Physiological Activities of Policosanol Extracted from Sugarcane Wax

Policosanol extracted from sugarcane wax is a generic term used for total fatty alcohols obtained from esterification of fatty acids. It has been approved as a health functional food by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea in 2006. Policosanol is well-known to aid in lowering blood cholesterol level. Recently, several studies have reported the physiological activities of policosanol, such as anti-inflammatory effects, antioxidant effects, and lowering of the incidence of ageing-related diseases, for example, hypertension, stroke, among others. This review describes the physiological activities of policosanol and its applications in the field of health functional foods.

Progress on physiological activities and synthetic methods of ebselen / 药学实践杂志

Organoselenium compounds are bioactive substances with extensive physiological activities .As a representa-tive compound ,ebselen could be used as mimics of glutathione peroxidase ,and in the treatment of many diseases ,such as car-diovascular and cerebrovascular diseases ,inflammation and noise-induced hearing loss .the research progress in physiological activities and synthetic methods of ebselen were reviewed in this paper .

Research development of chitooligosaccharides physiological activities / 中国药理学通报

The physicochemical properties and functional activities of chitooligosaccharides are more superior than chitin and chitosan, so chitooligosaccharides becomes a new developing kind of functional oligosaccharides worldwide in recent years. Research development of the physiological activities of chitooligosaccharides such as antibacterial activity, antitumor activity, protective effect on bacterial infection in vivo , regulation of plant physiology, proliferation of bifidobacteria and anti-mutagenic activity was reported in China and a-broad, meanwhile, application prospect were forecasted as well in the paper.