Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine (한국한의학연구원논문집)
- Volume 8 Issue 1
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- Pages.65-74
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- 2002
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- 1229-3377(pISSN)
COX-2 Inhibition and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Traditional Herbal Medicine
한약재의 COX-2 저해 효과와 항염증작용
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Kim, Yun-Kyung
(Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
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Ha, Hye-Kyung
(Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
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Lee, Je-Hyun
(Department of Oriental Pharmaceutical Science, College of Pharmacy, KyungHee University) ;
- KIm, Chung-Sook (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
- Published : 2002.06.30
Abstract
Inflammation is a disease that continues to afflict large numbers of people and may cause other diseases, for example, rheumatoid arthritis, colon cancer, etc. prostaglandins(PGs), one of arachidonic acid metabolites, are major chemical mediators in the process of inflammation. In traditional herbal medicine, many kinds of herbal drugs have been widely used for the treatment of inflammation. So, we analyzed many publications until 2001 which worked on inhibition of