Glossy Privet Fruit and Oleanolic Acid.

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Glossy Privet Fruit Extract INCI Name Ligustrum Lucidum Extract CAS 223749-57-3 Glossy Berry Extract Ligustrum lucidum Ait Fructus Ligustri Lucidi photo picture image Ligustrum lucidum is thought to exert antitumor properties by modulating immune response and by reverting macrophage suppression brought about by tumors. Another in vitro study has shown that such effects may also be due to increase in phagocytes and lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells. The secoiridoid glucosides in Ligustrum fruit showed strong antioxidant effect against free radical-associated hemolysis of erythrocytes. One of the secoiridoid glucosides, oleuropein, also demonstrated significant antiviral activity against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and parainfluenza type 3 virus (Para 3) although the mechanism is not known. The hepatoprotective effects of Ligustrum are due to the oleanolic acid and are thought to be mediated by an increase in hepatic glutathione regeneration capacity.

 Adverse Reactions: No adverse reactions have been reported from the use of Ligustrum lucidum.

 Precaution: Incompatible with Rhizoma et Radix Veratri.

 Warning: Glossy privet is listed as one of the exotic pest plants of greatest ecological concern in California by the California Exotic Pest Plant Council, and as a Category II species with the potential to disrupt native plant communities in Florida by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. The related Chinese privet (L. sinense) is even worse: a Category I species, already disrupting native plant communities in Florida. Privet should not be used in the landscape. There are better alternatives.

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last edit date:22th,June.2009.