The Arctium lappa L. plant, commonly known as burdock, has been used therapeutically for hundreds of years. Arctigenin (ATG) is an active ingredient in albeit at low quantities or mostly the form acrtiin (arctigenin-4-glucoside). ATG touted its anti-inflammatory properties many cell types and disease states; however, role skin melanin production not extensively studied. Our aims this study were...

Research on nutraceuticals has focused reducing the onset, progression, and significant consequences of diabetes mellitus. Arctium lappa Lam. is a great source plant fibers polyphenols that have anti-disease benefits, including those for This study sought to determine impact extracts its associated lignans diabetic hyperglycemia dyslipidemia by conducting meta-analyses available research using ...

Fructus Arctii is used as a traditional herbal medicine to treat inflammatory diseases in oriental countries. This study aimed to investigate effect of F. Arctii extract on intestinal barrier function in human intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells and to reveal the active component of F. Arctii. We measured transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) value (as an index of barrier function) and ov...

Introduction Fructo-oligosaccharides consist of several fructosyl residues linked to a terminal glucose moiety. They occur naturally in many plant species, such as onion, edible burdock, asparagus, wheat and so on. These fructo-oligosaccharides are commercially produced from sucrose by the transfructosylation reaction of an enzyme or from inulin by enzymatic hydrolysis. This paper reviews the b...