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Improvement in blood fluidity by Kaempferia parviflora rhizome

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Improvement in blood fluidity leads to the prevention of various lifestyle-related diseases. A raw material for improving blood fluidity has been long desired in the research area of functional and supplemental foods. We successfully showed an improvement in blood fluidity by the Zingiberaceae plant, Kaempferia parviflora. The rhizome of the plant reduced the blood passage time through a micro slit using a disseminated intravascular coagulation model. The mechanism was attributed to the activation of fibrinolysis, as demonstrated by elongation of the euglobulin lysis time and an in-vitro fibrinolysis assay. The active principles were determined to be methoxyflavones. The results show that the rhizome of K. parviflora is a promising candidate preventive agent for treating lifestyle-related diseases.

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This study was financially supported by the “Antiaging Center Project” for Private Universities from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2008–2012.

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  1. Faculty of Pharmacy, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashiosaka, Osaka, 577-8502, Japan

    Kazuya Murata, Takahiro Deguchi & Hideaki Matsuda

  2. Japan Tablet Corporation, 149-1 Mekawa, Makishima, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0041, Japan

    Takanori Fujita

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Murata, K., Deguchi, T., Fujita, T. et al. Improvement in blood fluidity by Kaempferia parviflora rhizome. J Nat Med 67, 719–724 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11418-012-0729-9

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