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Boschniakia Rossica
A holoparasitic plant means that it is an organism that is unable to complete it's life cycle without first finding a host to reproduce. You are able to locate this plant near rivers, streams and the majority is near moisture areas. It is able to reproduce due to the flow of water spreading the seeds.
This plant can grow to be roughly 6 to 12 inches and can contain two to three stems with other slender stalks. The seeds it can produce is roughly 300,000 seeds per plant!
Benefits of Boschniakia Rossica
Boschniakia rossica extract significantly increased the SOD activity, decreased the MDA content, and inhibited the MAO activity in the brain tissue. It was observed under microscope that Boschniakia rossica extract could retrieve the degeneration of mitochondrion
Boschniakia rossica extract can clear the free radicals for D-galactose induced senile rats.
Learning and Memory - To investigate the impact of Boschniakia rossica extract on the content of Ach and learning and memory of the β-amyloid protein(β-AP)-induced model rats. The Traditional Chinese Medicine groups were given orally with three different dose(high,medium and low) of Boschniakia rossica extract.After the treatment,the learning,memory capability and the content of Ach in the hippocampus,and cortical parts of the rats were measured.
Boschniakia rossica extract can enhance the content of Ach and improve the learning and memory capability of AD rats.
Anti-Inflammatory - In this study they investigated the effect of Boschniakia rossica (BR) extract on expression of GST-P, p53 and p21ras proteins in early stage of chemical hepatocarcinogenesis in rats and its anti-inflammatory activities.
Anti-inflammatory activities of BR were studied by xylene and croton oil-induced mouse ear edema, carrageenin, histamine and hot scald-induced rat pow edema, adjuvant-induced rat arthritis and cotton pellet-induced mouse granuloma formation methods.
BR extract exhibited inhibitory effect on formation of preneoplastic hepatic foci in early stage of rat chemical-hepato-carcinogenesis. Both CH2Cl2 and H2O extracts from BR exerted anti-inflammatory effect in rats and mice.
Oxidative Stress - In this study they investigated the intervention effect of aqueous fractions from Boschniakia rossica (BRAF) on hepatic oxidative stress in mice with liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4).
Mice were treated intragastrically with silymarin or BRAF once every day for 7 days. At the end of the experiment, CCl4 was injected intraperitoneally into the mice to establish the acute liver injury model.
BRAF reduces hepatic oxidative stress in mice with acute liver injury induced by CCl4, thereby showing the protective effect on mice with acute liver injury induced by CCl4.