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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 481318, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/481318
Research Article

Effect of the Velvet Antler of Formosan Sambar Deer (Cervus unicolor swinhoei) on the Prevention of an Allergic Airway Response in Mice

Ching-Yun Kuo,1 Ting Wang,2 Ting-Yeu Dai,2 Chih-Hua Wang,1 Kun-Nan Chen,3 Yen-Po Chen,2 and Ming-Ju Chen2,4

1Taiwan Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Tainan 71246, Taiwan
2Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, No. 50, Lane 155, Section 3 Keelung Road,Taipei 10617, Taiwan
3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tungnan University, Taipei 22202, Taiwan
4Center for Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, No. 81, Changxing, Taipei 10617, Taiwan

Received 1 October 2012; Accepted 27 November 2012

Academic Editor: Xiu-Min Li

Copyright © 2012 Ching-Yun Kuo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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