Giant Knotweed Rhizome Extract

Giant Knotweed Rhizome Extract, also known as Huzhang (tiger cane) or giant knotweed is an east Asian species (Polygonum cuspidatum), belonging to the Polygonaceae family. The documented uses in traditional Chinese medicines date to the first century BC. The contemporary medical uses are supported by clinical results and include acute microbial infections or viral hepatitis, chemo or radiation-induced leukocytopenia, atherosclerosis, and hyperlipidemia. The recent investigations conducted in vivo and vitro, resveratrol displayed chemo preventive effects at three critical stages of carcinogenesis. Specifically, resveratrol was found to induce phase II drug metabolizing enzymes (antiinitiation); mediate anti-inflammatory effects and inhibit cyclooxygenase and hydro-peroxidase (antipromotion); and induce human promyelocytic leukemia cell diferentiation (antiprogression).
Product Details
• Botanical Name: Polygonum cuspidatum
• Family Name: Polygonaceae
• Common Name: Giant Cottonweed
• Part Used: Root
• Habitat: herbaceous perennial plant, native to
eastern Asia, Japan, China and Korea.
• Product offered: Root, Extract