<総説>特定保健用食品"杜仲葉配糖体"の降圧機序とその臨床応用

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Eucommia is a native Chinese medical herb. The cortex of eucommia has long been used as an antihypertensive medicine. "Eucommia leaf glycoside" is a substance extracted from the leaf. A cooling drink has been prepared from the extracts and named 'Tochu 120'. Eucommia leaf glycoside was listed as a food for specified health use in 1997. Its antihypertensive mechanism is thought to involve an agonistic effect on the parasympathetic system based on results of several animal experiments. A double-blind placebo-controlled clinical study of 103 subjects with either high normal blood pressure (BP) or mild hypertension was conducted by means of both casual BP measurement and 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring. A long-term clinical study was also performed for two years. In these studies, 'Tochu 120' was found to have mild antihypertensive effects and neither side effects nor adverse effects was observed in either clinical study. These results suggest that 'Tochu 120', a food for specified health use, is useful for non-pharmacological treatment of mildly hypertensive subjects including those who have high normal BP.
九州大学の論文
2000-02-10