Artisjok

Artisjokblad(extract) (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus, composietenfamilie Asteraceae).

• Ondersteuning spijsvertering (vooral bij een gebrekkige vetvertering);
• Functionele dyspepsie, brandend maagzuur, misselijkheid en braken;
• Maagontsteking, maagzweer, vertraagde maaglediging;
• Dyslipidemie;
• Leveraandoeningen zoals niet-alcoholische leververvetting en niet-alcoholische steatohepatitis;
• Metabool syndroom;
• PDS (prikkelbaredarmsyndroom);
• Hypertensie.

• Overgevoeligheid voor artisjok;
• Galstenen, galwegobstructie;
• Zwangerschap en het geven van borstvoeding.

• Dyspepsie: circa tweemaal 100 mg/dag of driemaal daags 320-640 mg (afhankelijk van het type extract)
• Niet-alcoholische leververvetting: circa 600 mg/dag
• Dyslipidemie: circa 500-1900 mg/dag
• PDS: circa 320-640 mg/dag

Omdat de doseringen zijn gebaseerd op verschillende (gestandaardiseerde) artisjokextracten, die in humane studies zijn gebruikt, kan het beste de aanbevolen dosis van de producent worden aangehouden.

• Artisjokextract remt in-vitro de enzymen CYP2B6 en CYP2C19. Deze interacties zijn nog niet bij mensen waargenomen, maar oplettendheid is aanbevolen bij het gebruik van medicijnen die door CYP2B6 of CYP2C19 worden afgebroken.
• De combinatie van (gestandaardiseerde) gember- en artisjokextract helpt bij functionele dyspepsie en bij maagdarmklachten bij atleten (humane studies).
• Artisjokextract cheleert lood en verlaagt de loodbloedspiegel (dierstudie).
• Artisjokextract beschermt tegen orgaanschade (lever, nieren, testikels) door cadmium (dierstudies).
• Artisjokextract beschermt tegen alcohol- en paracetamolgeïnduceerde leverschade (dierstudies).

Artisjokblad(extract) is een zeer veilig supplement.

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