User:Herb5902/Andrographis

Andrographis paniculata

a diterpenoid called andrographolide

Benefits:

• flatulence
• mitochondrial biogenesis
• Significantly increased the total WBC including CD4+ lymphocytes
• Aldose reductase is the first enzyme in the polyol pathway and catalyzes the reduction of glucose to sorbitol by coupling with the oxidation of NADPH to NADP+.
• This sorbitol accumulation leads to various diabetic complications, including:
  • neuropathy,
  • nephropathy,
  • cataracts, and
  • retinopathy.
• andrographolide is an Aldose reductase inhibitor. [1]
• ANTIMICROBIAL
  • ANTI-VIRAL
    • herpes simplex
    • RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND
    • COMMON COLD
  • ANTIBACTERIAL
    • S.Aureus (MRSA)
  • ANTI-PARASITIC
• RHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS
• inflammatory bowel disease
• significant increase in
  • IL-2
  • IL-6, and
  • TNF-α

Side Affects:

• inhibits release of GM-CSF