Wide-genome selection of lactic acid bacteria harboring genes that promote the elimination of antinutritional factors.

Anti-nutritional factors (ANFs) substances in plant products, such as indigestible non-starchy polysaccharides (α-galactooligosaccharides, α-GOS), phytate, tannins, and alkaloids can impede the absorption of many critical nutrients and cause major physiological disorders. To enhance silage quality and its tolerance threshold for humans as well as other animals, ANFs must be reduced. This study aims to identify and compare the bacterial species/strains that are potential use for industrial fermentation and ANFs reduction.

Cyperus amuricus induces G1 arrest and apoptosis through endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial signaling in human hepatocellular carcinoma Hep3B cells.

Ethnopharmacology Relevance: Cyperus amuricus (C. amuricus), belongs to the family Cyperaceae, was used to exert wound healing, diuretic, astringent and other intestinal problems in oriental medicine. However, only a few studies have reported its anticancer activities.

The herbal medicine Cyperus amuricus inhibits proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma Hep3B cells by inducing apoptosis and arrest at the G0/G1 cell cycle phase.

Cyperus amuricus (C. amuricus) is one of the most common herbs in Oriental folk medicine for exerting astringent, diuretic, wound healing and other intestinal problems. However, little is known about the molecular mechanism of C.