Alpine Zerumbet: Links to research studies pertaining to Alpine Zerumbet
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This is a list of useful links to research pertaining to Alpine Zerumbet, also known as Moon Peach, or Gettou, in Okinawa, Japan. The list will be updated periodically.
Last Update: 2024.12.08
Alpinia zerumbet and Its Potential Use as an Herbal Medication for Atherosclerosis: Mechanistic Insights from Cell and Rodent Studies
A. zerumbet is rich in terpenes, essential oils, flavonoids, polyphenolics, and sterols. Pharmacological experiments showed that A. zerumbet has antioxidative and anti-inflammatory effects on the NF-κB signaling pathway and can ameliorate oxidative stress in the NOS-NO signaling pathway. Moreover, A. zerumbet demonstrates antihypertensive effects by accelerating vasorelaxant response and increasing 3T3-L1 intracellular cAMP, which has promising antiobesity properties, as well as hypolipidemic and anti-diabetic complication effects.
Phytochemicals of Alpinia zerumbet: A Review
The results contribute to the scientific validation of the traditional understanding that A. zerumbet possesses different medicinal properties in each plant part.
Significant Longevity-Extending Effects of Alpinia zerumbet Leaf Extract on the Life Span of Caenorhabditis elegans
...in this regard the effects of Alpinia zerumbet leaf extract (ALP) on C. elegans lifespan were investigated under both normal and stress conditions. ALP significantly increased, mean lifespan by 22.6%, better than the positive control, resveratrol.
Anti-Oxidant, Anti-Aging, and Anti-Melanogenic Properties of the Essential Oils from Two Varieties of Alpinia zerumbet
The present study reveals that EOs from tairin and shima have strong anti-oxidant activities against DPPH, ABTS, nitric oxide, singlet oxygen, and the hydroxyl radical, and inhibit xanthine oxidase.
Antioxidant activity and contents of essential oil and phenolic compounds in flowers and seeds of Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L. Burtt. & R.M. Sm
The results verify that flower extracts contained higher amounts of total phenolics, DDK and individual phenolics than seeds. Results also reveal that flowers and seeds exhibited antioxidant actions in terms of free radical scavenging and β-carotene bleaching activities.