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Licorice Root Extract

Novel Polyphenol Molecule Isolated from Licorice Root (Glycrrhiza glabra) Induces Apoptosis, G2/M Cell Cycle Arrest, and Bcl-2 Phosphorylation in Tumor Cell Lines

Mohamed M. Rafi,† Bret C. Vastano,† Nanquan Zhu,† Chi-Tang Ho,†‡ Geetha Ghai,† Robert T. Rosen,†‡ Michael A. Gallo,‡ and Robert S. DiPaola*§

Kelp

Endocr Pract. 2003 Sep-Oct;9(5):363-9.

Effects of kelp supplementation on thyroid function in euthyroid subjects.

Clark CD, Bassett B, Burge MR.

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA.

Tumeric Rhizome Extract

Phytomedicine. 2009 Dec;16(12):1137-43. Epub 2009 Jul 4.

Effects of a turmeric extract (Curcuma longa) on chronic ultraviolet B irradiation-induced skin damage in melanin-possessing hairless mice.

Sumiyoshi M, Kimura Y.

Division of Functional Histology, Department of Functional Biomedicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime University, Toon City, Ehime 791-0295, Japan.

Aloe Leaf Powder

J Ethnopharmacol. 2003 Nov;89(1):37-45.

Radical-scavenging effects of Aloe arborescens Miller on prevention of pancreatic islet B-cell destruction in rats.

Beppu H, Koike T, Shimpo K, Chihara T, Hoshino M, Ida C, Kuzuya H.

Fujita Memorial Institute of Pharmacognosy, Fujita Health University, 1865 Isshiki-cho, Hisai, Mie 514-1296, Japan. [email protected]

Cinnamon Extract

Anti-diabetic effect of cinnamon extract on blood glucose in db/db mice

Sung Hee Kima, Sun Hee Hyuna and Se Young ChoungCorresponding Author Contact Information, a, E-mail The Corresponding Author

A Department of Hygienic Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea Received 16 December 2004; revised 5 August 2005; accepted 26 August 2005. Available online 5 October 2005.

Red Beet Root

The Effect of Betaine in Reversing Alcoholic Steatosis

Anthony J. Barak 1 , Harriet C. Beckenhauer 1 , Shahrokh Badakhsh, 1 Dean J. Tuma 1

Veterans Affairs Alcohol Research Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.

Correspondence to Reprint requests: Anthony J. Barak Ph.D., Liver Study Unit (151), Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4101 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, NE 68105. This research was supported in part by Orphan Medical, Inc., Minnetonka, MN.

Digestive Enzymes

Nutr J. 2004 Oct 20;3:19.

Nutrition and cancer: a review of the evidence for an anti-cancer diet.

Donaldson MS.

Hallelujah Acres Foundation, 13553 Vantage Hwy, Ellensburg, WA 98926, USA.

Probiotics

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;(2):CD003048.

Probiotics for treating infectious diarrhoea.

Allen SJ, Okoko B, Martinez E, Gregorio G, Dans LF.

Swansea Clinical School, University of Wales Swansea, Grove Building, Swansea, West Glamorgan, UK, SA2 8PP.

Cruciferous plants

Example: Cruciferous plants – Brassicaceae – Cauliflower, Brussels Sprout, Broccoli

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1999;472:159-68.

Brassica vegetables and cancer prevention. Epidemiology and mechanisms.

van Poppel G, Verhoeven DT, Verhagen H, Goldbohm RA.

TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute, Zeist, The Netherlands.

Milk Thistle

Cancer. 2010 Jan 15;116(2):506-13.

A randomized, controlled, double-blind, pilot study of milk thistle for the treatment of hepatotoxicity in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Ladas EJ, Kroll DJ, Oberlies NH, Cheng B, Ndao DH, Rheingold SR, Kelly KM.

Division of Pediatric Oncology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA.

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