Anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory effects of butanol extract from Arctium Lappa L.docVIP

Sohnetal.ClinicalandMolecularAllergy2011,9:4 /content/9/1/4 CMA RESEARCH OpenAccess Anti-allergicandanti-inflammatoryeffectsof butanolextractfromArctiumLappaL Eun-HwaSohn1,Seon-AJang1,HaemiJoo2,SulkyoungPark1,Se-ChanKang3,Chul-HoonLee4,Sun-YoungKim5* Abstract Background:Atopicdermatitisisachronic,allergicinflammatoryskindiseasethatisaccompaniedbymarkedly increasedlevelsofinflammatorycells,includingeosinophils,mastcells,andTcells.ArctiumlappaL.isatraditional medicineinAsia.ThisstudyexaminedwhetherabutanolextractofA.lappa(ALBE)hadpreviouslyunreportedanti- allergicoranti-inflammatoryeffects. Me