• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.22-32
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• 2001

This study was conducted to investigate the antitoxic effects of Houttuynia cordata THUNB with chloroform and ethyl acetate fractions. The results were as follows: 1. Detoxication effects of chloroform and ethyl acetate fractions of Houttuynia cordata THUNB were increased in proportion to the dosages. Detoxication effects of ethyl acetate fraction of Houttuynia cordata THUNB were higher than chloroform fraction of Houttuynia cordata THUNB's results and detoxication effects in the kidneys were higher than results for the liver. 2. Metallothionein concentrations in the liver were higher than concentrations in the kidneys, and ethyl acetate fraction of Houttuynia cordata THUNB was higher than chloroform fraction of Houttuynia cordata THUNB in induction of metallothionein. 3. After the administration of chloroform and ethyl acetate fractions of Houttuynia cordata THUNB, body weights increased in proportion to chloroform and ethyl acetate fraction s dosage of Houttuynia cordata THUNB but changes of body weight dminished after 3 weeks. From the above results, this study suggests that chloroform and ethyl acetate fraction of Houttuynia cordata THUNB increased metallothionein induction to cadmium intoxication in rat s kidney and liver and decreased the toxicity of cadmium in rats.

• Korean Journal of Exercise Nutrition
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.59-67
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• 2009

Houttuynia Cordata Thunb, well known as "E-Sung Cho" in Korea, has been used for the treatment of herpes simplex, chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps. Recently, some studies reported the antileukemic activity, anticancer activity, adjuvanticity, and antioxidant action of Houttuynia Cordata Thunb. In the present study, the anti-obesity activity of Houttuynia Cordata Thunb was investigated. Middle-aged women were examined over a period of 8 weeks (n=30). Participants were divided into four group: Houttuynia Cordata Thunb Exercise (HCE, n=7), Placebo Exercise (PE, n=8), Houttuynia Cordata Thunb Non Exercise (HCNE, n=8), and Placebo Non Exercise (PNE, n=7). Participants in Houttuynia Cordata Thunb groups were received 4.5 g Houttuynia Cordata Thunb and in placebo groups were received same dose of placebo thrice daily with meals. The result after 8 weeks demonstrated that HCE significant decreased visceral fat than PNE. Our present study provides the evidence that Houttuynia Cordata Thunb intake and exercise performance may reduce visceral fat and further studies with larger numbers of subjects are warranted to conclusively demonstrate effectiveness.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.23-30
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• 2008

Sulgidduk samples made with additions of 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10% Houttuynia cordata Thunb. powder, and a control were examined for quality characteristics such as moisture content, water activity, color, gelatinization properties, textural characteristics, and sensory qualities in order to determine the optimal ratio of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. powder in the formulation. The moisture contents among the samples ranged from 41.98% to 44.97%, and increased as the content of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. powder increased. The water activities of the samples were not significantly different. As the Houttuynia cordata Thunb. powder content increased, the redness and yellowness of the samples also increased, but lightness decreased. For the gelatinization properties, the additions of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. powder caused decreases in peak viscosity (P) and holding strength viscosity (H). Furthermore, final viscosity (F), setback, and time to peak viscosity decreased with increasing Houttuynia cordata Thunb. powder content; however, breakdown and temperature to peak viscosity were not significantly different among the samples. Hardness and gumminess decreased with increasing Houttuynia cordata Thunb. powder content, and adhesiveness, cohesiveness, chewiness, and resilience also tended to decrease; however, springiness was not significantly different among the samples. In the consumer acceptance test, as the content of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. powder increased, the scores of all evaluated characteristics decreased; while the characteristic intensity ratings showed the reverse effect, and the 2 and 4% Houttuynia cordata Thunb. powder samples obtained fairly good scores. In conclusion, the results indicate that adding $2{\sim}4%$ Houttuynia cordata Thunb. powder to Sulgidduk is optimal, providing good physiological properties and reasonably high overall consumer acceptability.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.269-274
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• 2008

Anti-microbiological effects of xanthorrhizol, ie., extract from curcuma xanthorrhiza and extract from houttuynia cordata Thunb. against influenza virus and E. coli O157 were tested. From the influenza experiments, the effects were shown above 93 % in case of houttuynia cordata Thunb. extract, however, the effects was not shown in case of xanthorrhizol. The effects were sustained in mixtures of houttuynia cordata Thunb. and curcuma xanthorrhiza extracts. We also tested the anti-microbiological effects of hand sanitizer containing houttuynia cordata Thunb. and xanthorrhizol. The effect of hand sanitizer containing 2,000 ppm of xanthorrhizol and 500 ppm of houttuynia cordata Thunb. extract was better than that of commercialized foreign product.

• Biomedical Science Letters
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.355-361
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• 2017

In this study, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory of fermented Houttuynia cordata Thunb and scoria mixture extract were investigated in vitro. Radical-scavenging activities of the ethanol extracts were examined by using ${\alpha},{\alpha}$-diphenyl-${\beta}$-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS)) radicals assay. Consequently, we confirmed that fermented Houttuynia cordata Thunb and scoria mixture extract dependent removed DPPH and ABTS radical. Also, to confirm anti-inflammatory activity of ethanol extract, we treated fermented Houttuynia cordata Thunb and scoria mixture extract on BV-2 cell with LPS. The result showed that fermented Houttuynia cordata Thunb and scoria mixture extract concentration-dependent inhibited NO production. Therefore, fermented Houttuynia cordata Thunb and scoria mixture extract showed inhibition radical oxygen activities and inflammatory and have available for a pharmacological composition on neuritis-protection and treatment.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2002

Houttuynia cordata Thunb. grown in wet earth in China, Japan and Korea, has often been cited in medical literature for its medicinal effects. In this paper, the pharmaceutical effects of Houttuynia cordata Thunb., featured in the East Asian literature were studied. It was revealed that it has a wide variety of uses, including remedial treat-ments for pneumonia, antidote, inflammation, syphilis, abscess, paralysis and gynecological diseases. Its application methods also are numerous: drinking as tea or squeezed juice, application to wounds, wet dressing, chewing raw roots and mixing with other plants, liquor and food materials. The major pharmaceutical effects are as follows: antibiosis, immunity enhancement, urination, pain relieving, vasodilator and cough lozenge.

• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.16 no.1 s.29
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• pp.295-318
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• 1995

In order to investigate the effect of Houttuynia cordata Thunb and Sanggukeum on immune function, the author performed this experimental study. Delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) and rosette forming cells(RFC) for cell-mediated immune response, hemagglutinin (HA) titers, hemolysin (HL) titers and plaque forming cells (PFC) for humoral immune response, immunoglogbulin (Ig G) titer, splenic natural Killer cell activity (NKCA) carbon clearance for phagocytic function of MPS(mononuclear phagocyte system) and change of weight were measured in ICR mice. The results were summarized as follows ; 1. DTH was increased with statistical significance in all of the treated group as compared with the control group. 2. RFC was increased with statistical significance in case of Houttuynia cordata Thunb but in case of sanggukeum and gamisanggukeum valuable increase of RFC was not recognized as compared with the control group. 3. HA titers were increased with statistical significance in case of Houttuynia cordata Thunb but in cases of Sanggukeum and Gamisanggukeum HA titers were not recognized as compared with the control group. 4. HL titers were increased with statistical significance in case of Houttuynia cordata Thunb but in cases of Sanggukeum and Gamisanggukeum valuable increase of HL titer was not recognized as compared with the control group. 5. PFC was increased in all of the treated group but valuable increase of PFC was not recognized as compared with the controal group. 6. Ig G titers were increased in all of the treated group but valuable increase of Ig G titer was not recognized as compared with the control group. 7. NKCA was increased with statistical significance in case of Houttuynia cordate Thunb but in case of Sanggukeum and Gamisanggukeum valuable increase of NKCA was not recognized as compared with the control group. 8. Carbon clearance was increased with statistical significance in case of Sanggukeum but in case of Houttuynia cordata Thunb and Gamisanggukeum valuable increase of carbon clearance was not recognized as compared with the control group. 9. Change of weight was increased with statistical significance in all of the treated group. Through in vivo experimental study in ICR mice, Houttuynia cordata Thunb enhances the cell-mediated immune responce, the humoral immune responce and natural killer cell activity. And Houttuynia cordata Thunb enhances immune responce as compared with that plused Sanggukeum. Sanggukeum enhances carbon clearance and enhances a little cell-mediated immune responce, the humoral immune response and natural killer cell activity. According to the above results it seems Houttuynia cordata Thunb and Sanggukeum was able to use Infection, Inflammation and Tumor.

• Biomedical Science Letters
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.87-93
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• 2018

The current study was carried out to determine the effects of the leaf and root of Houttuynia cordata Thunb on antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. Total polyphenol contents of leaf and root ethanol extracts were found to be 59.32 and 12.07 mg/g, respectively. Also, total flavonoid contents of leaf and root ethanol extracts were found to be 10.85 and 8.55 mg/g, respectively. The $RC_{50}$ values of DPPH radical scavenging of leaf and root ethanol extracts were 23.51 and $154.72{\mu}g/mL$, respectively. The $RC_{50}$ values of ABTS radical scavenging of leaf and root ethanol extracts were 35.42 and $233.89{\mu}g/mL$, respectively. The antioxidant activities in leaf ethanol extracts were higher in root. Also, to confirm anti-inflammatory activity of ethanol extract, we treat leaf and root of Houttuynia cordata Thunb extract on BV-2 cell with LPS. The NO inhibition effects in of Houttuynia cordata Thunb leaf ethanol extracts showed higher values compared with the root ethanol extracts. These results indicate that Houttuynia cordata Thunb ethanol extracts may play a positive role in antioxidant and anti-inflammatory.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.33 no.4 s.131
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• pp.324-331
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• 2002

This study was performed to investigate the protective effect of Houttuynia cordata Thunb on hepatotoxicity in carbon tetrachloride$(CCI_4)$ intoxicated rats. The examined effects hexane, chloroform, butanol and water fractions prepared from the Houttuynia cordata Thunb methanol exlract and rats were administrated with those orally once a day for successive 6 days, fellowed by treaoent with $CCl_4$ on the sixth day. After 6 days, the activities of aminotransferase, alkalinephosphatase, ${\gamma}-glutamyl$ transpeptidase, lactate dehydrogenase and contents of triglyceride, hepatic lipid peroxide in butanol fraction pretreated rats were significantly decreased compared to the only $CCl_4$ treated rats, also depletion glutathione content induced by treatment with $CCl_4$ was prevented by butanol fraction pretreated rats. In addition, activities of hepatic superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase in butanol fiaction pretreated rats were significantly decreased compared to the only $CCl_4$ treated rats, but the activity of hepatic glutathione-S-transferase was not significantly effect. These results suggest that butanol fiuction of Houttuynia cordata Thunb methanol extract have potent hepatoprotective effect against carbon tetrachloride intoxicated rats.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.599-603
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• 2003

This study investigated the effects of Houttuynia Cordata thunb(HCT) administration on the biochemical parameters of function in liver of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) treated rats. Houttuynia Cordata thunb (200mg/kg) was administeres into rats intraperitoneally for four weeks , seven days after the injection of TCDD(1$\mu\textrm{g}$/kg). We examined the antioxidative enzymatic activity by measuring the level of AST, ALT , SOD and Catalase in serum and liver tissue of rats. HCT group showed 49% of inhibitive effect in AST activity compared to TANO group. ALT level of HCT group was decreased to the level of NO group. SOD and Catalase in TANO group were lower than in NO group, but SOD and Catalase in HCT group were increased by 46％ and by 50％ respectively compared to TANO group.