Anti-Thermal Skin Aging Activity of Aqueous Extracts Derived from Apple Mint (Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.) in Human Dermal Fibroblasts

Figure 2

Inhibitory effect of ALE against the expression of MMPs induced by heat shock treatment in HDFs. The mRNA level of MMP-1, MMP-3, MMP-10, MMP-12, and MMP-13 was measured by qRT-PCR. The results were expressed as the means ± standard deviation (n=3). p<0.05 and p<0.01 vs. heat-treated group.