(Phytochemicals in) Foods to Prevent and Treat diseases - Pelvic inflammatory disease

Pelvic inflammation disease (PID) is defined as condition caused by inflammation or infection of the female uterus, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries as a result of scars and adhesion in the pelvic which in turn may prevent the implantation of egg during natural pregnancy process. It affects over 1 million women in U.S. every month and most of them are in their teen and twenties and over 100,000 women become infertile in the US alone each year.

Types of food to prevent and treat Pelvic inflammatory disease
1. Turmeric
According to the study of evaluation of anti-inflammatory property of curcumin (diferuloyl methane) in patients with postoperative inflammation by Satoskar RR, Shah SJ, Shenoy SG., poated in US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, researchers wrote that In this model of postoperative inflammation, the anti-inflammatory activity of curcumin (diferuloyl methane) was investigated in comparison with phenylbutazone and placebo. Phenylbutazone and curcumin produced a better anti-inflammatory response than placebo(1).

2. Soy
In the study of Changes in the anti-inflammatory activity of soy isoflavonoidgenistein versus genistein incorporated in two types of cyclodextrin derivatives, found that genistein is an active anti-inflammatory phytocompound andits complexation with hydrophilic beta-cyclodextrin derivatives leads to a stronger antiinflammatoryactivity(2).

3.  Skin and seed of grape
 Anti-inflammatory effects of resveratrol and its potential use in therapy of immune-mediated diseases  review provides an up-to-date discussion on recent advances regarding anti-inflammatory effects of resveratrol, mechanisms of action, and its potential for therapeutic use(3).

4. Garlic
In the study of Sulfur compounds isolated from garlic exert anti-inflammatory properties, suggested that thiacremonone exerted its anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic properties through the inhibition of NF-kappaB activation via interaction with the sulfhydryl group of NF-kappaB molecules, and thus could be a useful agent for the treatment of inflammatory and arthritic diseases(4).

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Sources
(1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3546166
(2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22716299
(3) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22587021
(4) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19788760