Ashitaba Research Paper

Ashitaba is a plant that is grown on the lush Izu Islands on the Pacific coast of Japan where tha leaves has been consumed as food and medicine for centuries. It’s scientific name is Angelica Keiskei or Angelica Koidzumi. The scientific name Gynuranepalensis DC is a specie of Ashitaba that is grown in the Philippines. It is also called Gynuraprocumbens and Gynuraacutifolia. When you break the ashitaba stalks, you will find the rich golden sap called chalcone, which contains a 20 unique flavonoids. The chalcone supplies many of ashitaba’s great benefits. (Eberle, 2014) Clinical investigations have discerned that in ashitaba chalcone, the two out of the 20 flavonoids (4-hydroxyderricin nad xanthoangenol) have the most aggressive action in reducing amounts of visceral fat and subcutaneous fat. Ashitaba Chalcone Plus can be used if you want to lose weight in a healthy way. (PubMed) Ashitaba chalcone is considered as a healthy food that maintains the blood sugar level and induce skeletal muscle-associated glucose uptake. It contains chlorophyll which promotes wound healing especially for diabetes sufferers. NCBI said that “the large intake of Ashitaba may supply dietary fiber and thus improve gastrointestinal
2010 entited “Antifungal activity of flavonoids isolated from mango (Mangifera indica L.) leaves.” Five flavonoids from the leaves of the mango were isolated namely (-)-epicatechin-3-O-β-glucopyranoside, 5-hydroxy-3-(4-hydroxylphenyl) pyrano [3,2-g]chromene-4(8H)-one, 6-(p-hydroxybenzyl) taxifolin-7-O-β-D-glucoside (tricuspid), quercetin-3-O-α-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-β-D-glucopyranoside and (-)-epicatechin(2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromene-3,5,7-trio. It was then tested against fungal species and it shows that these flavonoids suppressed fungal growth. In general, antifungal activity of the flavonoids was gradually increased by increasing their