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Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Gardenia jasminoides fruit extract has antiangiogenic properties
July 30th, 2004
Gardenia jasminoides fruit extract has antiangiogenic properties. According to published research from South Korea, "the ethyl hydrate (EtOH) extract of gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides Ellis) fruits was previously found to possess potent antiangiogenic activity in the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay." "Bioassay-guided fractionation and purification of the EtOH extract yielded an active antiangiogenic compound, which was determined to be an iridoid glucoside, geniposide, by spectral analyses. Geniposide showed antiangiogenic activity in a dose-dependent manner," wrote H. Koo and colleagues, Sookmyung Women's University,...
Source: Genomics & Genetics Weekly (2004-07-30)
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