Biological Activities And Action Mechanisms Of Licorice Ingredients Ed. By Hiroshi Sakagami
by Hiroshi Sakagami /
2017 / English / PDF
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This volume is dedicated to Licorice Ingredients: Licorice extracts are used as additive to many Kampo medicines to alleviate pain and inflammation. With rapid progress of analytical methodology, its action mechanism is being elucidated.
This book is composed of three sections.
Section 1 introduces licorice as alternative medicine, its application in the industry, and the trading/market prospects between Japan and China.
Section 2 summarizes the purification/identification steps of licorice ingredients and their antioxidant, antimicrobial, PPAR-? ligand-binding, antitumor, antiviral, and in vitro fertilization activities.
Section 3 proposes the possible molecular mechanism by which licorice ingredients induce anti-inflammatory, antifibrosis, antihepatitis, and antileishmanial activity.
All chapters are written by experts of natural sciences and economics and will surely give new insights into alternative medicines to students, clinicians, teachers, and researchers.
1 Introductory Chapter: Future Prospect of Licorice, Popular Crude Drug and Food Sweetener
2 The History of Licorice Applications in Maruzen Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
3 Trading of Licorice between Japan and China: Future Market Prospects
4 Licorice as a Resource for Pharmacologically Active Phenolic Substances: Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Effects
5 Phenolics from Glycyrrhiza glabra and G. uralensis Roots and Their PPAR-γ Ligand-Binding Activity: Possible Application for Amelioration of Type 2 Diabetes
6 Applicability of Licorice Extracts for Treatment of Oral Diseases, Evaluated by Simplified In Vitro Assay Systems with Oral Cells
7 In Vitro Fertilization Activators for Future
8 Isoliquiritigenin: A Unique Component That Attenuates Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Fibrosis by Targeting the Innate Immune Sensors
9 Novel Mechanism Supporting Therapeutic Effects of Glycyrrhizin in Acute or Chronic Hepatitis
10 Bioactive Component of Licorice as an Antileishmanial Agent
