KMID : 1189420130260030054
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medical Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology 2013 Volume.26 No. 3 p.54 ~ p.64
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Anti-inflammatory Effect of Stevia Rebaudiana as a Results of NF-¥êB and MAPK Inhibition
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Kim Seon-Young
Jo Mi-Jeong Hwangbo Min Back Young-Doo Jung Tae-Young Cho Il-Je Jee Seon-Young
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Abstract
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Objectives : Stevia rebaudiana is a well-known herbal sweetener in the Korea, Japan and China, and its medical uses were originated from countries in South America. Although it has been shown the various medical effects of S. rebaudiana including contraception and treatment of human diseases such as hyperglycemia, it has almost not been studied about the efficacy of S. rebaudiana methanolic extract (SRE) on the acute inflammation and its action mechanism.
Methods : To investigate the anti-inflammatory effects of SRE, we treated SRE and examined the level of inflammatory mediators in LPS-stimulated Raw264.7 cells.
Results : Treatment of macrophage with LPS markedly induced the production of NO, $PGE_2$ ¼ö½Ä À̹ÌÁö and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Pretreatment of SRE blocked the induction of inflammatory mediators and the expression of iNOS protein. More importantly, LPS-induced phosphorylation of $I{\kappa}B-{\alpha}$ ¼ö½Ä À̹ÌÁö was suppressed by the treatment of SRE, suggesting SRE inhibition of NF-${\kappa}B$ ¼ö½Ä À̹ÌÁö activation. Furthermore, SRE blocked LPS-induced phosphorylation of MAPKs.
Conclusions : SRE inhibited the induction of NO, PGE2 and pro-inflammatory cytokines in Raw264.7 cells. SRE's effect may be mediated with its inhibition of NF-${\kappa}B$ ¼ö½Ä À̹ÌÁö activation and MAPK phosphorylation, which suggests its uses as an anti-inflammatory agents.
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KEYWORD
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Stevia rebaudiana, acute inflammation, LPS, i NOS
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