Hyelgalsan(HGS) is important prescriptions that have been used in oriental medicine for stomatitis and wound healing. The study was done to evaluate the inhibitory effects of cytotoxicity, formation of superoxide on the macrophage and neutrophil, prostaglandins(PGE₂), interleukins(IL-1β ), collagenase activity and synthesis of collagen and DNA.
The results were obtained as follows:
1. HGS was not showed the proliferation difference of human fibroblast and monocyte in all concentrations to be experimented and in result, it was concluded that they have no cytotoxicity.
2. HGS inhibited the formation of superoxide to 48% at the concentration of 0.01% in the mouse monocyte.
3. HGS was not showed the proliferation difference of human monocyte in all concentrations to be experimented and in result, it was concluded that they inhibited the formation of superoxide..
4. HGS was not showed the proliferationdifference of human neutrophil in all concentrations to be experimented and in result, it was concluded that they inhibited the formation of superoxide..
5. The concentration of inhibiting the production of prostaglandins(PGE₂) to slight in the human monocyte stimulated with E. coli were 0.01% of HGS.
6. The concentration of inhibiting the production of interleukins(IL-1β) to slight in the human monocyte stimulated with E. coli were 0.001% and 0.0001% of HGS.
7. HGS didn´t influence on collagen synthesis and total protein in fibroblasts.
8. HGS inhibited the collagenase. activity to 22% at 0.1%, 45% at 0.2%, 57% at 0.5% respectively.
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