Vaccine development and enhancing the body’s immune system are focus in dealing with COVID-19. One way to improve is consume immunostimulating substances, such as health supplements. However, most people still think that supplements can be consumed daily without certain restrictions because vitamins not considered drugs. The purpose of implementing this activity increase knowledge about how use...

Dioscorea species continue to be used in traditional Chinese medicine, and represent a major source of steroid precursors for conventional medicine. In the previous study, We isolated glycoprotein (GDB) from Dioscorea batatas, characterized, and demonstrated immunostimulating activity in C57BL/6 mice. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism whereby GDB activates macrophages. Macr...

Bee pollen constitutes a natural source of antioxidants such as phenolic acids and flavonoids, which are responsible for its biological activity. Research has indicated the correlation between dietary polyphenols and cardioprotective, hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anticancerogenic, immunostimulating, antianaemic effects, as well as their beneficial influence on osseous tis...

In recent days, it has been given great emphasis on the scientific evaluation of traditional or complementary and alternative medicines in order to justify the traditional use, safety, efficacy, quality, and to know its therapeutic values that have not yet explored. Chandanasav, an ancient Ayurved formulation, is commonly used for the treatment of malnutrition, presence of semen in the urine, a...

The antistress effect of a seven-day treatment (100 and 200 mg / kg, p.o.) of the hydroalcoholic extract of Argyreia speciosa root (ASE) was evaluated by using the swimming endurance test, acetic acid-induced writhing test, pentylenetetrazole-induced convulsion test, anoxic tolerance test, cold-restraint, stress-induced gastric ulcers, aspirin-induced ulcers, and biochemical, and histopathologi...