Acetyl-L-Carnitine Improves Pain, Nerve Regeneration, and Vibratory Perception in Patients With Chronic Diabetic Neuropathy
Acetyl-l-carnitine: a pathogenesis based treatment for HIV-associated antiretroviral toxic neuropathy.
Acidophilus enhances natural immunity in healthy mice.
Acidophilus found to have many benefits.
Acidophilus may be beneficial in treatment of human AIDS.
Acidophilus shown to stimulate gastrointestinal immune response in mice.
ALA helps prevent cardiovascular diseases.
ALA may be beneficial for preventing insulin resistance in humans.
Alfalfa leaf protects against zearalenone toxicity in rats.
Aloe vera gel extract has applications for the management of chronic wounds.
Aloe vera gel extract is beneficial if used in the treatment of type-II diabetes.
Aloe vera gel extract reduced symptoms of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Aloe vera gel shown to be effective on a burn wound.
Alpha-lipoic acid helps to prevent vision loss in diabetic patients.
Alpha-lipoic acid improves photoageing of facial skin.
Alpha-lipoic acid is beneficial in treatment of diabetic autonomic neuropathy.
Alpha-lipoic acid is effective in the treatment of diabetic neuropathy.
American Silver’s Antibacterial Product (ASAP Solution) Testing Results Summary
Arachidonic acid has a beneficial effect on liver cirrhosis.
Arachidonic acid reduces resistin expression.
Arginine is effective in immune-enhancing diets.
Arginine is effective in treating induced intestinal injury in mice.
Artichoke improves liver function.
Artichoke may aid in treating hypercholesterolaemia.
Artichoke stimulates growth of boiler chickens.
Artichoke's fructans promote health and nutrition.
Bee pollen found to be a beneficial food supplement.
Beta-sitosterol - A pilot study of the clinical effects of a mixture of beta-sitosterol and beta-sitosterol glucoside in active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Beta-sitosterol - A randomized placebo-controlled trial of the efficacy of beta-sitosterol and its glucoside as adjuvants in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Betaine Lowers Elevated S-Adenosylhomocysteine Levels in Hepatocytes from Ethanol-Fed Rats1
Bilberry - Dietary supplementation with bilberry extract prevents macular degeneration and cataracts in senesce-accelerated OXYS rats.
Bitter melon is beneficial in diabetic rats.
Bitter melon shown to be potential hypoglycaemic agent.
Black cohosh root appears to have antiosteoporotic effects.
Black cohosh root is beneficial to bone.
Black cohosh root may be an alternative to hormone replacement therapy.
Blueberries contain potent antioxidants.
Blueberry (bilberry-Vaccinium) extracts show strong antioxidant properties.
Blueberry (bilberry-Vaccinium) is a good source of quercetin, which protects against heart disease.
Blueberry demonstrates beneficial effect against age-related illnesses.
Blueberry extract may help reverse the deleterious effects of aging.
Blueberry helps prevent the initiation and development of vascular diseases.
Blueberry reverses age-related declines in rats.
Boron deprivation can affect brain function in healthy older women.
Boron found to be an essential nutrient for human cognitive performance.
Boron nutrition found to be important for brain and psychological function.
Boron predicted to be the source for new therapeutics.
Brewers' yeast improves glucose tolerance in the elderly.
Brewers' yeast thought to be key to the study of human aging.
Broccoli helps to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer mortality.
Burdock root is beneficial on urolithiasis.
Burdock root protects against amaranth toxicity in rats.
Calcium - Higher levels of calcium counter depressive states.
Calcium alleviates migraine headaches.
Calcium is beneficial in treating menstrual symptom clusters.
Calcium is effective in treating premenstrual syndrome.
Calcium supplementation alleviates mood and somatic symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.
Capsaicin (cayenne) has a positive effect on heart muscle by mediating calcium influx.
Capsaicin (cayenne) treated guinea pig hearts resist heart damage.
Capsaicin, the active principle in cayenne may control arrythmia and prevent heart ischemia.
Cascara is beneficial in colon cleansing regimens.
Cascara sagrada may improve bowel movements.
Cayenne pepper is a strong antioxidant.
Centaury herb shown to have a diuretic effect.
Cetyl myristoleate and evaluation of its therapeutic efficacy in a murine model of collagen-induced arthritis
Chamomile flower may be beneficial in the prevention of osteoporosis.
Chicory fructans inhibit colonic preneoplastic aberrant crypt foci formation.
Chicory fructans inhibit the formation of preneoplastic lesions in the colon.
Chicory has many applications in health and nutrition.
Chicory shown to reduce risks for colon cancer.
Chinese herbal extract is beneficial in the treatment of endotoxaemic rats.
Chinese herbal extracts are beneficial in treatment of prostate cancer.
Chinese herbal extracts shown to be beneficial chemopreventive agents.
Chinese herbal extracts shown to be useful against pancreatic cancer.
Choline found to be a factor in treatment of mania with lecithin.
Choline is beneficial in treating rapid-cycling bipolar disorder.
Choline is effective in treating mania.
Choline may assist in improving memory in older adults.
Chromium may be effective in insulin-sensitizing measures for treating depression.
Chromium may be useful in treating dysthymic disorder.
Chromium monotherapy is effective in treating depression.
Chromium shows promise in atypical depression.
Clove exhibits anticonvulsant activity in male mice.
Coconut kernel protein increases beneficial effects of coconut oil in rats.
Coconut oil can favorably affect the fibrinolytic system.
Coconut oil lowers lipid levels in serum and tissues.
Comfrey root is effective in treating joint pains.
Copper deficiency can cause permanent impairment to motor function.
Copper deficiency leads to decreased plasma enkephalins.
Copper intake needs to be monitored in postmenopausal women.
Copper supplementation is effective and lowers costs in the treatment of acute diarrhea.
Creatine - Acute creatine loading increases fat-free mass, but does not affect blood pressure, plasma Creatinine, or CK activity in men and women.
Creatine - Effects of Long-term Creatine Supplementation
Creatine - Long-term oral creatine supplementation does not impair renal function in healthy athletes
Creatine - The objectives of this review are to identify the scientific facts and contrast them with reports in the news media, which have repeatedly emphasized the health risks of creatine supplementation
Creatine is Safe, Safe, Safe!
Creatine supplementation: performance, clinical chemistry and muscle volume
Dandelion helps prevent diabetic complications in rats.
Devil's claw root is beneficial in treating arthrosis of the hip or knee.
DHA enhances growth and development of preterm infants.
DHA has a positive effect on many diseases.
DHA inhibits cardiac hypertrophy.
DHA-enriched oil is a beneficial supplement for dogs.
Echinacea may be beneficial for early treatment of acute upper respiratory infections.
Echinacea purpurea aids in lifespan prolongation in mice.
Effect of Diet and Digestive Processes on Proteolytic Enzymes
Effect of peptides derived from food proteins on blood pressure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Effect of taurine on alcoholic liver disease in rats.
Effects of elements in human blood pressure control.
Elder flower is helpful in treating diabetes.
EPA helps to retard the progression of renal disease.
EPA is beneficial for inflammatory conditions.
Essential oils are beneficial in therapy as an antiinflammatory and analgesic agent.
Essential oils demonstrate antibacterial activity.
Essential oils demonstrate antimicrobial activity.
Essential oils may be beneficial in treating a number of health conditions.
Evening primrose oil is beneficial for diabetic rats.
Evening primrose oil shown to be beneficial for renal syndrome in rats.
Fenugreek dietary fibre fraction is beneficial for Type 2 diabetic model rats.
Fenugreek inhibits colon carcinogenesis.
Fenugreek is beneficial in diabetic diets.
Fenugreek shown to be therapeutic when included in the daily diet.
Flavonoid beneficial following acute spinal cord injury.
Flavonoid shown to be a neuroprotective agent.
Flavonoids are potential neuroprotectants.
Flavonoids have protective effects on the injury of cerebral ischemia.
Folic acid beneficial in anti-cancer diet.
Folic acid fortification of flour prevents spina bifida and anencephaly.
Folic acid recommended for prevention of neural tube defects.
Folic acid supplementation strongly urged for pregnancy.
Fulvic Acid - Hospital studies in China show that elderly patients, ages 60-90, when treated with fulvic acid, regained appetite, slept better, and became more energetic.
Fulvic acid - Studies of patients with gastric and duodenal ulcers showed that 91.1% had condition improve when treated with fulvic acid.
GABA is beneficial in the anticonvulsant action of butorphanol in mice.
GABA is beneficial in treating refractory pain.
GABA may be effective for generalised anxiety disorder.
GABA may be effective in treating Alzheimer's disease.
Garlic able to inhibit plaque formation in arteries.
Garlic and onion promote immune functions and prevent cardiovascular disease.
Garlic cloves may be used with chronic inflammatory diseases.
Garlic contains at least six major antioxidant components.
Garlic eliminates antioxidant stress in atherosclerotic heart disease
Garlic inhibits platelet aggregation (stickiness).
Garlic is included in the natural treatment of hypertension.
Garlic is the most common herb used for heart disease.
Garlic lowers lipids and blood pressure and much more.
Ginger root is effective in stopping postoperative nausea and vomiting.
Ginger root reduces knee pain in patients with osteoarthritis.
Ginger root reduces skin edema in rats.
Ginger root reduces vertigo.
Ginkgo biloba extract aids in protection of brain tissue against ischemic damage.
Ginkgo biloba extract has a therapeutic use for Alzheimer's disease.
Ginkgo biloba extract is possibly protective of brain aging.
Ginkgo biloba extract is primarily beneficial for treatment of cerebrovascular dysfunctions.
Ginseng improves immune function.
Ginseng is beneficial to cancer patients.
Ginseng reverses memory dysfunction.
Ginseng shown to be beneficial against certain types of cancer and aging.
GLA found to be a safe antitumor agent.
GLA has a beneficial effect on diabetic neuropathy.
GLA helps to attenuate prostate carcinogenesis.
GLA is effective against malignant gliomas.
Glucosamine could be beneficial as an immunosuppressive agent.
Glucosamine provides relief for osteoarthritis.
Glucosamine sulfate may provide pain relief, reduce tenderness, and improve mobility in patients with osteoarthritis.
Glucosamine sulfate may have a beneficial effect in the prevention of articular cartilage loss in some patients with osteoarthritis.
Glutamine is beneficial for brain injury patients.
Glutamine may be beneficial for ill, very low birth-weight neonates.
Glutathione metabolism in Crohn's disease.
Glycine is beneficial for osteoporosis & menopausal symptoms.
Glycine shows anti-cancer activity.
Golden Seal is an effective antimicrobial against oral pathogens.
Golden Seal is useful as an antibacterial agent
Golden Seal may be useful in heart disease.
Golden Seal may enhance immune function
Grape Seed - Cellular protection with proanthocyanidins derived from grape seeds
Grape seed extract increases bone mass and strength in rats.
Grape seed extract is beneficial for sun protection and chronic pancreatitis in humans.
Grape seed extract kills cancer cells and enhances growth of normal cells.
Grape seed extract protects brain cells of rats against oxidative stress.
Green tea is beneficial as cancer preventive.
Green tea is beneficial in preventing gastrointestinal disorders.
Hawthorn as a homeopathic preparation effective for mild heart disease.
Hawthorn can be safely used along with the drug digoxin for heart disease.
Hawthorn cited as effective heart treatment. Nurses demand large clinical trial.
Hawthorn helps alieviate heart failure in double blind study.
Hawthorn increases exercise capacity in patients with heart failure.
Hawthorn is a significant treatment for chronic heart failure.
Hawthorn is able to inhibit LDL oxidation that leads to plaque formation in arteries.
Hawthorn is used widely for heart failure and arrythmia.
Hawthorn shows worldwide effectiveness for heart disease. A Chinese review calls for more research.
Hawthorn treats heart failure and arrythmia.
Hawthorn works best as the complete plant to balance blood pressure.
Humic Acid - Cancer is second leading cause of death in the US, humic extracts arrest cancer growth according to medical studies
Hyaluronic acid injections are beneficial for knee osteoarthritis.
Hyaluronic acid is beneficial on cartilage chondrolysis in skeletally mature rabbits.
Hyaluronic acid promotes wound healing in animal experiments.
Hydroxycitric acid extract aids in controlling appetite.
Hydroxycitric acid found to have beneficial inhibition of glycation.
Incurable HIV or Aids virus is destroyed by humic extracts
Indole-3-carbinol demonstrates anti-prostate cancer activity.
Indole-3-carbinol found to have chemopreventive effect.
Indole-3-carbinol is beneficial against breast cancer.
Indole-3-carbinol is beneficial against cervical cancer cells.
Indole-3-carbinol may reduce aberrant breast cell proliferation.
Indole-3-carbinol reduces risk of breast cancer.
Inositol found to have a beneficial effect on depression.
Inositol has therapeutic effects in panic disorder and OCD.
Inositol hexaphosphate inhibits growth, and induces G1 arrest and apoptotic death of prostate carcinoma DU145 cells: modulation of CDKI-CDK-cyclin and pRb-related protein-E2F complexes
Inositol is effective in a spectrum of disorders responsive to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
Iodine deficiency becoming a problem in the U.S. and must be monitored.
Iodine deficiency found in the United Kingdom.
Iodine is important for regulation of thyroid function during normal pregnancy.
Iodine supplementation necessary for pregnant women in Europe.
IP6 - Cancer Inhibition by Inositol Hexaphosphate (IP6) and Inositol: From Laboratory to Clinic1,2
Iron deficiency has a role in aging and age-related disorders.
Iron deficiency in mothers is associated with spina bifida in the offspring.
Iron supplementation alleviates inflammatory bowel disease.
Iron supplementation improves infant blood lead levels.
Kelp may exert anti-estrogenic effects.
L-carnitine: Effects on plasma glycemic and lipidemic profile in patients with type II diabetes mellitus
L-Carnitine: Potential role of levocarnitine supplementation for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced fatigue in non-anaemic cancer patients
L-Carnitine: Use of carnitine therapy in selected cases of male factor infertility
Lemon bioflavonoids inhibit bone loss in mice.
Lemon bioflavonoids reduce oxidative stress in rats.
Licorice root constituents may attenuate atherosclerosis.
Licorice root extract is beneficial for cardiovascular disease.
Linus Pauling investigates vitamin C
LKPNM: a prodrug-type ACE-inhibitory peptide derived from fish protein
Lutein - Double-masked, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of antioxidant and lutein supplement in the intervention of atrophic age-related macular degeneration
Lysine found to be effective in the therapy of herpes simplex.
Lysine is effective in treating herpes simplex labialis.
Magnesium alleviates premenstrual symptoms of fluid retention.
Magnesium helps prevent aging in urban population.
Magnesium is effective in relieving premenstrual mood changes.
Magnesium supplementation has a positive effect on fetal circulation.
Manganese aided in siring healthier chicks.
Manganese deficiency increased oxidative stress in patients with chronic pancreatitis.
Manganese may lower breast cancer risk.
Manganese may play a vital role in fetal development.
Methionine aids in remission of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy.
Methionine is useful for women on birth control pills.
Methionine may protect the brain from damage.
Methionine protects the liver from estrogen-induced damage.
Milk thistle aids in antiulcerogenic effect in a rat.
Milk thistle is beneficial in the treatment of hepatitis.
Molybdenum deficiency may be cause of neonatal convulsions.
Molybdenum is indispensible in normal human development.
Molybdenum is necessary for those receiving parenteral nutrition.
Molybdenum supplementation recommended in parenteral nutrition.
Motherwort accepted for heart palpitations induced by anxiety.
Motherwort decreases blood pressure and strengthens the heart.
MSM & possible mechanisms involved in treatment of sports injuries
Myrrh gum is beneficial in treating fascioliasis and intestinal schistosomiasis.
Myrrh has considerable antimicrobial activity.
Myrrh is an effective parasite treatment.
Myrrh is an effective treatment for the parasite, fascioliasis.
Myrrh is an effective treatment for the parasitic fluke, Dicrocoeliasis dendriticum.
N-Acetylcysteine as an antioxidant and mucolytic in mechanical ventilation in intensive care patients
N-acetylcysteine enhances recovery from acute lung injury in man
Nettle leaf has a beneficial effect on prostate cancer.
Nettle leaf is effective in treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Oleic acid helps to reduce risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Oleic acid reduces aortic wall calcification.
Oleic acid shown to have favourable effects on risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Olive oil attenuates colonic inflammation in rats.
Olive oil may aid in preventing cancer.
Olive oil reduces inflammatory process triggered by endotoxic shock in mice.
Olive oil shown to have beneficial effects in coronary heart disease.
Olive oil shown to lower incidences of major illnesses such as cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Ornithine found to support gut functions.
Ornithine is beneficial to traumatized rats.
Parsley leaf prolongs analgesic action of drugs.
Peppermint leaf provides protection against radiation in mice.
Phosphorus deficiency associated with lactate-induced panic.
Phosphorus depletion is a neglected factor in malnutrition.
Phosphorus supplementation needed in low birth weight infants.
Phosphorus supplementation should be considered in treatment of osteoporosis.
Placental extract is beneficial in the management of chronic non-healing wounds.
Potassium may be beneficial for chronobiological disorders.
Potassium reduces adverse effects of lithium on growth and renal function.
Potassium reduces toxic side effects from lithium.
Potassium with magnesium is beneficial for cardiac and renal damage.
Progesterone reverses the spatial memory enhancements initiated by tonic and cyclic oestrogen therapy in middle-aged ovariectomized female rats.
Proline has potential value in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Proline may be beneficial in treating many age-related disorders.
Proline may improve cognitive functioning in the aged.
Proline shows beneficial effects in Alzheimer's disease patients.
Protein - A Pepsin Pancreatin Digest Index of Protein Quality Evaluation1
Protein - Dietary Amino Acids Promote Pancreatic Protease Synthesis at the Translation Stage in Rats1
Psyllium husk is an effective adjunct in diet therapy for hypercholesterolemia.
Psyllium husk is beneficial to men with type 2 diabetes.
Psyllium husk is effective in treatment of hyperlipidaemia.
Psyllium husk is effective in wound healing.
Psyllium husk reduces colon tumors in rats.
Pumpkin seed helps prevent cardiovascular diseases.
Pumpkin seed oil produces significant beneficial hypotensive action in rats.
Quercetin in various plants is a strong antioxidant that has heart protective qualities.
Quercetin lowers the incidence of ischemic heart disease.
Red Yeast Rice - Chinese red yeast rice (Monascus purpureus-fermented rice) promotes bone formation
Red Yeast Rice _ Effect of Xuezhikang, an Extract From Red Yeast Chinese Rice, on Coronary Events in a Chinese Population With Previous Myocardial Infarction
Red Yeast Rice(Monascus purpureus-fermented rice ): A natural food product that lowers blood cholesterol in animal models of hypercholesterolemia
Relationship between aldosterone and progesterone in the human menstrual cycle*
Response of Digestive Enzymes to Dietary Protein
Rhubarb is beneficial in treating pregnancy induced hypertension.
Rhubarb is effective in lowering cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic men.
Rhubarb is ideal in treatment of chronic renal failure.
Rhubarb prevents bacterial translocation in rats with necrotic pancreatitis.
Role of antioxidant lycopene in cancer and heart disease.
Rooibos tea is an effective hepatoprotector for patients with liver diseases.
S-Adenosylmethionine as effective as Celebrex for Osteoarthritis.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae that can affect the aging process itself has elevated this single-celled fungus to full contender status in the aging field.
Saw palmetto can benefit treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Saw palmetto increasingly used in Germany to treat benign prostate hyperplasia.
Saw palmetto inhibits cancer in the prostate.
Saw palmetto is beneficial in the treatment of urinary tract symptoms.
Selenium deficiency leads to enhanced cell loss.
Selenium helps protect pregnant mothers from toxic pollutants.
Selenium is effective in lymphedema treatment.
Selenium promotes neuronal cell survival.
Silica is effective with clinical mastitis in dairy cows.
Slippery elm bark helps in a nutritional treatment for psoriasis.
Sorrel is beneficial for allergic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis.
Soy extract may provide a way to mitigate unwanted epidermal effects of topical retinoid therapy.
Soy isoflavones may protect against bone loss in aged male rats.
Soy protein consumption may be beneficial for type 2 diabetic patients with nephropathy.
Soy protein may alleviate osteoarthritis symptoms.
Spirulina can improve physiological conditions in rats.
Spirulina is beneficial for subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Spirulina prevents fatty liver formation in diabetic mice.
Sterols/Sterolins - Randomized, placebo-controlled, double blind clinical trial of b-sitosterol in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia
Strontium ranelate reduces the risk of hip fractures in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis.
Strontium-Histomorphomerty of Bone Changes in Stable Strontium Therapy
Strontium-Mechanisms of action and therapeutic potential of strontium in bone.
Strontium-Prevention of early postmenopausal bone loss by strontium ranelate: the randomized, two-year, double-masked, dose-ranging, placebo-controlled PREVOS trial.
Strontium-The effect of strontium lactate in the treatment of osteoporosis
Strontium-The effects of strontium ranelate on the risk of vertebral fracture in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis.
Strontium-The usefulness of strontium as an adjuvant to calcium in the remineralization of the skeleton in man
The effect of a marathon run on plasma and urine mineral and metal concentrations
The influence of supplemental lutein and docosahexaenoic acid on serum, lipoproteins, and macular pigmentation.
The role of trace minerals in osteoporosis.
Thyme oil appears to be beneficial as a dietary antioxidant.
Thyme oil is beneficial for age-related changes in rats.
Tocopherol attenuates lung inflammation in rats.
Tocopherol has beneficial effects on blood pressure, blood viscosity and cardiac remodeling of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Tocopherol is beneficial in skin diseases in which an inflammatory process is activated.
Tocopherol is beneficial to the paediatric sickle cell sufferer.
Tuna fish oil has beneficial effects on cardiovascular function and health.
Tuna fish oil prevents ventricular fibrillation.
Turmeric exhibits antioxidant abilities if used in cooking and medicine.
Turmeric is beneficial in treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
Turmeric is effective against cataract in rats.
Uva-ursi is beneficial to urolithiasis.
Valerian is beneficial for children with sleep difficulties.
Vanadium found to be promising in the management of diabetes.
Vervain may have antidiarrhoeic effect.
Vitamin A deficiency is devastating for health.
Vitamin A is necessary in genetic development of preschool children.
Vitamin A may be beneficial during pregnancy.
Vitamin A useful for prevention in public health programs.
Vitamin B1 improves errors of metabolism.
Vitamin B1 in greater amounts helps in avoiding stress during pregnancy.
Vitamin B1 may aid in working memory performance of alcoholics.
Vitamin B1 reverses neurodegeneration.
Vitamin B12 may be causally related to depression.
Vitamin B12 may reduce incidence and progression of cognitive disorders.
Vitamin B12 supplementation decreases plasma homocysteine.
Vitamin B2 improves metabolic parameters in the brain and muscle.
Vitamin B2 improves motor functions in Parkinson's disease patients.
Vitamin B2 is necessary the more one exercises.
Vitamin B2 supplementation necessary for elderly women.
Vitamin B3 attenuates ischemic brain injury in rats.
Vitamin B3 limits cell death after spinal cord injury.
Vitamin B3 prevents induced DNA fragmentation in neurodegeneration.
Vitamin B3 useful in the treatment of neurodegeneration.
Vitamin B5 boosts cell energetics.
Vitamin B6 improves cognition of the elderly.
Vitamin B6 offers relief for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy.
Vitamin B6 optimizes immune response.
Vitamin B9 deficiency is an important factor in depression.
Vitamin B9 deficiency may precede AD and VaD onset.
Vitamin B9 indicated for a year following depression.
Vitamin B9 is an important factor in the cognitive function of the elderly.
Vitamin B9 protects people at high risk of dementia.
Vitamin C deficiency found in psychiatric patients.
Vitamin C is beneficial in age-related neurodegeneration.
Vitamin C may be a useful memory-restorative agent for dementia.
Vitamin C reduces many responses to psychological stress.
Vitamin C status in schizophrenic patients may be associated with impaired ascorbic acid metabolism.
Vitamin C supplementation in high levels is required by schizophrenic patients.
Vitamin D helps in the treatment of menstrual migraine headaches.
Vitamin D important for treatment of bone diseases.
Vitamin D necessary in the prevention of common and serious diseases.
Vitamin D reduces postmenopausal migraine headaches.
Vitamin E aids in outcome of schizophrenia.
Vitamin E deficiency accompanies major depression.
Vitamin E helps relieve oxidative stress and lung inflammation.
Vitamin E is necessary for prevention of age-related diseases.
Vitamin E reduces risk of Alzheimer disease.
Vitamin E supplementation protects against oxidative stress induced by strenuous exercise.
Vitamin H (biotin) deficiency is all too common.
Vitamin H (biotin) is an important factor in regulation of gene expression.
Vitamin H (biotin) leads to impaired glucose tolerance.
Vitamin H (biotin) may be beneficial in reducing symptoms of HIV infection.
Wheat germ is beneficial for circulating lipoproteins in rats.
Wheat germ reduces cholesterolemia in the long term.
Wheat grass juice reduces transfusion requirement in patients with thalassemia major.
White willow bark may be beneficial for low back pain.
Willow bark cited as important in the development of analgesics.
Willow bark is a natural source of aspirin which has mild blood thinning properties.
Wormwood herb exhibits antiangiogenic effect.
Xylitol Chewing Gums and Caries Rates:
Xylitol Inhibits Inflammatory Cytokine Expression Induced by Lipopolysaccharide from Porphyromonas gingivalis
Yucca root is beneficial as nutrition.
Zinc deficiency and its importance for child health is increasingly appreciated.
Zinc deficiency found in blacks and female children.
Zinc has been successful in treating specific types of schizophrenia.
Zinc in High-Dose to Terminate Angina Pectoris: A Review and Hypothesis for Action by ICAM Inhibition
Zinc is important for preventing aging.
Zinc Scientific Research

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Capsaicin (cayenne) has a positive effect on heart muscle by mediating calcium influx.



Sheng Li Xue Bao. 2003 Oct 25;55(5):511-5. Electrophysiological effects of capsaicin on guinea pig papillary muscles.
Li Q, Cheng YP, He RR.

Department of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medicine, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017.

The cardiac electrophysiological effects of capsaicin (CAP) were examined in guinea pig papillary muscles using intracellular microelectrode technique. The results obtained are as follows: (1) the duration of action potential (APD) in normal papillary muscles was decreased by CAP (30, 60, 120 micromol/L) in a concentration-dependent manner; (2) in partially depolarized papillary muscles, 60 micromol/L CAP not only reduced APD, but also decreased the amplitude of action potential, overshoot and maximal velocity of phase 0 depolarization; (3) pretreatment with L-type Ca(2+) channel agonist Bay K8644 (0.5 micromol/L) could completely block the effects of CAP (60 micromol/L); (4) pretreatment with ruthenium red (20 micromol/L), a vanilloid receptor (VR) blocker, did not affect the actions of capsaicin on papillary muscles. All these results suggest that the effects of CAP on papillary muscles are likely due to a decrease in calcium influx which is not mediated by VR.