title: Application of Bioactive Natural Materials-based Products on Five Women's Diseases.
abstract: Women's health has been threatened by various diseases mainly including heart disease, breast cancer, osteoporosis, depression, and autoimmune disease. But development of medication for these diseases has been restricted by high development costs and low success rates. Herein the attempt to develop valid bioactive materials from a traditional natural material has been made. Resveratrol has been reported to be effective in treatment of breast cancer and heart disease. Goji berry has received attention as a natural based therapeutic material to treat a diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis. Leonurus family has been reported to be effective particularly in pregnant women due to high contents of vitamin as well as stimulation of uterine contraction. Annona family has effects such as anti-anxiety, anticonvulsant and recently it is proposed to be as a therapeutic material to cure depression based on its strong antidepressant effect. Shiraia bambusicola has been utilized to cure angiogenesis-related disease from ancient China and furthermore recently it was proved to be effective in rheumatoid arthritis. Getting an understanding of utilization of these traditional natural materials not only enhances the interest in development of therapeutic materials for preventing and treating various women's diseases, but also makes it possible to develop novel therapeutic materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Korea.
authors.forename: Sun Shin
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Hoseo University, Asan, Korea.
authors.forename: Eunmi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Korea.
authors.forename: Hye Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University, College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae-Hee
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University, College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Hae-Hyeog
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, College of Science and Technology, Korea University, Sejong, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Sik
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Hoseo University, Asan, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Jo
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Annona; Antioxidants; Fruit; Leonurus