Journal
FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 2, Pages 639-643Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.11.045
Keywords
Anti-inflammatory activity; Zizyphus jujuba; Essential oil; BALB/c mice
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- Daegu University Research
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This Study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of essential oil from seeds of Zizyphus jujuba on TPA-induced skin inflammation in experimental mice. Exposure of TPA on the ear of the BALB/c mice caused a marked increase in both ear thickness and skin water content. The ear thickness was measured for TPA-induced ear was 0 54 mm, as compared to control (0.23 min). Treatment with 1% and 10% of essential oil caused significant decrease in ear thicknesses which were measured to be 0 30 and 0.35 min, as well as reduce the water content about 5 1% and 53% in the TPA-induced skin inflammation model, respectively Furthermore, histological analysis clearly confirmed that Z. Jujuba essential oil inhibited the inflammatory responses of skin inflammation in animal model. Therefore, our findings demonstrate that the essential oil of Z. jujuba seeds might accelerate the development of new drugs for various inflammatory diseases. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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