Holistic Health Articles and Research Related to Herbal Medicines, Foods and Phytochemicals

Thursday, 27 July 2017

Food Therapy: Asparagus, the Natural Whole Food for Neuroprotective Effects

Kyle J. Norton, Master of Nutrients
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published on line, including world wide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
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Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bio science, ISSN 0975-6299.

Whole food(herbal medicine) used as medical treatment, linking health benefits in prevention, management and treatment of diseases has induced much interests in today renowned scientists.
But many researchers have raised question of herbal quality, because geographic differences, time of grown and harvest, etc. may effect their's potency. I do believe, these questions can only be answered by experience herbalists.

Asparagus may be a potential whole food medicine for reduced risk and treatment of neuro degenerative disease, a renowned institution suggested.

Methanol extract from Asparagus cochinchinensi, in vivo and in vitro is found to exhibit neuroprotective effects through activation of the Shp-2, antibody and ErK1/2 Akt and Akt involved the cell apoptosis, cell proliferation.

Asparagus is a flowering plant belong to species the genus Asparagus, native to the western coasts of northern Spain, north to Ireland, Great Britain, and northwest Germany, northern Africa and western Asia. Asparagus has been used from early times as a vegetable and medicine, because of its delicate flavour and diuretic properties.

In animal study of neurodegenerative disorders involved Alzheimer's disease (AD) , biological stresses, such as oxidative and inflammatory stress, induced neural cell damage, asparagus extract (ETAS) exerted anti neuroprotective effects, through expression of mRNAs in information transfer of DNA factors in exerted cytoprotective and anti-apoptotic functions against death of neuronal cells and early cognitive impairment.

Dr. Sakurai T, the lead researcher in the study insisted, this efficacy may be contributed by the extract in attenuated neuro-cell damage through improved hippocampus function in expression of memory.

Furthermore, other chemical compound isolated roots of Asparagus cochinchinensis may be also effective in treating cognitive impairment by ameliorated neuroinflammation through decreased production of free radical NO and suppressed microglia cells activation cause of neuronal cell death.

Taking altogether, there is no doubt that asparagus extract may be a potential agent for delay neuro degenerative disease through improved function of hippocampal regions associated with the learning and memory functions, increased neurotransmitter activity, attenuated neuro inflammatory expression and inhibited oxidative stress induced free radical in damage of neuro cells.

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(1) The neuroprotective effects and possible mechanism of action of a methanol extract from Asparagus cochinchinensis: In vitro and in vivo studies by Jalsrai A1, Numakawa T2, Kunugi H2, Dieterich DC3, Becker A4.(PubMed)
(2) Enzyme-treated Asparagus officinalis extract shows neuroprotective effects and attenuates cognitive impairment in senescence-accelerated mice by Sakurai T, Ito T, Wakame K, Kitadate K, Arai T, Ogasawara J, Kizaki T, Sato S, Ishibashi Y, Fujiwara T, Akagawa K, Ishida H, Ohno H.(PubMed)
(3) Anti-neuroinflammatory constituents from Asparagus cochinchinensis by Jian R1, Zeng KW, Li J, Li N, Jiang Y, Tu P.(PubMed)
(4) Effect of Convolvulus pluricaulis Choisy and Asparagus racemosus Willd on learning and memory in young and old mice: a comparative evaluation by Sharma K1, Bhatnagar M, Kulkarni SK.(PubMed)

Wednesday, 26 July 2017

Food Therapy: Celery, the Natural Whole Food in Ameliorated Progression and Enhanced Treatment of Gastric Ulcer

Kyle J. Norton, Master of Nutrients
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published on line, including world wide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, 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 Bio science, ISSN 0975-6299.

Whole food(herbal medicine) used as medical treatment, linking health benefits in prevention, management and treatment of diseases has induced much interests in today renowned scientists.
But many researchers have raised question of herbal quality, because geographic differences, time of grown and harvest, etc. may effect their's potency. I do believe, these questions can only be answered by experience herbalists.

Intake of celery or supplement showed to reduce progression and treatment of gastric ulcer.

According to the King Saud University, celery [Apium graveolens L. (Apiaceae/Umbelliferae)], celery supplement at doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight, enhanced the protection of gastric wall mucus (GWM), in increased stomach protection against the models used for ulcerogenesis.

Dr. Powanda MC, the lead researcher said, " Acute toxicity test revealed no deleterious or toxic symptoms or mortality over a period of 14 days. .....and (showed) a large margin of safety and "The results suggest that Apium graveolens extract significantly protects the gastric mucosa and suppresses the basal gastric secretion in rats, possibly through its antioxidant potential".

Celery is a species of Apium graveolens, belonging to the family Apiaceae, cultivated all around the globe as a vegetable. It can grow to 1/2 m tall with stalks (leaf on the top) arranging in a conical shape joined at a common base.

In support of the above analysis, celery Seed Extract (CSE), also showed to protect against and/or reduce gastric irritation caused by NSAIDs, as well as act synergistically with them to reduce inflammation without induced medication interaction of enzyme systems.

Furthermore, the methanolic extract and aqueous extracts used at 300 mg kg(-1) dose, exhibited a highly significant inhibition of gastric lesions in comparison the conventional omeprazole, in dose-dependent for both aerial part of celery.

Taking altogether, intake of celery is associated to meliorate the progression and treatment of gastric ulcer, but oral of celery supplement should be taken with care.

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(1) Celery Seed and Related Extracts with Antiarthritic, Antiulcer, and Antimicrobial Activitie by Powanda MC, Whitehouse MW, Rainsford KD.(PubMed)
(2) Over the counter (OTC) oral remedies for arthritis and rheumatism: how effective are they? by Whitehouse MW1, Roberts MS, Brooks PM.( PubMed)
(3) Antiulcerogenic and antibacterial activities of Apium graveolens essential oil and extract by Baananou S1, Bouftira I, Mahmoud A, Boukef K, Marongiu B, Boughattas NA.(PubMed)
(4) Gastric antiulcer, antisecretory and cytoprotective properties of celery (Apium graveolens) in rats by Al-Howiriny T1, Alsheikh A, Alqasoumi S, Al-Yahya M, ElTahir K, Rafatullah S.(PubMed)

Herbal Therapy: Andrographis paniculata, accelerated Wound Healing with Lesser Scar

Andrographis paniculata is also known as Andrographis, is a herbaceous plant, genus Andrographis, belonging to the family Acanthaceae, native to India and Sri Lanka, used in traditional Siddha and Ayurvedic in treating the common cold, flu, upper respiratory infections, infectious diseases, diarrhea, dysentery, cholera, pneumonia,.. .....

Wound healing is a natural response to restore injured tissues.

Andrographis paniculata leaf showed to process a significant wound healing effect in restoring injured tissues, a mentioned institute suggested.

According to the Universiti Teknologi MARA, topical application of Andrographis paniculata exerted a strong effect on the rate of wound enclosure with markedly less scar width and contained large amounts of fibroblast proliferation.

In a study of wound created in four groups of rat in posterior neck region. Blank placebo applied topically to the wounds of Group 1 and Groups 2 and 3 dressed with placebo containing 5% and 10% extracts of A. paniculata, groups treated with topical showed a rate of wound healing significantly accelerated in the wound dressed compared to placebo group.

The wound healing is also increased collagen and less formation of new blood vessels with absence of inflammatory cells.

Other study, in the evaluation of the effects of andrographis wound healing activity of Swiss Wistar strain rats with either sex with topical application, 2%w/w ointment of ethanol extract and petroleum ether extract prepared in 2% w/w PEG-4000 in comparison to the left untreated control group, treatment groups showed a faster rate of complete healing in day 12 after topical application with wound contractions in petroleum ether extract, ethanolic extract were at 10.17 and 16.33, respectively.

Dr. Arnabaditya Mohanty, the lead authors in the joint study said, "Andrographis peniculata ethanolic extract possesses better wound healing property in comparison to control and also with petroleum ether extract".

Taking together, topical application of Andrographis paniculata leaf and extract may be used as a wound healing agent in accelerately restored injured tissues with lesser scar without induced adverse effects.

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(1) Effect of Andrographis paniculata leaf extract on wound healing in rats by Al-Bayaty FH1, Abdulla MA, Abu Hassan MI, Ali HM.(PubMed) and(University of Malaya)
(2) Preliminary Pytochemical Screening and Wound Healing Activity of Andrographis Peniculata by Arnabaditya Mohanty1 , Dusmanta Kumar Pradhan1 , Manas Ranjan Mishra1 , Jitendra Kumar Sahoo1 , Ashutosh Mishra *2, Bankim Chan(Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research)

Food Therapy: Asparagus, the Natural Whole Food for Reduced Risk and treatment of Kidney Cancers

According to the Banaras Hindu University, asparagus racemosus leaf extract inhibits growth UOK 146 renal cell carcinoma through cytotoxic activitie and downgraded the process of genes responsible for proliferation of the UOK146 cell line.

Dr. Verma SP, the lead author said, " Evidence of antiproliferative effect, PRCC-TFE3(recurrent abnormal chromosomes in gene and reciprocal gene expression) fusion transcript inhibition and static anti- or pro-apoptotic regulators(BAX0 level clearly indicate that AR extract provides or elicits an apoptosis independent anticancer effect on RCC cells by some specific mechanism of regulation"

Asparagus is a flowering plant belong to species the genus Asparagus, native to the western coasts of northern Spain, north to Ireland, Great Britain, and northwest Germany, northern Africa and western Asia, used from early times as a vegetable and medicine, because of its delicate flavour and diuretic properties.

Renal cell carcinoma (Kidney cancer/renal cells) is a type of kidney cancer caused by malignant cells of the limning of the tubules in the kidney. It tends first to spread via bloodstream and the second tumor generally found in the lung, but it may also spread to lymph nodes and other organs as well.

Shatavarins (containing shatavarin IV) isolated from the roots of Asparagusracemosus exerted anti cancer properties, in vivo against numbers of cancer cell lines, including A-498 (human kidney carcinoma) cell lines .

Oral administration of shatavarin to tumor bearing mice at doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight for 10 days,, inhibited tumor cell volume and increased non-cancer cell count, through its potent cytotoxicity, compared to the untreated mice of the EAC control group.

The herbal decode also restore the normal expression of red (RBC) and white blood cell (WBC) counts and hemoglobin (Hb) concentration which are altered in patients with renal cell cancer.

There is no doubt that Asparagus has exhibited significant anticancer activity in both in vitro and in vivo experimental models but further multi and large size studies are necessary to confirm this potency.

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(1) The renal cell carcinoma-associated oncogenic fusion protein PRCCTFE3 provokes p21 WAF1/CIP1-mediated cell cycle delay by Medendorp K1, van Groningen JJ, Vreede L, Hetterschijt L, Brugmans L, van den Hurk WH, van Kessel AG.(PubMed)
(2) Transformation capacities of the papillary renal cell carcinoma-associated PRCCTFE3 and TFE3PRCC fusion genes by Weterman MA1, van Groningen JJ, den Hartog A, Geurts van Kessel A.(PubMed)
(3) Asparagus racemosus leaf extract inhibits growth of UOK 146 renal cell carcinoma cell line: simultaneous oncogenic PRCCTFE3 fusion transcript inhibition and apoptosis independent cell death by Verma SP1, Tripathi VC, Das P.(PubMed)
(4) Shatavarins (containing Shatavarin IV) with anticancer activity from the roots of Asparagus racemosus by Mitra SK1, Prakash NS, Sundaram R.(PubMed)

Tuesday, 25 July 2017

Herbal Therapy: Chaste tree berry, The Whole Herb Medicine in Ameliorated Symptoms and Treatment of Premenstrual Syndrome

Kyle J. Norton, Master of Nutrients
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published on line, including world wide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, 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 Bio science, ISSN 0975-6299.

If you expect that herbal medicine will ease the symptoms of your illness immediately, you will be disappointed. Symptoms of the disease can only be eased gradually, depending to stage of the treatment which directly address to the cause of the disease.

The use of plants for healing purposes have been predated long before the existence of modern medicine. Herbal plants have formed fundamental sources for conventional medicine in discovery of single ingredient medication, including aspirin (from willow bark), quinine (from cinchona bark), and morphine (from the opium poppy)......

Chaste tree berry, the queen of all herbs may have a potency in reduced symptoms and treatment of premenstrual syndrome.

According to Dr. Döll M, the extract of chaste tree berry decreased levels of prolactin serum during the first 3 weeks of the cycle of premenstrual period, inducing stress involved expression of symptoms of PMS.

Chaste tree berry is a species of Vitex agnus-castus, genus Vitex, belonging to the family Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean region,considered as Queen herb in treating menstrual problems and discomforts and used in herbal medicine for thousands of year as anaphrodisiac agent.

Premenstrual syndrome is a faulty function of the ovaries related to the women's menstrual cycle, affecting women's physical and emotional state, and sometimes interfering with daily activities as a result of hormone fluctuation. The syndrome occurs one to two weeks before menstruation and then declines when the period starts.

In a prospective, double-blind, placebo controlled, parallel-group, multi-center clinical trial in compared VAC BNO 1095 extract and placebo for up to three cycles, conducted by the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, group treated with extract of vitex agnus castus showed a significant reduced symptoms of PMS with mean total PMSD score decreased from 29.23 at baseline (0 cycle) to 6.41 at the termination (3rd cycle) with no serious of side effects.

Furthermore, the extract of vitex agnus castus (VAC, BNO 1095) oral administrated in 67 patients enrolled and randomly assigned to receive one tablet of VAC or placebo once a day, exhibited the decreased premenstrual syndrome symptoms at the 3rd cycle, including symptoms of negative affect, water retention, food cravings and pain, in the treatment group, compared to placebo group, especially in symptoms of water retention.

The moderate-to-severe premenstrual syndrome in Chinese women study also showed a significantly greater improvement of symptoms with intake of vitex agnus castus (VAC, BNO 1095)group than placebo, including symptom of insomnia.

Taking together, Chaste tree berry may be a safe herbal medicine for treatment of PMS, through decreased levels of prolactin, negative factors and ameliorated symptoms of the syndrome in many aspects.

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(1) [The premenstrual syndrome: effectiveness of Vitex agnus castus].[Article in German]by Döll M1.(PubMed)
(2) Treatment for premenstrual syndrome with Vitex agnus castus: A prospective, randomized, multi-center placebo controlled study in China by He Z1, Chen R, Zhou Y, Geng L, Zhang Z, Chen S, Yao Y, Lu J, Lin S.(PubMed)
(3) Treatment of moderate to severe premenstrual syndrome with Vitex agnus castus(BNO 1095) in Chinese women by Ma L1, Lin S, Chen R, Wang X.(PubMed)
(4) Evaluating therapeutic effect in symptoms of moderate-to-severe premenstrual syndrome with Vitex agnus castus (BNO 1095) in Chinese women by Ma L1, Lin S, Chen R, Zhang Y, Chen F, Wang X.(PubMed)

Herbal Therapy: Aloe Vera, the Natural Whole Food Medicine for Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis

Aloe Vera is species of succulent plant in the genus Aloe, belonging to the Family Xanthorrhoeaceae, native to Sudan. It has become very popular for commercial cultivation due to its health benefits. Aloe Vera has been used in herbal medicine in treating many kinds of disease, including wound, burn healing, minor skin infections, sebaceous cysts, diabetes, and elevated of cholesterol, etc.
Constipation is a condition in difficulty in emptying the bowels, in most case associated with hardened feces.

Ulcerative colitis is condition of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) inducing long-lasting inflammation and ulcers in the digestive tract.

In a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 44 hospital out-patients with ulcerative colitis randomly given oral aloe vera gel or placebo, 100 mL twice daily for 4 weeks, oral administrated group showed a improvement and response occurred in nine (30%), viewed in the Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index and histological scores.

Dr. Langmead , the lead researcher said, "Oral aloe vera taken for 4 weeks produced a clinical response more often than placebo; it also reduced the histological disease activity and appeared to be safe".

Furthermore, in the study of male Sprague Dawley rats fed experimental diets for 2 weeks before and during the induction of colitis, dietary aloe vera gel significantly ameliorated intestinal inflammatory responses in a dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) induced ulcerative colitis.

In fact, the efficacy is also found to associate to the abundant bioactivity of the herbs.

Other researchers suggested that the anti ulcerative colitis activity of aloe vera gel may be due to the healing properties of antioxidants, scavengers, chelators as well as strongly inhibited Inflammation, electrical/mechanical impairment in the gut, and a great majority of oxidative stress.

Taking altogether, herbal aloe vera may process anti ulcerative colitis properties, through expression of bioactivity in induced production of antioxidant in reduced intestinal inflammatory responses. but further study is necessary to confirm its claim.

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(1) Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of oral aloe vera gel for active ulcerative colitis by Langmead L1, Feakins RM, Goldthorpe S, Holt H, Tsironi E, De Silva A, Jewell DP, Rampton DS.(PubMed)
(2) Advances in treatment of ulcerative colitis with herbs: from bench to bedside by Wan P1, Chen H1, Guo Y1, Bai AP1.(PubMed)
(3) Dietary aloin, aloesin, or aloe-gel exerts anti-inflammatory activity in a rat colitismodel by Park MY1, Kwon HJ, Sung MK.(PubMed)
(4) The protective and healing effects of a natural antioxidant formulation based on ubiquinol and Aloe vera against dextran sulfate-induced ulcerative colitis in rats by Korkina L1, Suprun M, Petrova A, Mikhal'chik E, Luci A, De Luca C.(PubMed)

Monday, 24 July 2017

Herbal Therapy: Alfalfa, the Natural Anti Microbial Whole Food Medicine

The use of plants for healing purposes have been predated long before the existence of modern medicine. Herbal plants have formed a fundamental sources for conventional medicine in discovery of single ingredient medication, including aspirin (from willow bark), quinine (from cinchona bark), and morphine (from the opium poppy)......

Alfalfa is a flowering plant in the genus Medicago, belonging to the family Fabaceae, cultivated all over the world as hay for cattle feeding, and used in traditional medicine over thousands of year to treat high cholesterol, asthma, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, enhance digestive system, bleeding disorder, kidney and urinary tract infection, etc. North American aboriginal have used Alfalfa seed as food, such as making bread and mush.

Alfalfa may be a potential anti microbial agent used for treatment of infection or infectious related diseases.

According to the Via Orabona 4, Università, chemical compound saponins found in alfalfa family exhibited anti microbial activities in a selection of medically important yeasts, Gram-positive and negative bacteria.

Dr. Avato P, the lead author said, "(The anti micrbial) Activity (of alfalfa)was especially high against Gram-positive bacteria (Bacillus cereus, B. subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis) with M. arabica being the species showing a broader spectrum of action. Discrete antifungal activity was also observed, mainly against Saccharomyces cerevisiae".

Furthermore, in the study of 40 steers fed either a sainfoin (hay or silage) or alfalfa (hay or silage) diet over a 9-week period, in vitro, alfalfa fed group showed a decline in fecal E. coli numbers marginally.

The study also suggested the result of decline of anti E. coli number is due to the presence of phytochemical phenolics in alfalfa.

In fact, The Karunya University in the investigation of Antimicrobial of Alfalfa(Medicago sativa) in various bacterial strain showed a positive effects of alfalfa seed extract in inhibition of

five bacterial strains namely Bacillus licheniformis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lactococcus lactis, Klebsiella pneumonia. The efficacy also depend on concentration of extract with the maximum inhibition was seen in 300µg/ml concentration of extract.

There is no doubt that intake of alfalfa regularly may be beneficiary in reduced risk and treatment of microbial infection and diseases. But further human trials are necessary.

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(1) Antimicrobial activity of saponins from Medicago sp.: structure-activity relationship by Avato P1, Bucci R, Tava A, Vitali C, Rosato A, Bialy Z, Jurzysta M.(PubMed)
(2) Potential to reduce Escherichia coli shedding in cattle feces by using sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) forage, tested in vitro and in vivo by Berard NC1, Holley RA, McAllister TA, Ominski KH, Wittenberg KM, Bouchard KS, Bouchard JJ, Krause DO.(PubMed)
(3) Antimicrobial screening of Alfalfa(Medicago sativa) in various bacterial strains by G.SHEELA JOY1 , and Dr.PHILOMENA GEORGE2 *. *Professor, 1B.Tech.student Department Biotechnology, Karunya University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 641114(IJPDA)