Open AccessAster yomena extract ameliorates pro-inflammatory immune response by suppressing NF-κB activation in RAW 264.7 cells
Author(s) -
KyungA Hwang,
Yu-Jin Hwang,
Jin Sook Song
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcma.2017.06.017
Subject(s) - pharmacology , medicine , lipopolysaccharide , tumor necrosis factor alpha , anti inflammatory , prostaglandin e2 , nitric oxide synthase , nitric oxide , traditional medicine , immunology , endocrinology
Aster yomena, an edible vegetable, is a perennial herb found in Korea, China, Japan, and Siberia. It is used as folk medicine to treat cough, bronchial asthma, and insect bites. A. yomena was recently shown to have antioxidant and anti-asthmatic activities. Studies have not yet evaluated the anti-inflammatory effects of the various solvent fractions of A. yomena. We investigated the anti-inflammatory activity of various solvent fractions (hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, and butanol) from ethanol extract of A. yomena in activated macrophages.
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