Research Article

A Herbal Composition of Scutellaria baicalensis and Eleutherococcus senticosus Shows Potent Anti-Inflammatory Effects in an Ex Vivo Human Mucosal Tissue Model

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Anti-IgE-induced cytokine release. Anti-IgE stimulation of nasal polyps resulted in an increase in IL-5 within 6 hours. The combination of S. baicalensis and E. senticosus, but no single component, resulted in a significant inhibition of IL-5 release at a concentration of 2 μg/mL of each compound.
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