title: [Pharmaceutical food science: search for anti-obese constituents from medicinal foods-anti-hyperlipidemic saponin constituents from the flowers of Bellis perennis].
abstract: Among a variety of food materials, some are being used as resources of traditional, alternative, and/or complementary medicines all over the world. These medicinal foods are known to have not only nutritive and taste values but also medicinal effects, and they are prescribed in various traditional preparations. Regarding this point, we focused on exploring bioactive constituents in these medicinal foods, which would be applicable to remedy so-called metabolic syndrome. In this review, our recent studies on anti-hyperlipidemic saponin constituents from flowers of Bellis perennis are described.
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical Research and Technology Institute, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan. morikawa@kindai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Muraoka
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003863:Depression; D035264:Flowers / Q000737:chemistry*; D005504:Food Analysis; D058870:Food, Organic / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000187:drug effects; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*; D051379:Mice; D009765:Obesity / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D012503:Saponins / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012503:Saponins; D014280:Triglycerides