Ji‐Hyun Kim

ORCID: 0000-0002-9260-2310 · 3 papers in corpus · active 2011-2017

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  • article 3

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  • endometriosis 3
article 2017
Nutrients ·doi:10.3390/nu9030212

Pueraria flowers have been used as a vegetable and an ingredient for tea and jelly. In this study, we investigated the effects of Pueraria flower extract (PFE) on endometriosis, a common gynaecological disease characterised by local sterile…

article 2012
Journal of ethnopharmacology ·doi:10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.032
article 2011
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin ·doi:10.1248/bpb.34.580

Endometriosis, a disease affecting 5-15% of women of reproductive age, is characterized by the ectopic growth of endometrial tissue. Costunolide, a sesquiterpene lactone, has anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic activities that may be effic…