TY - CHAP AU - Hiroshi Sakagami AU - Takao Kato AU - Kunihiko Fukuchi AU - Taisei Kanamoto AU - Shigemi Terakubo AU - Hideki Nakashima AU - Hirokazu Ohno AU - Masaji Yamamoto ED - Hiroshi Sakagami Y1 - 2017-05-03 PY - 2017 T1 - Applicability of Licorice Extracts for Treatment of Oral Diseases, Evaluated by Simplified In Vitro Assay Systems with Oral Cells N2 - Licorice extracts are used as additive to many Kampo medicines to alleviate pain and inflammation. With rapid progress of analytical methodology, its action mechanism is being elucidated. This book is composed of three sections. Section 1 introduces licorice as alternative medicine, its application in the industry, and the trading/market prospects between Japan and China. Section 2 summarizes the purification/identification steps of licorice ingredients and their antioxidant, antimicrobial, PPAR-? ligand-binding, antitumor, antiviral, and in vitro fertilization activities. Section 3 proposes the possible molecular mechanism by which licorice ingredients induce anti-inflammatory, antifibrosis, antihepatitis, and antileishmanial activity. All chapters are written by experts of natural sciences and economics and will surely give new insights into alternative medicines to students, clinicians, teachers, and researchers. BT - Licorice Ingredients SP - Ch. 6 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/67435 DO - 10.5772/67435 SN - 978-953-51-3120-5 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -