An Exploration of Traditional Chinese Medicinal Plants with Anti-Inflammatory Activities

Figure 1

Inhibitory effects of the plant extracts (50 μg/mL, 25 μg/mL, and 12.5 μg/mL) on NF-κB activation in Hela/NF-κB-luc cells. Hela cells were treated with solvent vehicle (DMSO, 0.1%), positive control (parthenolide, 10 μM), or plant extract samples (50 μg/mL, 25 μg/mL, and 12.5 μg/mL) 1 h prior to the addition of TNF-α (5 ng/mL), and cells were further incubated for 4 h. The numbers were used to abbreviate plant names (see Table 1 for full names). The produced luciferase activity was assayed as described in Materials and Methods. Data points represent mean ± SEM; , (ANOVA) compared with negative control.

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