Korean traditional natural herbs and plants as immune enhancing, antidiabetic, chemopreventive, and antioxidative agents: A narrative review and perspective

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-27

  Park, Hyunjin ^a   Kim, Hyun Sook ^a  

^a Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; Antioxidative; Chemopreventive; Functional food; Immune enhancing; Korean herbs and plants; Medicinal herbs

Indexed keywords

(6) GINGEROL; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASTER SCABER EXTRACT; CELASTRUS ORBICULATUS EXTRACT; CODONOPSIS LANCEOLATAE EXTRACT; FORSYTHIA VIRIDISSIMA EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HESPERIDIN; HIZIKIA FUSIFORME EXTRACT; HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA EXTRACT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INONOTUS OBLIQUUS EXTRACT; LENTINULA EDODES EXTRACT; LICIUM CHINENSIS EXTRACT; LYCII CORTEX RADICIS EXTRACT; MULBERRY EXTRACT; PAEONIA JAPONICA EXTRACT; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA EXTRACT; PINUS DENSIFLORA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; RESVERATROL; RUBUS COREAUS EXTRACT; SASA BOREALIS EXTRACT; SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS EXTRACT; SORGHUM BICOLOR EXTRACT; ULMUS DAVIDIANA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; KOREAN MEDICINE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLEEN CELL; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84893062804     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2013.3059     Document Type: Review

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