Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science (한국약용작물학회지)

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Anti-allergic Activity of Oriental Medicinal Herbs

  • Published : 2006.10.01
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Abstract

The effects of extracts from various Oriental medicinal herbs on mast-cell-mediated allergic reactions were investigated in this study. Out of these extracts, the medicinal herb Atractylodis rhizoma alba exhibited the most potent activity in the cells, with $IC_50$ values of $20.5\;{\mu}g/ml$, by DNP-BSA and $33.04\;{\mu}g/ml$, by compound 48/80. Similar to the in vitro activity, Atractylodis rhizoma alba inhibited compound-48/80-induced systemic anaphylaxis by 31.3% at 300 mg/kg in mice. It also suppressed the secretion of $TNF-{\alpha}$, a major pro-inflammatory cytokine in the cells. These results may suggest that Atractylodis rhizoma alba shows anti-allergic activity in compound 48/80-induced anaphylactic mice through the inhibition of mast cells.

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