Proceedings of the PSK Conference (대한약학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2003.04a
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- Pages.151.2-152
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- 2003
Preventive effect of whole bee venom on arthritis and its mechanism: inhibition of COX-2 and iNOS expression through inactivation of NF-$\kappa$ B
- Park, Hye-Ji (College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University) ;
- Kim, Su-Jin (College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University) ;
- Kim, Tae-Myung (College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University) ;
- Hong, Jin-Tae (College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University) ;
- Ha, Seang-Jong (Department of Oriental Medicine, Graduate School of Kyungwon University) ;
- Song, Jong-Yeol (Department of Oriental Medicine, Graduate School of Kyungwon University) ;
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Kim, Kee-Hyun
(Department of Oriental Medicine, Graduate School of Kyungwon University)
- Published : 2003.04.01
Abstract
Bee venom (BV) has been utilized to relieve pain and to treat inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). BV contains a variety of different peptides including melittin, apamin, adolapin and mast cell degranulating (MCD) peptide. In addition, it also contains enzyme (i.e. phospholipase A2), biologically active amines and non-peptide components. (omitted)
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