What is AHCC?

What is AHCC?

AHCC, also known as active hexose-related compound, is an active ingredient extracted from the mycelium of basidiomycetes. The main component is α-glucan, which has a very low molecular weight chemical characteristic and can be fully absorbed by the human body to activate the body's proper immune ability. In its chemical structure, polysaccharides account for 40%, including β-glucan and acetylated α-glucan. Acetyl α-glucosamine is a component different from other mushroom health foods.

Clinical studies have shown that it can significantly improve immune response, enhance and maintain normal NK cell activity, and increase macrophage and T cell activity. It has immune system enhancement, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. It can increase the number and activity of natural killer cells, promote cell-mediated immune response and cell apoptosis, thereby helping the body fight disease and infection. In addition, it can also help lower cholesterol and blood sugar levels and prevent the occurrence of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

What are the functions?

Enhance the immune system

The polysaccharides and polyphenols in AHCC have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, which can significantly enhance the function of the immune system. It can increase the number and activity of natural killer cells (NK cells), promote cell-mediated immune responses and cell apoptosis, and thus help the body fight diseases and infections. Studies have shown that it can significantly increase the number of dendritic cells and the activity of NK cells, thereby enhancing the body's immune capacity.

Anti-inflammatory

It has a significant anti-inflammatory effect and has a good effect on relieving the symptoms of inflammatory diseases. For example, for diseases such as arthritis and gastroenteritis, it can significantly reduce pain and discomfort.

Promote wound healing

It can promote wound healing and shorten wound healing time. For wounds caused by surgery, trauma, etc., it helps cells repair and regenerate quickly.

Improve fatigue

It can improve physical fatigue, improve people's mental state, make people energetic, and significantly improve work efficiency and quality of life.

Prevent chronic diseases

It helps to lower cholesterol and blood sugar levels, thereby preventing the occurrence of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. It can also improve liver function, promote liver cell regeneration and repair, and is beneficial to maintaining liver health.

Small molecule immunotherapy

It is a small molecule immunotherapy whose active ingredients can overcome gastrointestinal absorption disorders, penetrate into the microscopic level of body cells through the blood, and activate and regulate immunity from the source level of gene-cell-immunity.

How to regulate the immune system?

Activate immune cells

It can significantly increase the number of immune cells such as natural killer cells (NK cells) and dendritic cells, which play an important role in the immune system. For example, NK cells can directly kill infected cells. In addition to increasing the number, it can also increase the activity of immune cells, making them more effective in identifying and removing foreign pathogens and abnormal cells.

Promote the production of immune factors

It can promote the production of immune factors, such as interferon y and IgG. These immune factors play an important role in regulating immune responses and enhancing the activity of immune cells.

Regulate immune responses

It can affect immune responses by regulating immune responses mediated by Toll-like receptors (TLRs). TLRs are important receptors in the innate immune system that can recognize specific patterns of microorganisms and initiate immune responses. AHCC can significantly increase the activity of TLR-2 and TLR-4, thereby enhancing the strength and efficiency of immune responses.

Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory

Polysaccharides and polyphenols have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. These compounds can remove free radicals and inflammatory factors in the body, reduce the damage of oxidative stress and inflammatory response to the immune system, and thus maintain the health of the immune system.

Small molecule immunotherapy

As ​​a type of small molecule immunotherapy, its active ingredients can overcome gastrointestinal absorption barriers and penetrate into the microscopic level of body cells through the blood. This deep immune regulation enables it to more directly affect the function of the immune system, thereby improving the immune effect.

In what fields can it be used?

Health care products

It can significantly enhance the function of the immune system, increase the number and activity of immune cells, and promote the production of immune factors, thereby helping the body fight diseases and infections. This makes it a key ingredient in many health care products, used to improve overall immunity and prevent diseases.

Its polysaccharides and polyphenol compounds have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, which can remove free radicals and inflammatory factors in the body and reduce the damage to the body caused by oxidative stress and inflammatory response. This property makes it very popular in the health care product market, used to delay aging, protect cell health, etc.

Medical field

Its liver protection function can promote the regeneration and repair of liver cells and reduce liver damage.

This makes it have certain application value in the treatment and prevention of liver disease. It can lower cholesterol and blood sugar levels, thereby preventing the occurrence of cardiovascular disease, making it a focus of attention in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Other fields

Its immunomodulatory effect may help resist viral infection. Although its specific antiviral mechanism needs further study, its role in enhancing immunity provides some support for antiviral. Through antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, it may help delay the aging process and keep the body young.

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