Cruciferous Vegetables Show an Inverse Association with the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

By Kyle J. Norton

Heart diseases are a medical condition associated with any disruption of blood vessels and heart function.

There are 5 types of heart diseases, including
* Heart disease affected by the arteries to the heart, such as coronary artery heart disease.

* heart disease affected by heart valves functions in regulating blood flow such as valvular heart disease.

* heart disease affected electrical conduction such as arrhythmias.

* Heart disease affected by heart muscles such as cardiomyopathy. And 

* Congenital heart disease caused by heart defect at birth

According to the statistics, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US, approximately 610,000 people die of heart disease every year.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) kills over 370,000 people annually.

Furthermore, the most common heart disease in North America is CHD, the type of heart disease caused by plaque buildup on artery walls, leading to narrow, thickens and stiffens arteries. Some researchers suggested that the causes of plaque build-up on the arterial wall were the results of several factors including an unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, being overweight and smoking.

What causes plaques building up on the arterial is debatable. However, researchers suggested that the Western diet is associated with a significantly increased risk of coronary artery disease.

Dr. Venegas-Pino DE in the classification of the effect of diet on heart diseases said," the western-diet-fed male ApoE-/-: Ins2+/Akita mouse, with profound cardiovascular disease involving extensive atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease and myocardial infarct resulting in shortened lifespan(4)".

The most common symptoms of coronary artery disease are angina, the condition characterized by chest pain or discomfort and shortness of breath as a result of the weakening of heart muscle which can not pump enough blood to the body's needs.

Over time, the prolonged weakened heart muscle can lead to complications of heart failure, irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia.

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 the prevention of plaque accumulated on the arterial wall, researchers investigated the association of intake of glucosinolates with the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD).

A total of 74,241 women in the Nurses' Health Study (NHS; 1984-2012), 94,163 women in the NHSII (1991-2013), and 42,170 men in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (1986-2012), who were free of cardiovascular disease and cancer at baseline were given Glucosinolate intake that was assessed using validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaires at baseline and updated every 2-4 years during follow-up.

According to the food-questionnaire returned
* During 4,824,001 person-years of follow-up, 8,010 cases of CHD were identified in the three cohorts.

* After adjustment for major lifestyle and dietary risk factors of CHD, weak but significant positive associations were observed for glucosinolates with CHD risk when comparing the top with bottom quintiles (hazard ratio [HR]:1.09; 95% CI: 1.01, 1.17; Ptrend<0.001).

* Higher intakes of three major subtypes of glucosinolates were consistently associated with a higher CHD risk, although the association for indolyl glucosinolates did not achieve statistical significance. Regarding cruciferous vegetable intake.

Moreover, participants who consumed one or more servings per week of Brussels sprouts (HR: 1.16; 95% CI: 1.06, 1.26; P<0.001) and cabbage (HR: 1.09; 95% CI: 1.02, 1.17; P=0.009) had a significantly higher CHD risk than those who consumed these cruciferous vegetables less than once per month.

Based on the results, researchers said, " dietary glucosinolate intake was associated with a slightly higher risk of CHD in US adults".

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

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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.,.
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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) Intake of glucosinolates and risk of coronary heart disease in three large prospective cohorts of US men and women by Ma L1,2, Liu G1, Zong G1, Sampson L1, Hu FB1,3,4, Willett WC1,3,4, Rimm EB1,3,4, Manson JE3,5,6, Rexrode KM6, Sun Q. (PubMed)
(2) Evidence of extensive atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction in the ApoE-/-:Ins2+/Akita mouse fed a western diet by Venegas-Pino DE1, Lagrotteria A2, Wang PW3, Morphet J3, Clapdorp C3, Shi Y3, Werstuck GH(PubMed)

Herbal Ashwagandha Inhibits the Parameters Associated with Epilepsy in Vivo

By Kyle J. Norton

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder associated with sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain.

Approximately, 1.2 percent of U.S. people have active epilepsy.  More than 65 million people have epilepsy globally. 

Additionally, about 1 in 26 people will develop epilepsy at some point during their lifetime.

The most common causes of epilepsy are low oxygen during birth, head injuries that occur during birth or from accidents during youth or adulthood, brain tumors, genetic mutation, infections such as meningitis or encephalitis.

The most common symptoms of epilepsy are temporary confusion, uncontrollable jerking movements of the arms and legs, loss of consciousness or awareness, and psychic symptoms such as fear, anxiety or deja vu.

Experimentally, melatonin, a hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle. has been found to attenuate seizures, and it is most effective in the treatment of juvenile intractable epilepsy.

Melatonin also processed additional benefits include improved physical, emotional, cognitive, and social functions.

On the other hand, melatonin has been shown to induce electroencephalographic abnormalities in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and increase seizure activity in neurologically disabled children. 

The hormone showed very low toxicity in clinical practice, according to the study by the Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University, PL 20-090 Lublin, Jaczewskiego 8, Poland(22).

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 management of the neurological disorder, researchers investigated the effect of Withania somnifera (WS) root extract and withanolide A (WA) in the management of temporal lobe epilepsy.

According to the tested analysis, in the epileptic test group of rats, levels of antioxidants are found to substantial decrease compared to the increase of the levels of peroxide.

Oxidative stress caused by an imbalance of the ratio of antioxidants and free radicals in the tested rats, induced significant decrease levels of proteins associated with systemic inflammation, compared to the increase of pro-apoptotic proteins.

Moreover, the epileptic condition of the tested rats also showed to increase the muscarinic receptor binding, which leads to reduced function of transduction of cholinergic signals and increases mRNA expression involved of the inhibition of the cell growth in the cerebral cortex.

However, the administration of the WS reversed the altered muscarinic receptor expression, oxidative stress and resultant derailment in cell signaling in experimental rats.

Based on the findings, researchers said, "Withania somnifera and withanolide A play important roles in central muscarinic receptor functional balance and activation of the antioxidant system in the cerebral cortex in temporal lobe epilepsy".

Taken altogether, Ashwagandha may be considered supplements for the management of epilepsy, 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) Altered muscarinic receptor expression in the cerebral cortex of epileptic rats: restorative role of Withania somnifera by Anju TR1, Smijin S2, Jobin M3, Paulose CS. (PubMed)
(2) Melatonin in experimental seizures and epilepsy by Banach M1, Gurdziel E, Jędrych M, Borowicz KK. (PubMed)

Omega 3 Fatty Acid Promotes Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion in Vivo

By Kyle J. Norton

Compared to acute brain infarction that is the medical condition characterized by the obstruction of the blood supply to the brain, causing local death of the brain tissue. The occurrence and extent of brain infarction are associated with three basic factors, including the site of arterial occlusion, the rapidity of arterial occlusion, and the presence or absence of collateral circulation.

Myocardial ischemia injury is a medical condition caused by severe impairment of coronary blood supply induced damage or dysfunction of the cardiac tissue.

Myocardial reperfusion is the process to restore the coronary blood flow after a period of coronary blockage that leads to severely reduced or no oxygen .blood flow to the heart.

The condition severity is totally dependent on the intensity and duration of the coronary occlusion.

According to the statistics from the WHO, in 2008, 12% of all death or approximately 7,254,000 deaths worldwide have directly or indirectly caused by myocardial ischemia injury.

Atherosclerosis, one of the major causes of cardiovascular disease is a medical condition caused by the accumulation of plaque on the arterial wall. Over time, the condition can lead to narrowing the arteries or blocked arteries, leading to reduce oxygenated blood flow to the heart and other parts of the body.

Arteries are blood vessels carried the oxygen-rich blood to the heart before passing them to the tissues and organs.

Plague is made up of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other substances found in the blood. In other words, cholesterol that cannot be returned to the liver for reuse may have a strong impact to induce plaque accumulation.

Coronary heart disease causes 1/4 total death in the worldwide population and 50% of the death associated with other forms of heart disease.

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 post-stroke, researchers examined the cardioprotective effects of ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) postconditioning against ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury.

The study included 60 Sprague-Dawley rats that were randomly divided into 4 groups (n = 15 for each) and used to generate the Langendorff isolated perfused rat heart model.

* The sham group received continuous perfusion of 150 min.

* The remaining three I/R-treated groups sequentially received 30-min perfusion, a 30-min cardioplegia, and 90-min reperfusion.

* The I/R-ischemic preconditioning (IP) group additionally received three cycles of 20-s reperfusion and 20-s coronary re-occlusion preceded the 90 min of reperfusion.
* The I/R-ω group were perfused with ω-3 PUFAs for 15 min before the 90 min of reperfusion.

According to the results of the study,
* Compared with the I/R group, the I/R-ω group had significantly reduced myocardial infarct size, reduced levels of lactate dehydrogenase and malondialdehyde associated with cardio-stress markers.

* Furthermore, Omega 3 fatty acids elevated superoxide dismutase level involved in antioxidant production and elevated rising (+dp/dtmax) and descending (-dp/dtmax) rate of left ventricular pressure against myocardial ischemia-injury. 

* Moreover, The I/R-ω group had a significantly lower rate of mitochondrial damage in myocardial tissue compared with the I/R and I/R-IP groups.

In other words, Omega-3 fatty acids protect the heart tissues and muscles against damage after stroke.

Moreover, researchers said, " ω-3 PUFA postconditioning possesses good cardioprotective effects and may be developed into a therapeutic strategy for myocardial I/R injury".

Taken altogether, Omega-3 fatty acids may be considered a remedy for the treatment of myocardial ischemia injury, 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.,.
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Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Postconditioning Protects the Isolated Perfused Rat Heart from Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Zhang FW1, Tong J1, Yan YS1, Chen QQ1, Zhao XP. (PubMed)

Fermented Soy Processes Anti Inflammatory Cytokines Release

By Kyle J. Norton

Inflammation is a natural immune response involving the stimulated production of pro-inflammatory activity with a target to protect our body against foreign invasions such as virus and bacteria after injury and damage.

In the acute phase of infection, the immune white blood cells in the first line of defense stimulating the blood vessel constriction and palette accumulated to the injury area to cover the wound and the proteins associated with the production of the pro-inflammatory cytokines to kill off the invasive microorganisms.

In people with a strong immune system, during the acute phase of infection, the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines are balanced by the expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines without affecting the immune activity.

However, in children, the elderly and people with the weakened immune system, overexpression of proinflammatory cytokines can damage the nearby cells and tissue, leading to the formation of scars.

Chronic inflammation is a medical disease caused by the immune inability to destroy the invaders in the acute phase of infection, leading to the immune system in the adaption of the change.

Over time, chronic inflammation can have a strongly negative impact on the affected tissues and organs.

In other words, pro-inflammatory cytokines are activated through systematic immune response to the damage cells which release chemicals including histamine, bradykinin, and prostaglandins to protect the injure area or location against infection, leading to blood vessels to leak fluid into the tissues, causing swelling and other symptoms such as pain, swelling, and redness.

However, in most cases, over-response of the immune system can lead to over expressions of certain pro-inflammatory cytokines, depending on the injured location such as Interleukin (IL)-1 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) which can lead shock and death of healthy cells in the infectious location.

In most cases, long-term overexpression of pro-inflammatory cytokines can lead to chronic inflammatory disease as the immune system no longer can kill the invasive agents and heal the damage caused by acute infection.

Fermented soy products are diverse varieties of soy food that are made from fermented soybeans, including miso, natto, tempeh, and soy sauce.


On finding a potential plant that processes anti-inflammatory activity researchers examined the effect of health benefits of QCAN® Plus-an easily available fermented soy drink.

The study included lean (n = 10) and obese (n = 10) subjects, during pre-soy (weeks -2, -1, and 0), on-soy (weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4), and post-soy (weeks 6, 8, 10, and 12) periods.

According to the results of the analysis,
* The lipid peroxidation associated with total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels were significantly reduced in both lean and obese individuals during on-fermented soy treatment.

* Cytokines associated with inflammation such as platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) AA and AB/BB were significantly lowered on-soy compared with pre-soy (P ≤ .05) in lean subjects.

* PDGF AA, IL-1RA, and GMCSF associated with insulin resistance, lipoperoxidation and inflammation were significantly reduced on-soy (P ≤ .05) in obese subjects, respectively.

* Q-CAN Plus was safe.

Collectively, researchers said, "Q-CAN Plus ensures its safety for consumption and highlights its hypolipidemic and suppressive effect on certain cytokines".

Taken altogether,  QCAN®  may be considered a functional food for the prevention of the initiation of cytokines, 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) Fermented Soy Beverage Q-CAN Plus Consumption Improves Serum Cholesterol and Cytokines by Arumugam S1, Dioletis E1, Paiva R1, Fields MR2, Weiss TR2, Secor ER3, Ali A, (PubMed)

Dandelion(Taraxacum officinale), the Potential Antimicrobial Remedy

By Kyle J. Norton

Microbial organisms refer to microscopic organisms that exist as unicellular, multicellular, or cell clusters.

Microorganisms are widespread in nature and are beneficial to life, and most of them are unharmful to humans.

Antimicrobial activity is an action that kills microorganisms or stops their growth. In humans, these actions are carried out daily by the immune system.

Infection is a processive condition caused by the battle of the invasion of microorganisms and the host immune white blood cells. Microorganism during the battle might produce toxins which can lead to the initiation of infection-related transmissible disease or communicable disease.

In acute infections, the systematic immune system responds properly to the invasive pathogen, leading to a brief battle after which the immune system is always victorious.

However, chronic infections occur when the immune cannot kill off the invasive stimuli in the acute phase of infection, leading to chronic infectious diseases.

The most common diseases associated with microbial infection include

* Diseases caused by bacteria are totally dependent on the types of bacterias, such as pneumonia, caused by Streptococcus and Pseudomonas, and foodborne illnesses caused by bacteria such as Shigella, Campylobacter, and Salmonella.

* Diseases caused by the virus include smallpox. the common cold and different types of flu. measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, and shingles. hepatitis. herpes and cold sores. polio. rabies, Ebola and Hanta fever.

* Diseases caused by parasites are malaria, trichomoniasis, giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, and toxoplasmosis.

* Diseases caused by fungi aspergillosis usually occurs in patients with lung diseases or weakened immune systems and Candidiasis is caused by the yeast Candida.

Depending on the types of microbial infection, most common symptoms are fever, diarrhea, fatigue, muscle aches, and coughing 

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 infectious diseases, scientists examined the Taraxacum officinale, for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (TOL-AgNPs) anti-microbial activity, ranging between 5 and 30 nm, with an average particle size of about 15 nm.

According to the tested differentiation, the TOL-AgNPs (at 20 μg/mL concentration) showed significant antibacterial activity with significant growth inhibition of phytopathogens X. axonopodis (22.0 ± 0.84 mm) and P. syringae (19.5 ± 0.66 mm).

Furthermore, the synthesized AgNPs had higher antibacterial activity in comparison with commercial AgNPs.

Moreover, nanoformulations with tetracycline showed better broad-spectrum efficiency to control phytopathogens.

Most importantly, AgNPs also possessed significant antioxidant potential and The TOL-AgNPs showed a high cytotoxic effect against human liver cancer cells (HepG2).

Based on the results, researchers suggest, "dandelion-mediated AgNPs synthesis can represent a novel approach to develop effective antimicrobial...drugs with a cheap and eco-friendly nature.".

Taken altogether, Dandelion may be considered a remedy for the protection against microbial infection, 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) Bio-fabrication of silver nanoparticles using the leaf extract of an ancient herbal medicine, dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), evaluation of their antioxidant, anticancer potential, and antimicrobial activity against phytopathogens by Saratale RG1, Benelli G2,3, Kumar G4, Kim DS5, Saratale GD. (PubMed)

Broccoli' SFN Protects the Lung Against Lung Cancer in Vitro

By Kyle J. Norton


The lung formed part of the circulatory system plays an essential and unique role in taking oxygen to the blood and exhaling carbon dioxide from the blood.

Additionally, the lung also processes other ability in protecting our body against disease, including
* By balancing the pH levels, the lung protects the body against the accumulation of too much carbon dioxide. High levels of carbon dioxide are known to induce acidity in the body.

* By removing small blood clots the lung protects the body against the forming air embolisms.

* The airflow produced by the lung also help us to speak.

* The lung also protects the infection through the secretion of immunoglobulin A.

Any part of the lung injury can reduce lung function, leading to either obstructive or restrictive lung diseases or mixed lung disease, depending on a person's breathing.

Lung cancer is a chronic and medical condition characterized by abnormal growth of the cells in the lung's tissue.

A most common form of primary lung cancer is derived from epithelial cells.

The exact cause of lung cancer is not identified. However, epidemiologically, smoking, second smoke, exposure to certain chemicals, family history, people who have lung disease and excessive drinking are some prevalent factors associated with lung cancer developing.

According to the statistics provided by the American cancer society, lung cancer accounts for 14% of all new cancers diagnosed in the US. In 2018, there were about 234,030 new cases of lung cancer (121,680 in men and 112,350 in women). Lung cancer also causes the death of 83,550 in men and 70,500 in women in the same year.

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

With an aim to find a natural food for the prevention and treatment of cancer, researchers examined the chemopreventive role of SFN through the inhibition of histone deacetylase (HDAC) associated with regulation of DNA expression, in two different lung cancer cells by in vitro and in vivo mouse models.

According to the experimental results from A549 and H1299 lung cancer cells were treated with SFN for 48h,

* SFN inhibited HDAC activity and increased the levels of acetylated histones H3 and H4 involved in cell death in all two lung cancer cells.

* Furthermore, SFN induced cancer cells apoptosis, increased the accumulation of cells at G0/G1 and G2/M and arrest cells at S phase.

* Moreover, SFN also suppressed lung cancer growth in a xenograft mouse model in vivo.

Based on the results, researchers wrote, " the chemopreventive effect of SFN is associated with inhibition of HDAC activity, thereby attenuating lung cancer growth. Therefore, these findings suggest that SFN may be a therapeutic agent for lung cancer through the inhibition of HDAC".

Taken altogether, broccoli processed abundantly SFN may be considered supplements for the prevention of lung cancer, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

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

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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
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Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Sulforaphane suppresses in vitro and in vivo lung tumorigenesis through downregulation of HDAC activity by Jiang LL1, Zhou SJ1, Zhang XM2, Chen HQ2, Liu W. (PubMed)

Angelica Sinensis Processes Anti-Apoptotic and Anti-Inflammatory Effects

By Kyle J. Norton


Apoptosis is a process to induce the death of cells formed part of human normal and controlled growth or development.

In other words, in normal cells, apoptosis is an orderly process that occurs during development and aging and as a homeostatic mechanism to maintain cell populations in tissues.

Cancer cells prevent the process of efficiently eliminate dysfunctional cells.

More precisely, defective apoptotic (programmed cell death) genes represent a major causative factor in the development and progression of cancer and enhanced apoptosis may cause degenerative diseases.

Inflammation is the natural response of the immune system macrophages, the first line of defense in stimulating the production of inflammatory cytokines to protect our body against the infection caused by foreign microorganisms during the acute phase of body damage and injury.

Truly, the main focus of inflammation is to repair damage and injury.

Most cases of infection associated with inflammation are stopped at the acute phase. The wound or injury is slowly recovered.

However, overexpression of inflammatory cytokines in most cases can cause improper healing with scar formation or the death of nearby cells.

Any inflammation that lasts more than 3 months is considered chronic inflammation.

Chronic inflammation is the result of the immune system's inability to kill off all the microorganisms participated in the acute phase of infection, leading to the forming of autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases such as RA and diabetes.

Longer-term oxidative stress in the body can also cause oxidative damage to biomolecules, including lipids, proteins, DNA damage.

Anti-inflammation is the process that inhibits inflammation or swelling without affecting the immune property to curb foreign pathogens.

On finding a natural ingredient for the prevention and treatment of cancers, scientists examined the Chinese angelica polysaccharide (CAP), the main effective ingredient of angelica sinensis anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects.

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.

According to the PC12 cells were pretreated by CAP and were subjected to LPS,
* LPS stimulation induced significant cell damage in PC12 cells.

* LPS stimulation also induced cell apoptosis and increased the expression of pro-inflammatory proteins such as IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α.

* CAP pretreatment not only protected PC12 cells against LPS-induced cell damage but also reduced the expression of COX-1 even in LPS-stimulated PC12 cells.

* Interestingly, COX-1 overexpression abolished the protective effects of CAP on LPS-injured PC12 cells.

* Moreover, CAP activated PI3K/AKT pathway associated with the regulation of cell cycle in a COX-1-dependent manner.

Based on the results, researchers suggest, "CAP exerted anti-apoptotic and anti-inflammatory effects on LPS-injured PC12 cells via down-regulation of COX-1".

Taken altogether, Dandelion may be considered an antioxidant remedy which processes anti-apoptotic and anti-inflammatory effects, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

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Author Biography
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) Chinese Angelica Polysaccharide (CAP) Alleviates LPS-Induced Inflammation and Apoptosis by Down-Regulating COX-1 in PC12 Cells by Xie Y, Zhang H, Zhang Y, Wang C, Duan D, Wang Z. (PubMed)