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ASTRAGALUS Benefits:

Astragalus - (Astragalus membranaceus) root, also known as Milkvetch, has been used as a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for over 2,000 years.  While it has be traditionally used to protect the liver, for aging, stress and the heart, date reveals that it may be effective in enhancing the immune system.

  • Also know as an Adaptogen

  • Telomeres Activity  

 (Support studies listed in the Scientific Studies)

​ Helps Support:

  1. Immune System

  2. Healthy Immune Cell Function

  3. May help reduce seasonal allergies

ASTRAGALUS Science:

Ingredient: ASTRAGALUS - Works Cited:

 

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purpurea, Astragalus membranaceus and Glycyrrhiza glabra on CD69

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4146037/

 

(5) Chen Z, Cai Y, Zhang W et al: Astragaloside IV inhibits platelet-derived

growth factor-BB-stimulated proliferation and migration of vascular smooth

muscle cells via the inhibition of p38 MAPK signaling. Exp Ther Med. 2014

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(6) Qiu YY, Zhu JX, Bian T et al: Protective Effects of Astragaloside IV against

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expression of TNF-α, IL-1β and NFATc4 in a rat model of experimental colitis.

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lung cancer by mediating immune function of Tregs and CTLs by interfering

with IDO. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2014 Jul 1.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25068786

 

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inflammation and inhibits nuclear factor κB expression in asthmatic mice.

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uptake in L6 myotubes through AMPK activation and AS160/TBC1D4

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Nuclear Factor (NF)-κB Pathways in Advanced Glycation End Product-

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the functions of CD4+CD25 highTreg cells in the tumor microenvironment of

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