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Comparison of Anti-Oxidative and Cox-2 Promoter Activities of Lepidoptera Extracts  

Son, Hyeong-U (Department of Food Science & Technology, Kyungpook National University)
Heo, Jin-Chul (Department of Food & Bio-Industry Research Institute, Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Sang-Han (Department of Food Science & Technology, Kyungpook National University)
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Food Science and Preservation / v.17, no.5, 2010 , pp. 752-756 More about this Journal
Abstract
Lepidoptera (butterflies) extracts, traditionally employed as medicines, have various biological activities. Five species of Lepidoptera (Papilio maackii, Papilio xuthus, Pieris rapae, Eurema hecabe, and Sasakia charonda) were extracted with distilled water (DW), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), ethanol (EtOH), and methanol (MeOH). Each extract was analyzed for anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activities using the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay method, the ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP) test, and a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) promoter assay. The results suggest that Lepidoptera extracts have valuable anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, supporting the idea that the extracts may serve as a food biomaterial(s) preventing oxidative processes and inflammatory damage.
Keywords
Lepidoptera; extracts; anti-oxidant; anti-inflammatory; COX-2 promoter assay;
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