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In this review we presented an overview of functional foods and ingredients efficient for HCV infection, the chemical structural characteristics of oligomeric proanthocyanidin, and its action mechanism.

Dec 27, 2014 · World J Hepatol

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of viral hepatitis and currently infects approximately 170 million people worldwide. An infection by HCV causes high rates of chronic hepatitis (>75%) and prog...

Carnosol induces apoptosis in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma cells.

Mar 31, 2014 · Hum Cell

Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is a fatal malignancy caused by infection with human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 and there is no accepted curative therapy for ATL. We searched for biological acti...

Supplementation with phytonadione (Vitamin K1) and menaquinone (Vitamin K2) , particularly menaquinone-4, is associated with increased BMD and reduced fracture incidence.

Oct 01, 2008 · Clin Calcium

Vitamin K2 has been approved for the treatment of osteoporosis in Japan since 1995. Vitamin K2 treatment in osteoporosis has been shown to inhibit the occurrence of new bone fractures and to maintain...

Lactobacillus acidophilus can alleviate the symptoms of perennial allergic rhinitis.

Feb 01, 2005 · J Dairy Sci

Studies in animals have suggested that lactic acid bacteria alleviate allergic diseases, however, little information is available on their clinical effect on allergy in humans. Thus, we examined the e...

Proanthocyanidin from blueberry leaves suppresses expression of hepatitis C virus RNA.

Aug 07, 2009 · J Biol Chem

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease such as chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. While searching for new natural anti-HCV agents in agric...

Allopurinol induced aplastic anemia in a patient with chronic renal failure.

Aug 01, 1990 · Ryumachi

A 43 year old female patient with chronic renal failure originated from polycystic kidney disease was admitted with pancytopenia. Prior to the admission, she had a history of taking allopurinol for 3...

Anti-COVID-19 potential of withaferin-A and caffeic acid phenethyl ester.

Jan 24, 2024 · Curr Top Med Chem

BACKGROUND: The recent COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic triggered research on the development of new vaccines/drugs, repurposing of clinically approved drugs, and assessment of natural ant...

Deguelin suppresses cell proliferation via the inhibition of survivin expression and STAT3 phosphorylation in HTLV-1-transformed T cells.

Mar 01, 2010 · Leuk Res

Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is an aggressive malignancy of peripheral T cells infected with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1). The prognosis of aggressive ATL patients remains poor because o...

Cannabidiol could induce apoptosis in bladder cancer cells by TRPV2 activation.

Jul 31, 2010 · Urology

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the functional expression of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 2 (TRPV2) channel protein in human urothelial carcinoma (UC) cells and to determine whether calcium i...

A low dose combination of withaferin A and caffeic acid phenethyl ester possesses anti-metastatic potential.

Feb 03, 2022 · Cancers (Basel)

Withaferin A (Wi-A) and Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester (CAPE) are the bioactive ingredients of Ashwagandha () and propolis, respectively. Both of these natural compounds have been shown to possess antic...