LD content is associated with a higher breast cancer cell malignancy and proliferation.

* The inhibition of the cytoplasmic LD content by silencing ADRP (adipose differentiation-related protein), also decreased cell proliferation in MDA-MB-231 cells.

* Treatment with DHA and Delta-T3 alone or co-treatment did not reduce cell viability

* More importantly, DHA can trigger lipophagy associated with the autophagic degradation of lipid droplets in MDA-MB-231 cells compared to DHA plus Delta-T3 co-treatment that was able to enhance this lipophagy process.

Based on the findings, researchers said, " co-treatment with DHA plus Delta-T3 in MDA-MB-231 cells could reduce LD biogenesis and potentiate lipophagy in these cells, possibly having a positive impact to inhibit breast cancer malignancy".


Taken altogether, Omega-3 fatty acids together with Delta-T3 vitamin E isoform may be considered a supplementation for the prevention and treatment of breast cancer,  pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of Omega-3 fatty acids in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Omega 3-DHA and Delta-Tocotrienol Modulate Lipid Droplet Biogenesis and Lipophagy in Breast Cancer Cells: the Impact in Cancer Aggressiveness by Pizato N1, Kiffer LFMV2,3, Luzete BC4,5, Assumpção JAF6, Correa LH7, Melo HAB8, Sant'Ana LP9, Ito MK10, Magalhães KG.
(PubMed)

Wednesday 22 July 2020

Herbal Angelica Inhibits the Onset of Osteonecrosis in Femoral Head (ONFH)

By Kyle J. Norton

Osteonecrosis is a medical condition associated with the death of bone cells caused by the reduced blood flow.

Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is the endpoint of a variety of disease processes that decreased blood flow within the femoral head.

Patients with osteonecrosis at the early stage are asymptomatic. However, as the disease gets worse, progressive osteonecrosis can induce symptoms of pain.

Patients with long-term use of high-dose steroid medications and excessive alcohol intake are at the increased risk of the disease developing.

From the age perspective, people between the age of 30 to 50 are also at a higher risk of the disease.

Other risk factors associated with the disease prevalence are Injuries, that damage to nearby blood vessels and reduce blood flow to bones.

Diseases associated with the osteonecrosis are
* Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis is a condition of inflammation of the pancreas that affects the function of the pancreas in secreting digestive juices, or enzymes. Pancreatitis can be acute or chronic.

* Diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic condition caused by insufficient insulin entering the bloodstream to regulate the glucose.

In other words, diabetes occurs when cells in the pancreas dying off or receptor sites clogged up by fat and cholesterol. In some cases, diabetes is also caused by allergic reactions of cells in the immune system.

* Systemic lupus erythematosus
The systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease as a result of the development of autoantibodies that attack the systems and organs in the body.
* Sickle cell anemia

* Sickle cell anemia (SCD), a genetic preposition form of anemia is a condition associated with not enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen throughout your body.

The red blood cells in sickle cell anemia patines are rigid and sticky with the shapes of sickles or crescent moons.


Angelica or Dang Qui is a herb of Genus Angelica from the family Apiaceae, indigenous to China.

The herb has been used as a Queen herb in traditional Chinese medicine antispasmodic and vasodilatory agent, and to balance the hormones in women for a normal menstrual cycle and menstruation and strengthen heart, spleen, kidneys, and liver for both men and women, etc. In other words, it is used to treat gynecological ailments, fatigue, mild anemia, and high blood pressure. It has analgesic, anti-inflammatory, etc.

On finding a potential herbal remedy for the prevention and treatment of bone disease, researchers examined the herbal formula Huo Xue Tong Luo capsule (HXTL capsule) containing Peach kernel, Safflower Carthamus, Angelica Sinensis, Ligusticum wallichii etc, effects on osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH).

According to the results from the experiment, 
* HXTL capsule promoted osteogenesis in rat MSCs.

* HXTL capsule silences the endogenous lncRNA-Miat involved in vascular dysfunction to promote osteogenesis of rMSCs.

* Additionally, HXTL capsule significantly increased the occupancy of H3K27me3 and decreased H3K4me3 in promoter regions of Miat to improve blood circulation.

Based on the evidence, researchers said, "HXTL capsule can promote osteogenesis to ameliorate ONFH through inhibiting the transcriptional expression of Miat, at least partially".

Taken altogether, Herbal Angelica used in a combination with other herbal medicine may be considered remedies for the treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH)., pending to larger sample size and multicenter human study.

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Huo Xue Tong Luo capsule ameliorates osteonecrosis of femoral head through inhibiting lncRNA-Miat by Fang B1, Li Y2, Chen C3, Wei Q2, Zheng J2, Liu Y3, He W2, Lin D4, Li G5, Hou Y6, Xu L. (PubMed)

Tuesday 21 July 2020

Broccoli Promotes the Healthy Ratio of Gastrointestinal Microbiota

By Kyle J. Norton

Intestinal health is a subject that covers multiple positive aspects of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, including the effective digestion and absorption of food, promoting the balance of intestinal microbiota.

According to general knowledge, people who eat a diet with fruits and vegetables that are high in fiber including beans and legumes and berries, have been found to process a healthy microbiota.

Believe it or not, the human gut microbiota contains trillions of cells, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. The gut microbiota is important to improve the digestive function in the absorption of nutrition, before passing them to the cells and tissues in the body.

Gut microbiota or gastrointestinal microbiota, the complex community of microorganisms in our digestive tracts plays a critical role in a variety of metabolic functions, including produced vitamins, synthesized all essential and nonessential amino acids, and carried out biotransformation of bile.

Gut microbiota protects the intestinal structures and functions by attaching to the gut wall against the entry of pathogenic, enteroinvasive bacteria into the epithelial cells.

In the immune perspective, gut microbiota protects the intestines by alerting the immune response against foreign invasion through specific receptors, leading to an immune system in inducing the proinflammatory cytokines.

However, the imbalance of digestive gut microbiota has been found to induce a number of diseases, syndromes, and functional aberrations, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and wider systemic manifestations of disease such as obesity, and type 2 diabetes.

Imbalanced gut microbiota is found in obese patients, compared to healthy weight individuals.

In the immunity, the gut microbiota and immune system interact to protect each other to ensure the optimal function of both the digestive and immune system.

In other words, imbalanced gut microbiota not only causes the dysfunction of the digestive system but also reduces the functional immune system in the protection of the body against infection.

Broccoli is a mustard/cabbage plant, belongs to the family Brassicaceae. The veggie has large flower heads, usually green in color and the mass of flower heads surrounded by leaves and evolved from a wild cabbage plant on the continent of Europe.

On finding a potential plant that improves the gut functioning, researchers examined the effects of broccoli's glucosinolate hydrolysis activity on microbiota in the male C57BL/6 mice gut.

Glucosinolate hydrolysis activity is the process that can lead to a range of breakdown products, associated with the improvement of gut microbiota function.

Chronic raw or hydrolyzed broccoli fed mice not only increased the myrosinase-like activities of the colon and cecum contents, and also improved the NQO1 activity in the protection of protection against semiquinones and oxidative stress of the colon mucosa, compared to control mice.

In other words, broccoli ingestion showed a strong and positive effect on the composition of the gut bacteria community.

However, sinigrin, another type of glucosinolate isolated from broccoli does not demonstrate any effect on the gut composition.

Taken altogether, broccoli may be considered a functional food for the promotion of gut health, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)

Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Broccoli ingestion increases the glucosinolate hydrolysis activity of microbiota in the mouse gut by Wu Y1,2, Shen Y1,2, Zhu Y1,2, Mupunga J1,2, Zou L3, Liu C3, Liu S1,2, Mao J. (PubMed)

Monday 20 July 2020

Phytochemical Tocopherols Protects the Skin Against UVB-Induced Skin Damage

By Kyle J. Norton

Skin is the largest organ in the body with function to protect the internal organs and tissue against foreign organisms infection, leading organs and tissue injury and damage.

It also is the third organ behind the liver and kidney to eliminate body toxins if the first 2 fails to cleanse them all.

Skin diseases are conditions of skin damage and classified according to each pathogenic cause.

Most cases of skin disease are involved in allergens, irritants. However certain medical conditions such as irritable bowel disease, autoimmune diseases, and genetic preposition can also cause r skin diseases.

Recent studies suggested that a poor diet is also associated with the onset of skin diseases such as dermatological disease which may be linked to systemic disease, and dietary changes which may affect health outcomes, as in psoriasis. 

Photodamage is a type of skin damage caused by long-term exposure to the sunlight or tanning bed.

Photodamage skin is one most common form of skin damage in the US, due to misunderstanding the benefits and adverse effects on light exposure.

Believe it or not, a quarter of lifetime sun exposure occurs before the end of the teenage years. Most cases of photo skin damage can also stimulate some unwanted skin conditions, including advanced aging or wrinkling, uneven skin, hyperpigmentation, telangiectasias, actinic keratoses liver, and age spots.

In severe cases, long-term photodamage skin can also lead to skin cancer. More people in the US are diagnosed with skin cancer each year than all other cancers combined.
According to the statistic, 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer by the age of 70.

Conventionally, most cases of early-stage and mild damage of skin are treated by topical Levulan that remove scaly patches of actinic keratoses from your skin.

UVB-induced skin damage is a condition of skin damage caused by overexposure to UVB.

Tocopherols are phytochemicals of which many have vitamin E activity, belonging to the group of Lipids, found abundantly in butter, egg yolk, milk fat, some vegetable, and seed or nut oils, etc.

On finding a potential phytochemical for the treatment of skin diseases, researchers examined the protective capacity of alpha-tocopherol and beta-carotene during UVA and UVB irradiation of human melanocytes in vitro.

According to the primary cultures of normal human melanocytes irradiated by different wavelengths within the UV spectrum (UVA 6 J cm(-2), UVB 60 mJ cm(-2)),
* UVA and UVB irradiation decreased the intracellular concentration of reduced glutathione associated with an antioxidant enzyme produced by the host and activated the transcription factor nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB, involved in the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines.

Furthermore, UVA and UVB irradiation increased the level of the p65 subunit in the activation of the potential of NF-kappa Band translocation to the nucleus.

Moreover, UVA and UVB caused apoptotic cell death as detected by nuclear fragmentation and caspase activation 24 h postirradiation.

Pretreatment with alpha-tocopherol prevented UVA- and UVB-induced glutathione loss, NF-kappaB translocation, and diminished apoptosis. However, beta-carotene did not show a similar protective capacity. Further, exposure to alpha-tocopherol by itself reduced cell proliferation rate.

Based on the results, researchers said, "UVA and UVB irradiation affected the intracellular redox state and increased the frequency of apoptosis in human melanocytes in vitro. alpha-Tocopherol might be a useful substance in protecting melanocytes from UV-induced damage".

Taken altogether, tocopherols may be considered a supplement for the treatment of UVB-induced skin damage, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of tocopherols in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Ultraviolet (UV)A- and UVB-induced redox alterations and activation of nuclear factor-kappaB in human melanocytes-protective effects of alpha-tocopherol by Larsson P1, Ollinger K, Rosdahl I. (PubMed)

Sunday 19 July 2020

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) Protects the Liver Against Oxidative Stress,

By Kyle J. Norton

The liver is the largest internal organ found in the human which plays an essential role in filtering the blood from the digestive system before passing them to other parts of the body.

The liver also produces cholesterol, a waxy substance which aids digestion, builds cell membranes and produces vitamin D and steroid hormones.

Liver disease is a class of medical conditions characterized by the reducing partly or completely the function of the liver, including liver failure.

Oxidative stress is a condition caused by an imbalance of the ratio of free radicals and antioxidants in the body.

In other words, oxidative stress is either caused by overexpression of free radical or depletion of antioxidant enzymes in the body.

Some researchers suggested that oxidative stress may also arise due to the chain reaction of free radicals in which free radicals donate or intercept an electron from other stable molecules.

Long-term oxidative stress presented in the body can cause protein and lipid damage and alternation of cell DNA, leading to the onset of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer.

More precisely, exogenous factors, such as cigarette smoke, and endogenous factors, such as the oxidative burst from activated macrophages are some of the factors involved in the risk of oxidative stress.

Liver oxidative stress is a condition associated with overexpression of free radicals compared to those of antioxidant enzymes, observed by high levels of liver oxidative stress markers.

Dandelion is a herbaceous perennial plant, genus Taraxacum, belongings to the family Asteraceae, native to temperate regions of the world. It has been used in traditional and herbal medicine to treat gout, eczema, acne, gall bladder, kidney, liver and urinary disorders, hypoglycemia, dyspepsia with constipation, edema, blood pressure, and heart weakness, chronic joint, skin diseases, etc.

On finding a natural ingredient for the prevention and treatment of diseases associated with oxidative stress scientists examined the protective effects of Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) root against alcoholic liver damage in HepG2/2E1 cells and ICR mice.

According to the tested differentiation
* 300 mM ethanol in vitro, showed an increase in the production of reactive oxygen species and a 39% decrease in the cell viability.

* In 300 mM ethanol injection mice, the application of hot water extract (TOH) from T. officinale root restore all the changes of the ratio of free radicals and antioxidants in the liver, compared no effects of ethanol-extract (TOE).

* In mice alcohol-induced hepatotoxicity, TOH (1 g/kg bw/day) with ethanol injection exerted a liver
protective effect against liver toxicity observed by the decreasing of liver stress markers such as serum of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase,...

* Mice treated by ethanol plus TOH showed a strong improvement of the levels of the liver antioxidants such as catalase, glutathione-S-transferase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, and glutathione.


Based on the results, researchers suggest, " the amelioration of malondialdehyde levels indicated TOH's protective effects against liver damage mediated by alcohol in vivo. These results suggest that the aqueous extract of T. officinale root has protective action against alcohol-induced toxicity in the liver by elevating antioxidative potentials and decreasing lipid peroxidation".


Taken altogether, Dandelion may be considered a liver protective remedy, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) In vitro and in vivo hepatoprotective effects of the aqueous extract from Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) root against alcohol-induced oxidative stress by You Y1, Yoo S, Yoon HG, Park J, Lee YH, Kim S, Oh KT, Lee J, Cho HY, Jun W. (PubMed)

Cruciferous Vegetables Inhibit the Risk of Kidney Cancer

By Kyle J. Norton

The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs located just below the rib cage, one on each side of your spine.

The kidneys formed a second detoxed organ in the body after the liver not only plays an essential role in regulating electrolytes, blood pressure, maintains acid-base balance, produces hormone calcitriol, renin, and erythropoietin,... but also filters blood that passes into the tubules. 

In the urinary system, kidneys reabsorbed some necessary substances back into the blood, while waste, such as urea and ammonium are deposited into pelvis then into the ureter to the bladder for secretion.

Kidney Cancer is a medical condition characterized by irregular cell growth in the tissue of kidneys.
At the later stage, the cancerous cells may travel a distance way to infect other organs' tissues.
For example, if kidney cancer spreads to the lung is called kidney cancer with lung metastases.

At the very early stage of the kidney, cancerous tumors are localized on the surface of the kidneys.

The most common type of kidney cancer is renal cell cancer.

The causes of kidney cancer are unknown. Some researchers suggested that genetic mutation, cigarette smoking, obese, family history,..... and exposed to chemicals, such as asbestos and benzene are all associated with increased risk of kidney cancer.

Kidney cancer affects only 2% of the general population. Approximately 14 percent of the US population suffer some forms of chronic kidney disease (CKD), including 661,000 cases of kidney failure.


Cruciferous vegetables are a group of vegetables, belongings to the family Brassicaceae (also called Cruciferae) with many genera, species, and cultivated all over the world in suitable climate for commercial profits, including cauliflower, cabbage, kale, garden cress, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and green leafy vegetables.

On finding a potential remedy for reducing risk chronic diseases, researchers examined the effects of cruciferous vegetable consumption in the risk of renal cell carcinoma.

The meta-analysis included 3 cohort and 7 case-control studies retrieved via both computerized searches and review of references.

According to the summary of the calculation of the relative risks (RRs) with 95% confidence interval (CI) for the highest vs. the lowest consumption of cruciferous vegetables,
 in cruciferous vegetables consumption group (RR = 0.73; 95% CI, 0.63-0.83) and subgroup of case-control studies (RR = 0.69; 95% CI, 0.60-0.78), compared to statistically insignificant in cohort studies (RR = 0.96; 95% CI, 0.71-1.21).

No heterogeneity and publication bias was detected across studies.

In other words, the meta-analysis supported the cruciferous vegetable consumption for decreasing the risk of renal cell carcinoma.

However, because of the limited number of studies, researchers said, "further well-designed prospective studies and researches need to be conducted to better clarify the protective effect of cruciferous vegetables on renal cell carcinoma and potential mechanism".

Taken altogether, cruciferous vegetables may be considered functional remedies for the prevention of kidney cancer, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.



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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Cruciferous vegetables consumption and risk of renal cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis by Liu B1, Mao Q, Wang X, Zhou F, Luo J, Wang C, Lin Y, Zheng X, Xie L. (PubMed)

Saturday 18 July 2020

Omega -3 Fatty Acids, the Anti Hyperlipidemic Supplements

By Kyle J. Norton

The liver is the largest internal organ found in the human which plays an essential role in filtering the blood from the digestive system before passing them to other parts of the body.

The liver also produces cholesterol, a waxy substance which aids digestion, builds cell membranes and produces vitamin D and steroid hormones.

Hyperlipidemia is a medical condition of abnormally high levels of cholesterol and fat in the bloodstream.

High blood cholesterol is the most common cause of hyperlipidemia. According to statistics provided by the CDC, more than 12% of adults age 20 and older are living with high blood cholesterol with a total cholesterol higher than 240 mg/dL. and more than 18% had high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or “good”) cholesterol levels less than 40 mg/dL.

In other words, hyperlipidemia has a high prevalent ratio that affects over 100 million Americans and the condition is increasing at an alarming rate due to overweight and obesity.

Believe it or not, only half of the people with high blood cholesterol benefits from taking the lowering blood cholesterol medicine.

Cholesterol is a waxy substance produced by the liver. In a moderate amount, it helps to improve the gastrointestinal tract in food digestion, builds strong cell membranes, produces vitamin D and steroid hormones.

The healthy ratio of low-density lipoprotein (LDL)/high-density lipoprotein (HDL) is ant numbers that are less than 4.

People with hyperlipidemia are asymptomatic. However, if untreated, the condition can cause cholesterol build-up on the arterial wall, leading to narrowing the arteries inducing blockage that causes heart disease and stroke.

The most common inherited form of high blood cholesterol is called familial hypercholesterolemia found in 1/500 people.

By adopting a healthy lifestyle and moderate exercise, you may do just fine without medication.

Omega-3 fatty acids are phytochemicals in the class of lipids, found abundantly in deepsea fisk, dark-green leafy vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, etc.

The three main components of Omega-3 fatty acids are alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

On finding a potential phytochemical for the treatment of high blood cholesterol, researchers examined the effects of omega-3 fatty acids against hyperlipidemia.

Based on the results of the experiment,
* Consumption of 1.5-2.0 g/day of phytosterols result in a 10-15% reduction in LDL cholesterol in a 3-week period in hyperlipidemic populations.

* Furthermore, phytosterol consumption enhanced health benefits in people who are already on lipid-lowering medications (statin drugs). 

* Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation showed significant hypotriglyceridemic effects with concurrent modifications of other risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease, including platelet function and pro-inflammatory mediators.

In other words, a combination of phytosterols and omega-3 fatty acids inhibited hyperlipidemic activity that reduces cardiovascular risk in a complementary and synergistic way.

Based on the findings, researchers said, " ...the health benefits of phytosterols and omega-3 fatty acids, alone or in combination with statins, for the treatment/management of hyperlipidemia".

And " A lower ratio of omega-6/omega-3 fatty acids is more desirable in reducing the risk of many of the chronic diseases of high prevalence in Western societies, as well as in the developing countries".


Taken altogether, Omega-3 fatty acids together with low levels of omega-6 fatty acid may be considered a functional food for the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of Omega-3 fatty acids in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Beyond blood lipids: phytosterols, statins and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid therapy for hyperlipidemia by Micallef MA1, Garg ML. (PubMed)

Friday 17 July 2020

Ashwagandha Processes Anti-Proliferative activity Against Cancer

By Kyle J. Norton

Cancer is a group of medical and chronic diseases characterized by cell growth disorderly and uncontrollably in the tissue of specific organs in the body.

Over time, the alternative cells induced tumor may become progressively worse and damage other healthy tissues, depending on the grade of the tumor.

At the later stage, the most invasive tumor can induce secondary metastasis by spreading to other organs in the body via lymph or blood.

Antiproliferation is a process in which the cancer cells are killed or limited to grow through many mechanisms, including the use of chemo drugs.

In the immune perspective, anti-proliferation can be carried out by activating the genes associated with cancer suppression, programming cell death,.... and cell cycle arrest.

A suppressive gene, such as pro-apoptotic p53 induces cancer cell death through cell cycle arrest. In other words, the gene inhibits tumor growth by interrupting the cancer cell cycle division.

In the programmed cell death gene, such as BCL-2 induce cell death by either inducing apoptosis. In other words, If cells are no longer needed or damaged, activating an intracellular death program will cause cell death.

In phytochemicals, anti-proliferation can also be carried out by antioxidants in which they stimulate the free radicals overexpression to induce toxicity to tumor cells without causing harm to the nearby healthy cells.

According to the National Cancer Institute, approximately 38.4% of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some points during their lifetimes, according to the data from 2013–2015.

On finding a potent compound that processes the anti-cancer activity, researchers examined the effects of Withaferin A (WA) in W.somnifera, the secondary metabolite anti-proliferative effects in a number of human cancer cell lines.


Ashwagandha also is known as Withania somnifera is a nightshade plant in the genus of Withania, belonging to the family Solanaceae, native to the dry parts of India, North Africa, Middle East, and the Mediterranean.

The herbal medicine has been considered as Indian ginseng and used in Ayurvedic medicine over 3000 years to treat tumors and tubercular glands, carbuncles, memory loss, and ulcers and considered as anti-stress, cognition-facilitating, anti-inflammatory, and anti-aging herbal medicine.

According to the results from the flow cytometry and western blot analysis, MG-63 and U2OS human osteosarcoma cell lines treated with different concentrations of WA showed a significant inhibition and proliferation of the cancer cells.

Furthermore, WA exerting anti-cancer activity was attributed to induce cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase, by inhibiting proteins (cyclin B1, cyclin A, Cdk2 and p-Cdc2 (Tyr15)) associated cellular mitosis of cyclin A and multiple cell cycle division and steps, and DNA damage markers such as levels of p-Chk1 (Ser345) and p-Chk2.

Based on the findings, researchers said, "....the antiproliferative potential of WA was associated with the induction of cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase, which was a result of the attenuation of the expression levels of G2/M checkpoint proteins".

Taken altogether, Ashwagandha may be considered a functional herb for the prevention and treatment of cancer proliferation, pending to the result of larger sample size and multicenter study

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)

Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Antiproliferation potential of withaferin A on human osteosarcoma cells via the inhibition of G2/M checkpoint proteins by Lv TZ1, Wang GS. (PubMed)