“…The various parts of the P. mume tree (such as fruit, seed, and leaf) have been used as a health food or medicinal material in traditional herb medicine. It has recently been reported that P. mume fruit improved blood fluidity (Chuda et al, 1999), exerted ergogenic and physical fatigue recovery activities (Kim et al, 2008), stimulated the proliferation and osteoblastic differentiation of cells (Kono et al, 2011), enhanced the immune function by stimulating innate immune cells (Tsuji et al, 2011), and exhibited antimicrobial activity against pathogenic oral bacteria (Seneviratne et al, 2011). Moreover, it is particularly used in traditional Chinese medical preparations as a remedy for gout (Zhao & Yang, 2002;Chen et al, 2007).…”