Protective effect of bamboo shoot oil on experimental nonbacterial prostatitis in rats

The effects of bamboo leaf extract on growth performance, antioxidant traits, immune function and lipid metabolism of weaning piglets

“…In the present study, when the BLE concentration increased from 0.5% to 2.0%, the HDL-C concentration increased from 1.11 to 2.07 mmol · l -1 , which was an increase of about 89.91% compared with the control group without addition of BLE. Nonetheless, we failed to find any significant difference in the TC levels among all groups, which is contrary to previous reports (Lee et al, 2008a;Lu et al, 2011).…”

“…The present study shows that dietary bamboo leaf extract affected the growth performance, anti-oxidant traits, immune function, and lipid metabolism of weaning piglets. We found that ADFI of piglets fed BLE was significantly reduced and accompanied by no changes in ADG, which is consistent with other reports (Lu et al, 2011). Due to the presence of essential oils and aromatic compounds in bamboo products, it is suggested they could render piglet diets unpalatable, leading to a pronounced reduction in ADFI.…”

Effect of <i>Achyranthes bidentata</i> Blume extract on carrageenan-induced chronic prostatitis in rats

“…Cytokine -based therapies have been found to be useful in preventing progression of chronic prostatitis [16]. In the present study, the levels of TNF-α and IL-1β were increased in model group rats, whereas on treatment with ABBE extract at 200 or 400 mg/kg, there were significant decreases in the cytokine levels.…”

“…The data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD), and were analyzed by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's multiple comparison using SPSS 16.0 software for Windows. Differences were considered statistically significant at p < 0.05.…”

Effect of <i>Phellodendron chinense</i> Extract on Carrageenan- Induced Chronic Prostatitis in Rats

“…Previous studies have shown that activation of transcription factor NF-κB by TNF-α is one of the myriad actions of TNF-α that cause genes to generate potentially cell damaging oxidative enzymes, as well as further release of TNF-α, IL-1β and other pro-inflammatory cytokines [18][19][20]. Cytokine based therapies have been found to be useful in preventing progression of chronic prostatitis [21]. In the present study, the levels of TNF-α and IL-1β were increased in model group rats, whereas on treatment with PCS extract at 200 or 400 mg/kg, there was a significant decrease in the cytokine levels.…”