Ashitaba, Angelica keiskei Koidzumi (AK), as a traditional medicine in Korea, Japan, and China, has been known as an elixir of life having therapeutic potential. However, there is no scientific evidence to support that Ashitaba can enhance or maintain muscle strength. To find a new
Angelica keiskei (ashitaba) is an edible plant belonging to the Apiacea family. We focused on sesquiterpenes in the leaves eaten by humans (specifically, in the Japanese population), and confirmed the presence of several sesquiterpenes by GC-MS. Thus, total RNA was extracted from the ashitaba